Annemor certainly isn't a typical knitting teacher/author. While most focus on techniques or patterns, Annemor brings insights into knitting history and myths from her home country of Norway.
In her Magic Knitting class she recounted many of the endless superstitions and folk beliefs related to knitting and spinning in Norway. As might be expected, most involve ways of discerning information about your future mate. One that has stuck with me is that a spinner or knitters should look up quickly when accidentally dropping fiber or yarn to catch a brief glimpse of her future husband.
The most magical part of the class was when she showed us how to efficiently double knit small tubes with two double point needles to create small magical creatures. The tube is knit with the purl side out . So, with every pair of stitches, knit the first and slip the second. The trick is to do the knit and slip all in one motion. It's so easy and can be used to work fingers on gloves using only two needles.
You describe Annemor so eloquently. I had a hard time describing this on the blog!
I look forward to watching you demonstrate knitting this tube on dp's!
Hope the Nihon homework is going well!
Posted by: Naomi | October 14, 2007 at 07:41 PM
That is a great little trick! I'm going to have to try it soon. Thanks for sharing it. :)
Posted by: Francesca | October 15, 2007 at 10:01 AM
I just had lunch with Annemor this week here in Norway and she was saying what a great time she had just had in the US! :-)
Posted by: Theresa | October 24, 2007 at 01:33 PM