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We want to hear your knitting and crochet story. Why you knit and/or crochet, where you find inspiration, how you started, where you get your supplies from, who teaches you all your new tricks and, above all, how it makes you feel.

We at WATG are firm believers that knitting and crochet are great for the soul. And we’re not alone! There are lots of studies out there proving how perfect knitting and crochet is for relaxing and concentrating our minds in our daily lives, as well as helping people overcome serious incidences of anxiety and depression. Has knitting or crochet ever helped you through some rough patches in your life? Please let us know! All your individual answers will remain totally anonymous. Get started below and we’ll reveal all of our findings with a jazzy infographic in a few weeks time. And a big thank you in advance for participating!

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11 Comments

  1. Thank for teaching me a lot.
    I live in El Salvador. Central América
    I learnd TO kit wen I was 7 Years All my Grand Mother teched to mee.
    I am sorry for my Bath English
    But I Love Your Page.
    Thank you

  2. On the random week before Christmas and after walking past the pop-up shop at Oxford Circus Station many a time, I saw a giant knitted alpaca who looked like he wanted some attention. After introducing myself, I noticed a few ladies knitting some super funky hats n’stuff….

    …knowing my better half likes to knit, I thought i’d buy her an additional present by way of a lipstick red ‘Happy Daze Hat’.

    So she loves the crazy sexy wool and told me how good the quality of the needles are… she asked me which of the three stitch types listed in the guide I’d like her to use. Twisted Rib it is…! The ‘intermediate’…… well, she had no idea how to do this stitch and we looked up the video tutorial on how to. I wasn’t expecting to really understand it but unfortunately she didn’t understand it either! So off she goes just doing the type of stitch she knows, I think this was the garter stitch but i’m not too sure.

    Great hat, well done…. now we have a fair amount of wool leftover and I thought i’d have a go at learning the twisted-rib – I’ve never held knitting needles before in my life.

    I watched the video repeatedly for about 30 minutes, mostly on half speed or slower! It was frustrating and I had no idea what I was doing and then suddenly, I got it! Boom….. KNITTING TWISTED-RIB.

    Maybe on the 4th row, I messed up, I had too many stitches now. Fear not! (I thought) I kept going, let’s just see what happens….. anyway, I ran out of wool. DISASTER…. but probably for the better because it was a knitting abomination.

    Off I went to John Lewis and discovered the world of haberdashery!! Never did I think i’d be excited by so much wool and accessories. Still, no wool compared, in my view, to the WATG crazy sexy stuff. So stocked up I went back and started knitting…. wow I messed up so much, it was a real disaster but I kept going until….. I don’t know how many rows in (too many), I couldn’t take it anymore and I unraveled it all!

    I did this three times…..

    Finally, I was on fire…. a twisted-rib knitting machine. HAT – KNITTED…. well, sort of. ‘The invisible seam stitch’ stuff now…. well… most the guides tell you how to do this with various stitches but not the dreaded twisted-rib…. so i had to call in help by way of my friends mother….. she came to tell me, she slated the wool ‘too thick’, questions why I never ‘decreased’ (C’mon…. all I did was follow the guide and it looked ok to me!)

    So off she goes stitching it up, I couldn’t follow! I wasn’t learning! She was just doing it and what looked to be randomly! I was not happy, then *SNAP*, after complaining more about the wool (damn ney-sayers!) she ended up pulling it way too tight and ripped it….. I was devastated. All my hard work, I was happy with the wool, I love it… it was like espionage! She left and told me I need to find proper thread that matched the colour… psh…. sorry! In WATG I trust because I saw people making them!

    So i waited a week to recover from the trauma of the hat sabotage and just gave it a punt and somewhat followed a video tutorial and freestyled it to work as best I could with twisted-rib styles. IT WORKED! INVISIBLE!

    Proud of myself, I didn’t really know what to do with the hat. It doesn’t really suit me, although sooooooo comfy! I gave it to a work colleague and we dubbed it as ‘The Office Hat’. I had to do more to fill my knitting needs. MORE WOOL!

    Jumping forward a couple of weeks, i’m now on my 5th hat… the same ‘Happy Daze’ with a twisted-rib. Now all I do for people’s birthdays is send them a link to the wool and ask them which colour they like.

    Everyone in the office has one. It’s basically uniform now….. maybe it’s time I learn something new.

  3. I start to learn how knit because i think working with colour yarns is a fun thing and moreover wool yarns make my hand feel warm and enjoyable in winter. I learned from internet and my aunts. And after a few weeks i have known how to knit and purl, and i started to find new things. I saw your wool, and i really really liked it and i still love wool and the gang. I watched every single video. I want to by your products so much but I live in Vietnam and i have checked your delivery, there was no Vietnam. Well i like to knit, knitting makes me feel more peaceful, that works for me cause i always freak out

  4. Tengo 61 años
    Aprendí con 11 años hacer punto y ganchillo por necesidades familiares. , lo primero que hice fue un jersey de una pieza a punto bobo conseguí meter en una aguja el largo de los dos brazos y la espalda cuando me tocaban las mangas claro .
    el punto y el ganchillo me relajan me satisface, siempre intento hacer cosas nuevas si veo algo que me gusta voy a por ello es verdad que nunca me he puesto a investigar pero sí que cuando tengo una idea la ejecuto

  5. I was so young when I started knitting that I don’t even remember the age I was. All my childhood felt like knitting was one of those things in life that is part of daily living like learning how to walk , but as I grew older I realized that meeting girls that didn’t know how to knit was OK!! After that reality check in my childhood that’s when I felt special, especially that I was the only girl that will wear a new scarf / hat/ mittens every week. When sweater projects came along was even way cooler to see my friends were actually looking forward when I finished that project.
    Well now as an adult has become more of a therapy but the feeling of a finished project is something that someone that doe snot knit will not feel the touch of JOY. Its crazy that I even see needles as pieces of art and if I see a cool one or a cool tool to be part of my supplies I adore it as if it was a brand new pair of Laboutins !!!

  6. I was taught to knit by my grandmother before I even started school, later I learned to crochet. My Aunt helped me to progress with my work into my teens, I then studied textile art. Becoming a pattern writer was the biggest step I made in my craft life. I cannot spend a day without my wool in my hand. Mostly I hook, it’s become a passion, and a compulsion, but every now and then I get my DPN’s out to run up some socks. Life without yarn would be so alien to me, as far back as I can remember I have had a ball of wool at my side, and I will until the end. Being happy is a natural side effect of working with yarn, building something from scratch and creating new life, in wool form. There is a sense of inner peace when you can express yourself through you hook or needles. x

  7. Hi everyone just to say how happy i am with the wool i got for xmas from my daughter. I made 2 snoods one in black and one in red. they came out really well, i absolutly love knitting it has helped me with anxiety and panick attacks. my depression has subsided. Have a lovely day everyone.

    kind regards
    Susan. xx

  8. Hi I already took the servery when I was looking for the yarn to make the ..Be My Baby…Scarf/wrap…..

  9. I also wanted to tell you how much I love my “Georges Cardigan” I love it I wear it as often as I can being in California sometimes it is too warm ….BUT I still Love it…..

  10. My mum found so much solace in her troubled life with her amazing knitting, and she taught me when I was seven. She died of cancer when I was 12. In the 30 years since I’ve found such comfort in knitting too, and love remembering her when I pick up the pins and find a calm rhythm again to create something lovely out of nothing. Somehow brings her closer. Not to mention the lovely texture, colour and smell of beautiful yarn knitted up – I just love it!

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