On Friday morning my son Henry sat at the breakfast table being a bit sad. Not about anything especially. He had just woken up and was probably not looking forward to have to go to school yet another day before the weekend arrives. Henry has this lovely theory that four days of the week you have to go to work or school followed by three days of weekend. I can only agree, but unfortunately it isn’t so.
Henry playing in the water during the Easter holidays
So, he sat at the breakfast table being a bit sad and I thought what I could do to cheer him up. It’s not hard to cheer anyone up if you happen to have James Walters’ book Crochet Workshop lying on the table. I showed him the pictures with freeform crochet. Instant success! Henry liked the freeform crochet and was mightily impressed how people could make all sorts of different patterns and forms just with a hook. I said I could teach him. He liked the idea because he said he already knows how to use a French knitter. I have never managed to teach him to knit because holding tension and trying to work stitches with two needles never seemed to work out for him. Maybe holding tension and working with just one needle works better given that he can already do this with a French knitter. I will see how it goes.
