I started crocheting when I was 7. Made several afghans and other stuff, but in my 20s I got into cotton thread and doilies. I made hundreds and hundreds of doilies and snowflake type things. Then I stopped.

I had a group in friends in Memphis that I referred to as the Knitting Cult. I'd never knitted before. They were always always knitting wherever we went. I have some great wool socks that some of them made for me over the years. I LOVE each and every pair. But I resisted learning because of my carpal tunnel syndrome and just because I don't want to be in the Cult.

However, my DIL knits woolen pants for her baby to go over cloth diapers, infuses them with lanolin and they don't leak. They're great. When she was visiting a couple of weeks ago she dragged me to a yarn store. Long story short, I am now learning to knit socks! I should have picked another project to actually learn how to knit, but now that that learning curve is over, I'm looking forward to having my own wool socks that I knit myself! As soon as I learn to turn a heel. lol. (I've been using this site with videos--knittinghelp.com.)

The carpal tunnel was a bit of an issue, but I adjusted and I don't think knitting will be an issue unless I do it for a long time every day for a many days

Karen