Knits

It's the yin and yan of life....creation with destruction....growth with decay....summer days with winter nights. This season, my knitting has been on 'the anvil of destruction', more often than in '...

Valentine's day slid past me with a slight nudge. 14th Feb is a day for reminiscing and admiring one of the strong women in my life. My aunt ( Maami ), born and bred amidst the intellectual and artis...

The home of this knitter has knitting wool crawling out of drawers, cupboards, baskets, packets, study tables and a few more places which cannot be mentioned... The daughter of this knitter has taken...

Last evening was a clear-blue sky, crisp winter breeze, golden sunshine sort of evening. Everyone was determined to take full advantage of those warm, golden hours. The army band decided to practise ...

This is the phrase that every knitter should live by... Knitters, like most people I know, have grand plans for the future- amazing cabled sweaters ( I have to put up my hand on that one), gorgeous b...

Experienced, "expert" knitters swear by them. Beginners believe them to be the pinnacle of knitting chutzpah. Knitting challenged folks wonder what is the fuss all about--just go to a good fashion s...

The last week has been about (what else?) procrastination, popping off to the market, pampering the daughter ( Mala style...steam inhalations, ghastly herbal tea, tablets and pep-talks for a cough) an...

When Pony needles launched their online store, five years ago, I grabbed one of their bamboo circular knitting sets and have enjoyed knitting bedcovers, pullovers, hats, swatches, shawls and everythin...

And Wednesdays are the high point of the week. I live the rest of the week for those 5 magical hours of Wednesday.  From Monday, the preparations begin with Deepa and Meena ringing the bell at exactly...

Our little Delhi flat could have been mistaken for a weekend girls hostel. College going daughters with friends, schoolgirls from neighbouring apartments with knitting needles and goodies for the popu...