Muscle Memory

Yesterday my friend, Gwen of Knitability, came to the UC campus with me to knit.  It was a really good thing that she was there since I picked up my project that had been sitting for over a year and realized I had no idea where I had filed my ability to knit in my brain.  Apparently it was waaaay in the back behind many other distant memories because I couldn't even figure out how to hold my needles.  Yeah, it was that bad.  But, Gwen came to my rescue and as soon as I was set up it all came back quickly.  Gwen explained that my muscles would remember how to do this even when my brain seems to have forgotten. 

She's willing to help you out with learning to knit for the first time or getting your muscles back into the habit as well.  Interested?  Leave a comment or send me an email and I'll alert you when we'll be back at the Lantern.  I even have some yarn and needles to lend out as you get started. As for me, I'll be picking up an easier project for these sessions (I'm thinking a prayer shawl- basically a very large rectangle) so I can use more muscle memory and the brain power can go towards prayers for the shawl recipient- or for you.  If you stop by with a prayer request when we're there you can take home a gift of a prayer shawl of your own.