it's a legitimate question...

The famous knitlist recently included a discussion -- albeit short -- about Gromit, of Wallace and Gromit, knitting.

The knitter posting to the list wondered why Gromit held the needles "overhand". Is there a technique she doesn't know about?

A responder explained that since Gromit only has three fingers, overhand might be his only option.

Putting aside the fact that we are, here, talking about a cartoon character, it seems reasonable enough to me.



That said, it does beg the question: why does Wendolene Ramsbottom, who, like Wallace, is a person, presumably with four fingers and a thumb, also knit "overhand"? Maybe Nick Park needs knitting lessons.

no time to knit

Every two months, there's a week during which I have no time at all to knit. Ironically, it's the week we shoot KnitNet.

The shoot itself is long and physically tiring but, oddly enough, energizing and fun. For a knitting magazine, it's the point at which the rubber hits the road.

This time out, the crew included models Amy and Marcella -- Days of Our Lives fans will recognize Danielle Forenza as was -- with Phil as art director and, as always, Dougal, our brilliant photographer and publisher.

By the end of the day , the couches -- chesterfields to Canadians -- and beds at the furniture store were looking pretty inviting!

One of the things we were after this week was a photo to illustrate the poster KnitNet is providing -- as a PDF -- to knitters who want to start a knitting guild.

Phil thought a shot of Amy and Marcella actually knitting would be just the ticket.

Now, of course Amy and Marcella are both knitters, but I wisely insisted on providing the knitting projects. If I wasn't going to get any work done on my Christmas sock projects this week, at least I could arrange for a few rounds to be knitted at the shoot!

By the way, the shawl Marcella is wearing is worked in a brand-new Lily Chin Signature yarn, Central Park. The pattern will be published in the October edition of KnitNet.