Doug Whitfield

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There's a dude knitting on the train. I think he may be the first make knitter I've ever seen.

I started knitting a jumper during university and used to knit on the train home to visit my parents. It took me a whole year on and off, so it's lucky I wasn't cold. On the train trips when I had to do something unusual like "purl 2 through back of loop", there was often an expert knitter somewhere nearby to help.

Ben Sturmfels at 2018-01-25T00:08:12Z

I do not believe we have met IRL, and thus, random train dude yesterday is still the only one I have met. :)

I've stitched some things up with thread (I'm shit at it), but never tried anything with yarn. It might be a fun project to try to knit a cat sweater, but I already have more than enough to do.

Doug Whitfield at 2018-01-25T15:26:01Z