The person is Heather Drage and her shop, Born to Knit (http://www.borntoknit.co.uk/) is in Fisherton Mill, a craft centre near the middle of the city. It is a bijou establishment, filled with lots of colourful yarns and patterns. Heather runs workshops as well as helping people out with their knitting problems. We looked at one or two things I wasn't sure about and then got on with Entrelec, a pattern of stitches that looks like basket work. I didn't get too many rows done but it was enough to begin to get the hang of the way it worked....
It's a kind of hybrid knitting, not exactly modular but not totally constructed in one piece, either. The outcome is interesting and pleasing, I think.
In order to get a bit of practice in, I investigated my yarn store and came up with some thick Shetland yarn and some mohair, used double; both a creamy colour, so there is a lot,of texture set against a very plain colour.
I think I have enough yarn to make a scarf. The only drawback is that it represents yet another knitting project on the go. However, I am beginning to realise that having more than one piece of knitting to work on does mean that if I don't feel like doing one, I will pick up another and it is always worth having something simple on the go to socialise with.
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