Stitch and Bitch

One of the girls that is on Spark People and living in Seoul mentioned a group called "Stitch and Bitch" on my page about a month ago. Since I've been feeling a bit of cabin fever and slight loneliness, I decided to connect with these gals and see what they were all about. It's primarily a knitting group, but some members also crochet and one does elegant cross stitches that look like paintings.

The first outing proposed that I jumped on was a trip to Dongdaemun Market to hunt for yarn. I've been to Dongdaemun before, but mostly to the clothing and knickknack sections. I was floored by how much stuff was there. There were stalls upon stalls of fabric, ribbons, notions, buttons, beads, yarn, and anything else you could imagine for a crafty person. We spent hours just looking at different stalls and selecting yarn for future projects.

I had no idea what I was going to make so I let my eyes wander until we came upon a stall that sold Korean yarn. The brand is Hand In Hand and it's pretty all purpose stuff, but the colors are really rich. I thought it was cool that most of the other stuff was imported, but this stuff was made in Korea, so I bought some. They also had yarn made of hanji (handmade paper). I'm gonna get some to crochet. It looks really neat and you can even wash it!

The next day there was an official meeting in Gangnam and since we didn't have plans and I was so excited about starting nothing... I decided to go. All the people who came were really nice and welcoming. It was great meeting some people the day before so I knew someone there. Janeen who has posted comments on this blog also came. She knows me from a Facebook group and we just so happened to also be interested in knitting. She cast on for the first time and got so good at knitting that we taught her how to purl.

I had practiced knitting and purling and changing colors and was a bit more confident so I thought up a project. I'm making leg warmers!! Lol. I saw so many when I walked around Hongdae with Curtis and Juliet (See next post) that I thought it was a good idea. I'll put up pics of my progress and you can tell me if I should unravel or keep going! Wish me luck!