B-grade knitting. This is easy knitting that you can keep doing

Neither the knitter nor the recipient feels burdened.
It clearly doesn't look like a lot of effort went into it.

At first, make it like a chanchanko (vest),
and a year later, make it a vest.

Use stockinette stitch or reverse stockinette stitch.
Let the texture of the yarn provide the variation.

If you knit it straight without armholes, it becomes a French sleeve.

Having written this far,
I still find assembling the parts... a hassle...

Something you can keep knitting

While I still can, I will make this baby vest my signature piece. Let's try it this winter. The only drawback is that the target audience is limited.
I would like to recall this alongside selecting standard recipes for scarves, hats, hand warmers, and acrylic scrubbers.

Knitting, part 1
I wonder if the driving force is the feeling of wanting to knit something for that child or wanting to make that person happy.

Knitting, part 2
My physical strength and energy are steadily declining. Maybe it's just me? No,
I have met many people 10 or 20 years older than me who used to be good at knitting (care managers who aren't tuned into knitting don't notice), but they have all hung up their pens. No, they have put down their knitting needles.
I realized keenly that while I can still knit, I need to think of recipes that prevent decline and maintain my abilities.

Preparing for old age

Think of recipes suitable for myself that I can continue even when I am old.
Make them with materials that are easy to obtain.
Knit many of them to become proficient.

In my busy days working in nursing care, I minimized sewing and shifted from garments to small items. I feel that I was lucky to be able to downshift my knitting while I still had the physical strength and within time constraints.

Knit therapy

Not alone, but in the community, creating a salon

The 10 sessions of the Community General Support Center's health improvement class ended last week. We learned not only stretching and muscle training but also nutrition and oral care. ⇩

At the recommendation of the Community General Support Center, we formed a group after the sessions ended. We decided to continue walking once a month. We heard about the TheraBand exercises that a senior group is doing.

During that discussion, the person in charge from the support center suggested creating a handicraft salon. Perhaps they suggested it because they already knew I was doing craft-related activities in another area.

There are three people who are good at sewing, and by adding my knitting, we decided to form a group and aim to create a salon.

Knit & Sew Club

I decided on that name.
I will report back on how it goes.

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See you later.