LYN HEARD
NETTIE’S KNITS M
y path to creating “NeTTies KniTs” began long before I knew it. As the first born granddaughter, it was I guess expected that I would inherit my Nan’s wealth of knowledge and creative skills. There isn’t a time where I can’t remember watching her create, whether that be in the kitchen, garden or with a crochet hook or knitting needles. It was at age 12 that I would make the trek after school to her little flat, and she would teach me how to crochet and later the finer skills of knitting. At the time I felt this a burden and the pressure to please but oh how I now cherish those memories and will be forever grateful that I was lucky enough to be the first born. My name is Lynette. My family call me Nettie and my dear Nan called me Lynny. My Nan’s teachings of the subtler skills of crochet and knitting have held me in good stead for what lay ahead. Unlike my Nan, my early years of knitting and crochet were done for the joy of creating for others. I then took so much joy in
knitting for my children. Today I knit as a way of life. It has become my career, my path to a different life. I now take joy in knitting for the children of my customers. Baby knits are what I enjoy the most; however, when I do knit for Adults, I get an incredible response also. My Nan didn’t follow a written pattern; she would create from her mind. For most of my creative journey, I have thought it only possible to knit from a printed pattern. I am just now realising that I too can create my designs and I am taking joy from this. However, I do wish Nan had written down some of her patterns as I would love to be able to knit from them now. Even though Nan created in her early years to clothe and feed her children, her later years were spent creating for her grandchildren with such joy. I hope that everyone can see the love in my knits and the time it takes to create something so special. I will leave you with a special memory that I have of my Nan every time we talked on the phone she would say “Ok Lynny I am going to make a cuppa for my friends now” and my response was always “Who are they, Nan?” She would reply “Me, myself and I”. So it is now time for me to pick up my knitting needles and complete my next project and make my friends a cuppa. “Who are they you may ask?” Well, of course, they are “Me, myself and I. Lynette ~ Creator and Founder of NeTTies KniTs
Today I knit as a way of life. It has become my career, my path to a different life. 50
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