One of the main reasons I began to develop my knitting skills is because waiting in lines bores me immensely- especially when you don’t have a great book to read or an awesome conversation partner.
But the real reason I began to develop my knitting skills is because I had immense stress in my life and was trying to solve it through the courthouses on my own since I could not find any qualified lawyer to assist me in my matters.
I needed some fun in my life.
And so I decided to create fun with my products. I designed original beach accessories since I love the beach and beachwear. I scouted the internet pages to see if my idea had been done before, and I found it hadn’t and so I had a ” Eureka!” moment. I had found an opening in the market and I was going to pursue it.
My mother was an expert knitter like her mother, and knitting is a past time in my family and has been handed down as a tradition. Most of my girl cousins knit as did their moms. My mother never taught me to knit. My mother bought me a ladybird “How to knit” book when I was about 8 years old and I learned to knit from that book.
Over the years of being involved in corporate business, i chucked knitting aside as an ” old-fashioned granny thing” and I have met many people who have the same attitude even today. I picked up knitting more seriously a few years ago, having forgotten entirely how to knit, by looking at tutorials on the internet and teaching myself.
My knitting has become a business to me and I am overwhelmed, in a great way, by the number of ideas I have developed and the enjoyment of my clients of my garments and accessories.
Once my business is more developed, I most certainly will not take any employee who expects me to teach them to knit. I want to see that the person I am hiring is success driven enough to have taught themselves to knit.
My style is entirely modern, I mostly do not use patterns and /or look at a pattern and adapt it to something entirely new.
I have great relations with all the stockists of my yarn which I enjoy and I frequent almost all the knitting and yarn stores in Cape Town. My clients have no idea how much time I spend looking for their exact requirements of colour and texture.
Listening and complying with my clients’ wants are extremely important to me because a happy, satisfied customer makes me happy always
People of all ages, culture and creeds buy from me all over Cape Town and my success is enormously gratifying to me. I have also had British and Zimbabwean clients purchase from me and many small business owners are clients of mine.
WhiteslashZA designs luxury items for children, babies, women and men in a range of products and a range of prices in wools, silks, alpaca, bamboo and cottons.
More recently, I discovered that it is a great relaxing past time for ADHD sufferers as it helps to keep you focused on a project and I have met ADHD patients who knit for pleasure and thoroughly enjoy its benefits to their lives.
Knitting gives you quiet time to yourself which everyone needs.It also helps to avoid unneccessary arguements and unneccessary conversation.Knitting avoids drama.
And for me, a day without unneccesary drama is HEAVEN.
Knitting is even recommended by doctors to patients with anger management issues with success!
Knitting gives you an opportunity to think, plan and strategise your next moves and to reply appropriately to anyone who may have upset you .
Knitting stimulates brain function because it is a numeric craft resulting in delaying senility and a healthy development of brain cells and function. Your knitting efforts stimulate left and right brain function lending itself to both logical and creative results.
Most importantly, your knitted products are a useful way of using your time and result in the creation of beautiful things which stimulate ocular function and on a basic level- the world needs morebeauty
Overseas buyers can order on line via myself and please expect packaging and post to cost a little extra.
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A grandmother sat on her porch knitting three socks when someone walked by and asked, Why are you knitting three socks?
The grandmother replied: Because my grandson said hes grown a foot since joining the Army.
A mother took her little boy to church.
While in church the little boy said, Mommy, I have to pee.
The mother said to the little boy, Its not appropriate to say the word pee in church. So, from now on whenever you have to pee just tell me that you have to whisper.
The following Sunday, the little boy went to church with his father and during the service said to his father, Daddy, I have to whisper.
The father looked at him and said, Okay, just whisper in my ear.
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