by NIKKI ROBERTI
Lifestyles Reporter

Looking for a club that’s relaxing, helps you improve your skills and benefits the world at the same time?
Knitting Club does all three.

Knitting Club Vice President Jessica L. P. Harris is a junior social work major who has been involved in the club for the past three years.

Diana M. Mumford, a junior marketing major, tries on a sock in progress during the ASU Knitting Club meeting Monday evening. Photo by Chriaty Bullins

“It started off as a really small social group who sat around and knit,” she said. “Now we have more members and it’s really exciting because we can do more with charity.”

To be involved in the club, members are required to have their own knitting needles and yarn.

While knowing how to knit is not required to be a member since the club will teach you how, it is required that members, regardless of skill level, work on a project for the club’s charity project or sale to raise money to buy yarn for charity projects.

Last year, Knitting Club donated hats and scarves to an orphanage in the Ukraine.

This year, the club is looking into an organization called “Warm the World,” Harris said.

“[Warm the World gives] scarves and hats to people around the world who need them, like soldiers, third world countries, the whole deal,” she said.

Junior geography major Peter J. Sherman donated a scarf last year.

While Sherman is one of the only males in the club, he said he likes the group, and knows a lot of people from his freshman year.

Originally, Sherman said he did not know how to knit, but now three years later, he is not only still a member, but also actively knits “odd” and “useful” things.

“I like knitting odd stuff like the ski mask I made,” Sherman said. “I also like to knit things like gloves –anything useful and can keep me warm in the winter.”

Kathryn L. MccLelland is a junior history major who has also been a member of the club for three years.

She was also the club’s co-president last year.

She said while she knew how to knit before joining the group, Knitting Club helped her improve her skills.

“It encouraged me to learn new things as a whole,” MccLelland said. “The Knitting Club helps you when you get stuck. “

But Knitting Club is more than just a way to help out through charity, many members said.

It’s a place to go and relax.

“I’m so busy that by the time I get home, I don’t want to do anything. Knitting Club is the only time I get to actually knit,” MccLelland said.

“I find knitting relaxing and it really helps me focus,” Harris said. “I’ll even knit in some of my more discussion-based classes that don’t mind like English or religion class.”

Harris said knitting is more than just a relaxing activity.

She said athletes benefit from knitting because it helps improve their dexterity.

Harris encourages those interested to come check out the club and new members “are more than welcome.”

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