Love is in the air

There has been many myths and stories on why and how people have started to celebrate Valentines Day. One story that is most common is about St. Valentine, the priest of Rome, who lived back in the 3rd century. Claudius II was the Emperor at the time, and he had forbid to marry altogether! The goal was to get as many men as possible to protect the Empire from foreign aggression and internal discord. The Emperor had thought that married men were more emotionally connected to their spouses and families, thus cannot be good soldiers!

Here is where the St. Valentine comes in. He had seen the pain in people and decided to start marrying them in secret. However, once the Emperor has heard about the secret weddings he arrested Valentine with a death sentence to be carried out on the 14th of February in AD 269. After some time had passed Valentine was declared a Saint and 14th of February was declared as the day of the lovers.

My first ever memory of knitting comes from my Mum. She was the one who taught me how to hold needles, hooks and knot my first loops into a thread. My first creation was a knitted scarf, which made me so proud, because I have done it all myself! After a while, simple knits became a bit boring, so I started looking at more difficult patterns, loops and forms. It is mesmerising to see a simple ball of thread becoming full of potential and use. As of now, I have knitted tonnes of knits, hats, scarves, socks, dresses, napkins, table cloths, bags, toys and many more items used by friends, family and my kids.