Hello!

And welcome to the Stitches & Steps blog :)

I noticed that there've been a lot of new fiber friends checking in here lately, and I thought a little intro post might be timely.

So first off, I'm Síle (pronounced she-la), and the Stitches & Steps blog is where I share all my latest news and chatter on my pattern designs (Knit Dance Repeat Designs aka where the site gets its name), personal crafting projects (heavy on knitting but occasional cross-stitch and crochet forays happen), Irish dance news and inspiration, and the occasional blip about my physical health.

Across the top, you'll also find tabs to: an index of my photo tutorial posts and helpful hints, a gallery with internal links to all of my pattern pages, and a glossary of Irish dance terms that have appeared in my pattern intro paragraphs plus a few from blogposts. (Aside: I'm always happy to add to the glossary, so if there's a term or word you're curious about, drop me a comment in the form in the sidebar, and I'll get it added to the glossary as soon as I can)

Along the sidebar I have links to other places to buy my patterns (Payhip and LoveCrafts), and links to other inspirational fiber folks that you might also enjoy. I try to include clearly marked links to any patterns and/or designers I discuss in my personal projects, and tag them in the post. If I've forgotten a link, don't hesitate to let me know! :) It's always my intention to have links but my brain fog sometimes distracts me before I can hit publish on a post.

So that's a wide net overview of the site :)

Why Knit Dance Repeat? To be honest, I fell into it! I was designing a few little things here and there, and writing them up since 2009. Anchors & Ropes was published on my then-blog I think in December of 2009. Could've been November. Anyway! I wanted to design more. I enjoyed it and it was a great creative outlet from my series of retail and customer service jobs; I've been assistant manager of a dollar store, worked at Walmart as both floor staff and a cashier, worked the drive through of a coffee place, etc...

Then I got hurt, and I was home, in a lot of pain, with only books and my yarn hoard to keep me occupied. Thankfully I had my Roomie for company and awesome support, but even the absolute bestest friends can't fill a void in your own head left by suddenly not having a purpose. 

To say I went through some things in the summer of 2015 is an understatement.

But what did happen was I literally dreamed a pattern coming together. I sat bolt up in bed at like 3:30 in the morning, scribbled down the idea, and went back to sleep. When I woke up later that day I looked at the back of that envelope, and discovered what I'd done.

I had used the math of the music of a reel to outline a cowl. Who does that?! Apparently me lol The thing is, it was solid. The idea was completely knitable. I think I cast-on that afternoon.

But that also got my mind firing. If I could use the time signature of a reel (4/4 for those not familiar traditional Irish music) to come up with a cowl pattern, could I use a similar process to design something for a light jig?

I'll spare you the whole journey, but the answer was yes for the light jig, single jig, slip jig, treble reel, treble jig, and hornpipe.

And that blending/melding/mixing of knitting and Irish dance/music brought to mind what I used to do. I knit, I danced, and then I repeated it over the course of my week. Heck, I often knit while at dance! In the down room before class, and even backstage during rehearsals for performances. A few times backstage during performances to help with nerves if I'm being completely honest lol. Even when my feet weren't dancing, my fingers often were! 

The blending of the two worlds also helped me keep my place in dance when we (my dr and I) weren't sure exactly where this was going to lead. Irish dance was a huge component of my life. Many of my absolute dearest friends came into my life because we met at the studio. The music always spoke to me from the time I was a little girl. The steps always felt like they were meant to be mine...

Ok, not trebles; those never felt exactly right lol I'm a slip jig not a treble reel! Thank you for that line, Bernie!! :)

Where was I??

Oh right! Irish dance and trad music were, and are, a big part of who I am. And at a time that was scary and uncertain, I needed that comfort and stability, even if I could hardly put one foot in front of the other to walk from my room to the bathroom. Especially because of it, really.

And my little niche has allowed me to play with knitting and Irish dance in ways I never imagined. And I continue to play with both in ever expanding ways. I have so many ideas!! 

One thing you'll notice is there's not a firm schedule for when new patterns come out here at KDRD. Where I do everything (with the exceptions of photography and tech editing; shout out to Krista and Heather for providing me with the best of both disciplines!), and from only my smartphone to boot, everything hinges on my pain levels, fog levels, and general "can I knit/write/edit/sit up today?". I do my best to be timely. I don't always succeed but I do try.

One other thing about me: I live on the island of Newfoundland off of Canada's most eastern coast, adrift in the north Atlantic Ocean. This place informs a lot of what I do knitting wise indirectly. And like any good solid Rock, it's given me a pretty steady base to work from. I'd be very remiss if I didn't mention my adopted home. And nothing set in stone but I have an idea or two that'll give my dear island some attention of its own amongst all the dancing and tunes.

So welcome! I hope you'll come back often and see what I'm up to. Comments and questions are always welcome either on a post/page or to the form in the sidebar. 

Ok, so no design news to share this week. I'm still a bit behind in my head from my overnight to Town midmonth to be honest. You wouldn't think an overnight would disrupt so much but here I am. 

In personal projects, I got the first sleeve of Roomie's cardi done. I'm knitting her a Folklore Cardigan by Amy Gundersen🔗 (link to the pattern's page on the MadelineTosh website) in classic cream and black. It's such a great classic cabled cardigan in DK weight; I'm using Patons Astra purchased from a local shop. 

And here's a pic of the sleeve:

I have 1 and a half diamonds done on the second one so it's moving again. I admittedly got a bit bogged down by it for a while because I've been working on it since October. But things are zipping along again, so yay!

The other piece I've put any time into is Nicole from Common Thread Fiber's Keep It Secret Keep It Safe Shawl mystery knit along aka mkal. I finished Clue 1! Clue 4 dropped today lol. Working behind as always lol. I'm using Briggs & Little Heritage which is a wonderfully woolly worsted/aran weight yarn. Canadian too, from our oldest woollen mill in the country. They're Atlantic Canadian neighbors too, being based in New Brunswick :) As I pointed out last post, this pattern is only available on Ravelry for the duration of the original knit along due to the need for sending weekly clue updates, and Common Thread's off-Rav location is on Ko-fi. I'll safe link as soon as I can!

So that's what's keeping my personal needles busy, and I've been doing a wee bit of pattern writing and charting for new designs but nothing I can share just now. Maybe next time I'll have something definitive for you.

I've written a novel this time! Whew! I hope you've had a favorite drink and/or snack to get you through today's post lol

What are you working on, fiber friends? A last minute warm hat or pair of mittens to help stave off the polar vortex that's gripped much of North America? Or are you thinking spring and summer, and have a lovely tee or tank on your needles or hook? I'd love to hear from you :)

As always, I remain

Yours in yarn and really long intros because it's either four words or a novel with me lol,

Síle

It's Been a Hot (& Humid) Minute

Where does time get to? Too much summer relaxing that's the culprit ;)

Not really! I've been hard at work here knitting samples and working new ideas into clearer pictures of what I want to do next.

And checking in with the three absolutely fantastic test knitters on Yarnpond who're flying through my Hornpipe Bag pattern. I'm majorly impressed with both their knitting skills and speed, and their feedback about the pattern. This was definitely a good decision on my part to check out Yarnpond for running my test knits. I'm so pleased with things so far.

And that means the Hornpipe Bag pattern will be out sometime in August; exact date not fully determined just yet. Absolutely certain on August though, so be sure to pop back here or turn on notifications for my account on Twitter and/or Instagram (links in the sidebar) to get the news as soon as it's ready!

Ok, I confess to this year's North American Irish Dance Championships (affectionately known as NANs and/or NAIDC) stealing my attention away from my yarny pursuits earlier this month; July 1st to 5th. Held in lovely Montréal this year, they showcased the top talent in the CLRG's North American region. My Instagram feed ranneth over with so many fantastic photos and video clips! *insert starry-eyed emoji here* I do not envy the judges their task to pick the absolute pinnacles amongst such talented dancers! And the outfits! The bling! Love love love seeing all the color everywhere! Orange and red seemed particularly popular; particularly appropriate for the summer heat. Congratulations to every dancer that qualified to dance in Montréal and the absolute best of luck to those who qualified for Worlds next Spring.

Alright let's come full circle and come back to yarny things, like my patterns ;) One of the samples I've been working diligently on (well when the yarn hasn't been physically sticking to my hands; I dislike humidity.) is that for my mkal!

And I can say it's coming along very nicely, as is the pattern writing portion of the job. Quite honestly, I should have the sample done later this week or early next week. 

What can I tell you about the mkal? 

It's for an accessory that is suitable for anyone, roughly teenage and older, especially those that experience colder temperatures; think under -10°C/14°F. I live in Canada; I know those temps are coming back in the Fall. 

I can tell you the pattern uses worsted or Aran weight yarn. The sample I'm working on now is being knit with a wool and nylon blend (80% wool, 20% nylon) yarn. The one I plan to knit along with everyone during the mkal will be knit using a 100% acrylic yarn. I'm pretty certain any fiber or blend of fibers will work with this pattern. I'm not fully sure of the yardage just yet. I have my swatch result number and will soon have my actual yardage used number. I like to compare the two before I give an amount to anyone. Same with the gauge and finished measurements. My version of "measure twice, cut once". I think that's some good starting information for you to start thinking about an mkal with a late Summer/early Fall start date. 

Furry nephew Jakey is starting to walk on me, so that tells me I've been typing for what he considers too long. Aren't cats fun to live with? :D I got this photo of him next to me while I was knitting yesterday:

Sleeping like a furry angel. I can report his health has been perfect the last quite awhile, which is a relief to his humans and his sisfur Silver. 

So that's all my news! Unfortunately I haven't been working on any personal projects enough to show you anything today. Hopefully next post!

Hope you're staying cool and enjoying the summer, or winter depending where you live. Are you working on any interesting projects? I'd love to hear about them!

Yours in yarn and cat fur,

Síle

You Can Take the Dancer Outta of the Dance...

But you can't take the dance outta the dancer!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️

Today is the day of the year I miss my dance fam the most. I miss the chaos of remembering where I was dancing, what time(s) I was dancing there, and (most importantly) which dances I was doing. Midweek wasn't nearly as bad as when Pat's fell on a weekend; I seem to recall a particular Saturday the 17th that entailed something like 9 different places around the city, 12 or 14 different times (a few places we danced more than once over the course of the day/evening), and 12 or 14 different lineups of dancers/dances. I got home about 3am on the 18th. This is why you'll see some people with pins or t-shirts that say "March the 17th. Sleep the 18th" lol. Here's a photo of me onstage from my last major performance:

Yes, that's me; June 2011 onstage at the Irish Pavilion during Regina's Mosaic Festival  

There aren't any dance outs going on here today. Well, even without Covid-19 there wouldn't be. I'm pretty certain I'm it for Irish dancers in this particular town, and I just spent 4.5 days with my back in fits. I've been semi-challenged by a dancer friend in St. John's to video myself dancing and post it. I've been thinking about it the last week or so without his prompting, so yes, you're in for a bit of a dance. It's without music from my basement taken with my phone so I apologize for both the quality of the video and my dancing; please be kind in your thoughts. I know my turnout sucks, and I most likely won't make any clicks I may attempt. I am, after all, injured and not in class or training right now. Fair warning! Off we go!

Here it is: one step of the original hornpipe I learned. For some reason this part stuck with me (and I didn't want to be totally clichéd and post the comp length St. Patrick's Day set)

Until next time!

Yours in hardshoes and a"You don't scare me I was raised by an Irish mother" t-shirt,

Síle

How My Worlds Connect

With the announcement last week by the CLRG* that World's in Dublin this July has been cancelled, and knowing that many knitting/fiber arts festivals are probably going to be at best online again this year, I've been thinking of some similarities between my two worlds once again. So I've made a short list!

1) Small accessories like to disappear:

Ask nearly any dancer, Irish or other discipline, what they can't find and odds are extremely high they'll answer bobby pins or hair elastics. Ask a knitter the same question and odds are extremely high they'll answer stitch markers or yarn needles. I've begun to suspect, in my house anyway, that all four items have run away together and are probably on some tropical beach somewhere. And any replacements I buy follow soon after coming into the house. 

2) Niche jokes are always in:

Whether it's a cartoon of a sheep knitting it's own wool into a sweater on a project bag, or a t-shirt mentioning "reel" dancers, knitters and Irish dancers love their in jokes. And usually the punnier the better. I'm not not saying I have an "I will knit in the rain. I will knit on a train. ..." mug on my Amazon wish-list, or an "Everything feisin'* hurts..." tank top (or t-shirt) bookmarked from Irish Dance T-shirt Company, but obviously there's a market for both of them ;)

3) It's fairly inexpensive to get started but it doesn't always stay that way:

In both worlds, we often start with the serviceable to test the waters and move on to better quality, and pricier, options when our budgets allow. Whether it be a particular hand dyer who's captured a podcast audience's imagination, or watching for photos on Insta from Gavin/Éire Creations or one of the larger feisanna* hoping for a glimpse of the new dresses, and/or vests, we all want at least a moment to ogle the priciest and prettiest on offer.

Hmmm, I thought I was on a roll with this post but I seem ti have run out of steam. If you think of something that I might be able to pair together with something from the other realm, drop me a line in the comments and I'll see what I can do!

Yours in yarn and ghillie laces, (They're both strings ;) )

Síle

All words that I've asterisked (*) can be found in my Irish dance glossary, which is here. 

Happy International Irish Dance Day!

 Yesterday was the first International Irish Dance Day. About time ;) It was fabulous looking at all the posts on Insta. A nice way to spend the day since I was laid up with a stomach bug. Unfortunately that meant I didn't get to pull out my hardshoes and make a new video to post. I did watch some ancient videos on YouTube of me and my dance pals, which was a fabulous trip down memory lane. It's been 9 and a bit years since I was last onstage. Wow. Time has definitely flown by! Here's a few moments from "the old days":

My last solo on the Irish Pav stage during Regina's Mosaic Festival. June 2011. Screenshot from video by Laura Popoff

Top left: All smiles after a performance on the Irish Pavillion stage. June 2010 (cred to Lindsay Sasseville)

Top right: March 2006, me, Nat, H and Sionan onstage at the Cornwall Centre's center court in our first Prairie Gael outfits (not sure who took this one; probably David Popoff)

Bottom left: August 2005, onstage and mid cut at the Saskatchewan Centennial celebrations held in Regina's Wascana Centre (cred to Alice MacDougall)

Bottom right: Check out my curls! And the kite of my dance costume. Irish Pavillion June 2010 (cred to Lindsay Sasseville)

I started dancing with the Irish Club of Regina Dancers in the fall of 1999. I went on to join the Prairie Gael School of Irish Dance in the summer of 2005 and stayed with them until my cross country move in late February/early March 2012. (Literally: my plane left Regina on Feb 29 and I arrived in St. John's on March 1)

A little dance down memory lane. I wouldn't trade them for all the gold. 

Yours in ghillies,

Síle

All the Jigs & Reels

I thought maybe some of you might be interested in how my series/ebook came about. What started my knitting-Irish dance "mashup" patterns?

It happened in a dream. That sounds a bit silly but it's exactly what happened! I woke up in the wee hours one August morning in 2016 with the idea of a basic cowl with rope cables and moss st, because rope cables can be 4 stitches wide (each strand being 2 stitches) and crossed every 4 rows/rounds. 4x4 or 4/4, which is the time signature for reels. And the first solo learned in Irish dance is the light reel. By this point I'd grabbed a pen off my nightstand and started scribbling on a sheet of paper. I chose moss st to show off the cables because it shares the 4 rows/rounds repeat. And if I did 7 pattern repeats going around the cowl, that would be the perfect tie in with 7s aka the basic side step in Irish dance...

The cowl took shape in my dark room without any yarn or needles in hand, a first for me. 

After I'd gone back to sleep and woke up properly for the day, I looked over my hastily scribbled night time notes and the idea still had merit. In all honesty, my Light Reel Cowl pattern never changed from that original burst. 

After making a more legible and coherent plan for the cowl, I wondered if I could turn the light jig into a pattern. Jigs have a time signature of 6/8. I took the 6 as 6 stitches, which is 3 strands if they're 2 stitches each. What does 3 strands say to you? To me it was a braid. Braid cables are some of my favorites. What could I make that would highlight the braid(s)? I decided a tam with 8 wedges, using the 8 from 6/8, was the right idea. I played with the placements of both the braids and the decreases. At one point, the lines of the decreases were fighting with the braids; not what I wanted! But what if I flipped it? What if I start at the top and increase each wedge?... That turned out to be exactly what I was looking for! Funny how turning a chart in a different direction can make all the difference. 

So there I was with designs for a light reel inspired cowl and a light jig inspired tam. Could I come up with something for a single jig? Again with the 6/8 time signature. Ah! What if 6 were the number of strands in the cable? There's a classic 6 strand cable that's been published in many stitch dictionaries and patterns, sometimes called "Saxon Braid", "Celtic Braid", etc. Everyone has probably seen it somewhere.

I decided on mittens, with the 6 strand cable traveling the back from cuff to fingers. And if I used the ribbed palm and thumb a lady from the town I grew up in used to make her mittens that I swear every child in the area had a pair of, maybe they'd invoke that woolly hug I remembered from putting hers on. I had the basis for my Single Jig Mittens.

At the point I was coming up with these ideas, I was still waiting to get into physiotherapy for my injury and was using a cane to get around. Because I was also dealing with neuropathy, my hands often felt cold no matter the temperature. Using my mitten idea as a jumping off point, I knit a pair of fingerless mitts, I call them mitties, using DK weight yarn in place of worsted. I really liked them and they made a difference for my hands, especially when going over to the store or post office, so I decided I would release them alongside the mittens. In the actual timeline, the mitties were knit before the mittens!

If I was going to keep going, and it really looked like I was onto something, I needed something for the slip jig. Slip jigs are a completely different animal to the other jigs. First off they have a time signature of 9/8, unique to every other tune/dance the world over! They tend to be a bit... ethereal. Floaty and light. How could I represent that??

I took inspiration from Riverdance, in particular the slip jig "Countess Cathleen". I had wanted to knit a cloak with cables for quite awhile. I decided to knit a cloak that the Countess might wear when she's in hiding. I designed a 9 strand cable to run down the center back, and decided to start at the neck and increase as I worked down...

I started knitting and discovered this was going to take far too long and hold up the rest of the project. In the meantime, I had decided on what I'd do for the treble reel (return to rope cables and moss stitch in a toque/beanie but with short rows to shape the ribbing like I'd done on one I'd knit Dad long before) and treble jig (legwarmers with braid cables and trinity st), and was narrowing down how to look at the hornpipe. I needed an "easier" option for the slip jig!

Somewhere in the back of my mind a word popped up and floated to the surface: lace. Slip jigs are light and floaty, sometimes ethereal, all qualities that describe lace. My first idea was to knit a shawl with increases between panels of a sort of interlocking lace design; sort of like if cables were opened up really wide. At first I was thinking 9 panels in a sort of circular shape. I even tried to draw it out: a circle cut in 12 with 3 slices blacked out. What I eventually settled on is a hexagon missing one piece, so 5 wedges. 

And now you're thinking "5? Where did 5 come from?!" Going back to the slip jig's specialness, that 9/8 time signature means the count for dancing isn't counts of 8 as with the other dances, it's 5. Listen to the song "Rocky Road to Dublin", it's a slip jig and the count is clear in the chorus: "1 2 3 4 5 Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road, And all the way to Dublin...". So my using 5 sections makes complete musical, and dance, sense. 

I've had nothing but trouble with the edging for the shawl. I think I've finally stumbled onto the solution but believe me, this is the last time I try designing something with a limited amount of yarn in a discontinued colorway. I digress.

I decided to make a scarf with the basic lace pattern from the shawl so that I could keep the series going in learning order. I knit my Slip Jig Scarf using a gradient dyed yarn in a DK weight, as opposed to the light fingering weight I'm using for the shawl. Two very different looks and feels from the same lace patterning. The shawl will be the last pattern of the nine released.

I've already given you my idea behind the Treble Reel Toque. That was nice and straight forward, and knit up pretty much exactly how I envisioned it. I ran into a bit of trouble with the trinity stitch paired with the braid cables for the legwarmers and after a good deal of swatching (and truth be told, swearing) I came up with what I called a waffle stitch that sort of resembles the bubble (or poodle) socks worn by dancers in competitions. That was originally why I wanted to use trinity stitch but it just never looked right to me.

This brought me up to the last dance, the hornpipe. Hornpipes are another tune with an interesting time signature, most often they're in 2/4. This gave me some trouble because I kept thinking in terms of cables or lace, like the rest of the patterns. Ah, but what if 2 were represented by 2 colors? And 4 were 4 sides? Hmm...

I enjoy double-knitting, which is a method of making 2 "right" sides at the same time, with the colors reversed. For example, a scarf with red flowers on a blue background on side A, and blue flowers on a red background on side B. That's basic double-knitting. There are ways to go about knitting non-reversible things like letters or more complicated things like lace or cables. I recommend checking out the patterns and ideas of Alasdair Post-Quinn (link to his website is in the sidebar) for further exploration. My own design, Rínce Fada, uses these more complex methods. I digress, again.

So hornpipe: 2 colors, 4 sides, double-knitting; what can I do with that? What if I took a basic type Celtic knot, and worked a square in d-k, and then picked up around the edges and worked the sides of a bag upwards in the round? If I made eyelets towards the top, I could thread I-cords through and it would be a drawstring bag!

I had this started and then realized I'd completely goofed by not paying attention to gauge. Knitting is most often wider than it is tall. So if you knit something, for example, 20 stitches x 20 rows, you'll have a nice rectangle not a square. If you've ever put a design on graph paper and then tried to knit it you'll have seen that it looks much flatter or shorter than the graph. This is why there's what is called knitter's graph paper, most often in 18 stitches and 24 rows to 4"/10 cm. I paid no mind to gauge though and charted a knot on standard, square, graph paper. And my bottom square came out as a predictable rectangle. Oops. So now I need to rechart not only the base but the bag sides as well. And then, and only then, can I reknit it properly. But I have a solid idea anyway.

Thus ends the tale of how my series of All the Jigs & Reels patterns came about. We have numbers around us in a lot of our interests, why not use them in a different medium to inspire or teach others? 

Yours in yarn & trebles,

Síle

Introducing: Treble Jig Legwarmers

It's new pattern release day! 

The Treble Jig Legwarmers are available now. They are the seventh pattern in my series, All the Jigs and Reels. Only two more patterns to go!

Legwarmers in July? Seems a bit odd doesn't it? But legwarmers are small and portable projects. They're like socks without needing to remember where/when to add the heel or start shaping the toe. I took mine on a walk on 2019's World Wide Knit in Public Day (WWKIP Day).

Easy and portable, what more can you ask for in a summer knitting project?

What's coming next? I'm working on both Hornpipe Bag and 

Slip Jig Shawl with Hornpipe Bag most likely coming out this fall, possibly October. I'll keep you updated on that.

In case you're wondering, yes that's me modeling the Treble Jig Legwarmers. I'm fortunate to have a photographer for a roommate and after moving things around in the dining room, we were able to have a photoshoot. It was nice to put my hardshoes on and do a few trebles and attempt a click, though I have to say the floor was more than a bit slippery! And as usual there were way more great photos than I needed. I put a few favourites into a collage to share with you.

And now I've spent more of the day on my phone than I intended (completely normal for a new release day!) and Jakey is demanding attention, so I must heed the feline overlord:

Welcome

With the changes I'm making to Knit Dance Repeat Designs, I thought it was a good idea to start blogging again. This gives everything a homebase to tie to.

My standard bio is this:
My name is Síle (she-luh), and I taught myself to knit from a kit bought in a toy department when I was 12. I haven't really gone many days without knitting since! I love to knit cables and lace, and tend towards double-knitting when I want to play with color.

When not knitting, I enjoy Irish dancing; I spent quite a number of years as a performer of both solos and céilí dances before my back injury. I live on the not-so-tropical island of Newfoundland, part of Canada’s most easterly province Newfoundland & Labrador, and enjoy taking scenic walks, and visiting music venues and museums around St. John’s.

Knit Dance Repeat Designs was born out of my desire to design knitting patterns with intrinsic links to Irish dance. I often use the hashtag #knittingirishdancemashup on Instagram. I miss practices, learning new steps, pushing myself for better technique and higher jumps. I miss the stage, performing, and the audiences. I'm in physio for my injury; my hope is to get myself back to the point that I can dance again. That doesn't mean I can't pass on my knowledge and love for ID while I'm getting back there!

What can you expect from this space? Photos of in progress designs and other projects, new releases, photo tutorials of techniques I'm using in my patterns, cat photos (my roommate's pair love to "help" me), links to wherever my patterns can be found, other knitting and fiber related links, and my social media. Please note that I'm very careful about links with the on going accessibility issues with Ravelry. That's partially why I'm setting up this space: to move information from my Ravelry group to a safer, more accessible place for any knitters to see it.

So welcome to Knit Dance Repeat. Pull up a comfortable chair, grab a cuppa/glass/mug of your preferred beverage, and knit (or dance) along.