Kasey Faulkner models her first finished knitting project, a striped shawl, Washington, DC, Saturday, September 21, 2019. Kasey took up knitting in 2018 as a way to relax and reduce stress from her job as a labor and delivery nurse. (Taryn Faulkner/Jour604)
Kasey displays her knitted shawl, Washington, DC, Saturday, September 21, 2019. Temperatures in Washington are still reaching the 80s and 90s so the wool shawl is being kept stored away until cooler fall weather arrives. (Taryn Faulkner/Jour604)
Kasey knits her next project, a hat, on her deck in Washington, DC, September 21, 2019. The weather may still be too warm for wearing wool but it’s perfect for enjoying the outdoors and working on a new project. (Taryn Faulkner/Jour604)
Three cakes of yarn for a new knitting project, Washington, DC, Saturday, September 21, 2019. Yarn is typically sold in skeins but will not unroll properly for smooth knitting when in that form. So, yarn stores will wind the skies into what knitters call “cakes” so it smoothly unwinds as the knitter works the wool with knitting needles. (Taryn Faulkner/Jour604)
Knitting is simply using needles to manipulate yarn into interlocking loops, Washington, DC, Saturday, September 21, 2019. How those loops are manipulated forms many different patterns. The stockinette stitch shown here is one of the simplest patterns and is created through repetition of the same loops made over and over. Kasey Faulkner likes the mindless motion for relaxing and enjoying the feel and colors of fibers. (Taryn Faulkner/Jour604)