Hello Yarn Friends... Do you want to learn to knit fasters so that you have more FFO's (fully finished objects)? Here at Bombed Yarns headquarters, we handdye quality yarn. We, therefore need to have samples and examples of the colourways we produce. There is a pressure to produce. The faster we knit, the more samples we have. It is inevitable we have looked at increasing our knitting speed. It's probably fair to say that most of us knitters aspire to increase our knitting speed. Watch this great video clip from an Australian Country Women's Association Knitting competition: I, (Jan) have fond memories of attending one such competition. As a small child, I watched my Aunt Maureen go up on stage at the Tasmanian CWA Knitting Speed Competition in the 70s, in the Albert Hall of Launceston. Aunt Maureen had churned out hundreds of jumpers (an Aussie term for 'sweater') and was pitting herself against other fast Launceston knitters. She sat on a chair ...