What do you do if you make a mistake while knitting? You tink.

To tink means to undo the knitting that was done, and where does the word come from? It's "knit" spelled backwards, of course!

That is just one pearl of wisdom from the women at a weekly knitting group held at the Gleason Family YMCA.

Half a dozen women gathered on Wednesday afternoon, sitting together and knitting with each other. They donate the items they make to organizations in town including Turning Point and Baby Point.

The group donated items this past weekend for the craft fair held at the YMCA earlier this month.

Pat Lockhart, head of the group, said the knitting group began when the YMCA first opened in 2002, but it hasn't always served the same purpose.

"It wasn't always a charitable thing," she said. "It was a social thing we started."

Though their work goes toward charitable causes, it's still social hour for all things knit as the women share stories and show each other pictures of their work.

Many of the women have come to the group for several years now, having knit most of their lives for family members.

At 84 years old with arthritis in her hands, Barbara Smith has no plans to stop knitting.

She began when she was 18 years old and is self-taught, but others began even earlier than her. Gwalia Moulton learned when she was 8 or 9 years old.

"It's just something I've always done and I don't feel right without it," said Moulton.

From sweaters and hats to socks and scarves, the women make all kinds of winter gear to give away.

The knitters are always looking for yarn donations - they take care of the rest.