Break’s over. November 15, 2006 ~ 10:01 pm
Posted by Julie in : Adherents of the Repeated Meme , trackbackAfter a couple of hours of “resting” my arm (ie, not knitting, not typing, not doing anything), I realized I was really bored. It’s just not in my nature to sit around and watch TV without doing something else at the same time; I must multi-task! I am so not used to seeing the TV in anything but dribs and drabs, briefly looking up while I’m knitting or blogging. But in an attempt to keep resting the arm - okay, in a renewed attempt, although I’m not convinced that using a drop spindle is harmful to CTS or whatever I have - I will make this a short post.
I found this meme on Scout’s blog (all knitters, if you haven’t already found Scout, you should go see her post-haste. She is a blogger, and she’s also an enabler the owner of a kickass online store.)
1. How and when did you learn how to knit/crochet? Who taught you?
I learned two years ago next month. Nobody actually taught me, since I learned from the Klutz Guide to Knitting and expanded my skills via Debbie Stoller’s Stitch N Bitch books. However, my grandmother crocheted a lot (thus my tendency to shudder when I see Red Heart yarn), and my father’s sister was a knitter (my Barbie and Ken dolls had very stylish sweaters), so I apparently come by it honestly. My mother has told me that she knitted before she had me, the more complicated the pattern the better to keep her interest. However I don’t think she got the same amount of joy out of it that I do, since she’s not doing it anymore.
2. How has this craft impacted your life? (besides financially!)
It’s given me so much, really. Every time I finish a project I still get a thrill that I made something that cool with two sticks and a piece of string. Knitting calms me down when I am feeling completely stressed: it’s a form of meditation that gives me a sense of accomplishment at the same time. And I do feel a sense of my place in history every time I pick up my needles, a connection to all the women (and men) who have knit before me. I’m just the latest link in a chain that goes back a long, long way.
3. Pick at least one person to talk about who you have met through the knit-world and why you are thankful to have met them. Feel free to get all mushy.
I’ll pick two people who I met through the blogoverse before I realized they knit as well: ESC and Aimee. I knew I liked them from reading their blogs, but when we found out that all of us knit, it was like a switch went off for me. These are the people I spend all day emailing with, talking about our lives, our crafting, our jobs - I can tell them anything and they’re my best sounding boards. I’ve met them both in person (Hell, ESC invited us both to her wedding reception two weeks ago) and I love them like sisters. They’re the best.
Comments
Hee! Sorry…..but hey, your cool swag will be mailed out tomorrow! Whoo hoo!
**sniff sniff**
You had me at “Scout’s Blog”.
Scout~Yay for swag!!! I can’t wait.
Aimee~Yeah, that’s where I got all choked up typing it, too.
The Sentimental Knitters *sniff*