A return to knitting

Theresa and I started knitting around the same time. She claims that she taught me, I distinctly remember that I made her a homespun scarf for Christmas, about a month before she started knitting. Either way, we started out on nearly equal footing making similarly skilled homespun scarves and then hats.

However, unlike Theresa who over the past 6+ years has delved deeper and deeper into this wonderful art, I am more of a serial hobbyist. I hop around from one craft to another and back. This means that I am proficient in many crafts, but would in no way call myself an expert in any one.

This being said, I have returned to knitting after a several year hiatus, during which I was busy crocheting kippot (head coverings) and needlepointing pillows. (I apologize for the lack of pictures, my camera is on the fritz)

After the trauma of leaving a virtually finished needlepoint pillow on an airplane, I decided it was time to move on, and now I am back to knitting. A wonderful new yarn store, Knitty City, just opened in my neighborhood and the joy of going into the store a being surrounded by yarn has been terrible for my productivity in life, but great for my knitting . I am embarking on my first lace project, made of bamboo yarn. (As an allergic to wool knitter I love all the new non-wool yarns that I have to work with). So far the project is not going so well, particularly since I have been trying to work on it in class. Maybe some concentrated time, without the distraction of taking notes is all I need to take my first step into the world of knitting beyond simple cables and ribs. Or I can just wait for Theresa to come back and ask her...hmm not a bad idea.