Knitting Like Crazy

My current Facebook status: "...is knitting, like crazy - or crazy, like knitting", and it's true. I've been cranking out a lot of knitting projects since I finally learned how to knit just over one month ago:

	Sarah's purple hat		baby W-D's hat		Trish's multicoloured hat
	Jenny's Multi-coloured hat		Trish's coffee sleeve		Blue hat for Monica
	Baby F's hat		Apple tea cozy		3 hats & doll scarf

I started knitting as therapy - I needed something to de-stress with, and knitting was relatively easy to learn, available, repetitive, productive and creative. 

I won't say it's inexpensive... as I've now become a knit-a-holic. My yarn stash grew overnight and now fills two large Rubbbermaid tubs. My vocabulary has also grown - I'm now using phrases like "yarn stash". I am not, however, a "yarn snob" (see me wield my new words!) as I am pretty indiscriminate about what I buy. My selection process is essentially "Oooh, pretty!" and I might check the gauge (yes, another exclusive knitter-type word - swoon!)

There's a whole yarn shopping creed that I was unaware of. Oblivious. I am seduced by colours and how things feel... but also cost. If it's cheap, I'm happy. I haven't yet braved the depths of knitting specialty stores because I've heard stories (whispered like legends by my knitting group) about exotics like alpaca and bamboo and slub... that cost more than the food I put on the table.

In reality... I'm knitting for kids. Every child (okay, it seems like every child) in the school has asked for a hat. Cheap, plentiful and most importantly washable is what's called for - even if it's Red Heart acrylic yarn (gasp!).

I also joined a weekly knitting group in the area - and I like it. It's fun. I look forward to it. I also joined Ravelry, an on-line knitting group.

I may never leave the house again.

And I am now, officially, old.

I fear I've lost my cachet as a "cool" mom (I delude myself, I know!) with this whole knitting thing. It's so... grandmotherly. So... sedentary. So... bifocals. Except, as I pointed out to M - we could, technically, be grandparents at our ages.

So I'll enjoy my knitting, the knitting group... and probably a sooner-than-later need for bifocals and my eventual acceptance of my advancing age.

But I can still order cool t-shirts.

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[Liberty]

There's an alpaca farm or two (or twelve... heh.. ok not THAT many but almost!) around here. We keep meaning to arrange for a tour of one with the Cub Scouts. If that pans out maybe I'll pick up some yarn for one of my fave bloggers. =) (And maybe some for you, too. *ducks* I joke, I joke.)