Hi, I’m Gayle, I’m from Massachusetts. I am about to start an AC Poncho kit. Wish me luck as I figure this out!
I’m Patti, I currently live in Barnegat NJ on the Jersey shore. Spent 40 years in non profit management. Now retired and spend much of my time knitting, weaving and traveling. I have a very patient husband who doesn’t blink when I tell him I’m going to Japan to weave for two weeks. But knitting is always my favorite. Love lace and sweater knitting for me and friends and knit for our two granddaughters. Life is good.
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Hi! Ellen from Jersey. (Originally from Ohio, but I’ve been out here so long, I call “pop” “soda” and use the word “agita.”)
I’ve been knitting for about three years and it has been a boon to me. I view it as a problem I’ve created for myself that I can solve to my own satisfaction. Others have written this elsewhere, but I’m taking small risks and clocking small victories. I’m also learning, which feels fabulous. And improving, which is rare. And doing something tangible that results in a finished object, unlike my day job, my politics, or raising a teenager.
Ravelry has become my escape. I follow designers like an earlier generation followed soap operas. (What IS Stephen up to?)
Knitting is my refuge. I knit a Pressed Flowers hat while my dad was in the cardiac ICU, a Jessica Jones cowl during my son’s spring track, a Noro throw during winter track, a Lento on a park bench, and a Halibut cowl on a roadtrip. I’ve got a Tin Can knits classic cardi, toddler size, on the needles now as cross-country season heats up.
I was up at 5:30 this morning, not on purpose, and I curled up with the Lounge. Thanks for giving me good stuff to peruse, fiber friends. I’m grateful you all our out there, clacking those needles.
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