For awhile now I've wondered what it would be like to have a knitting community in my immediate vicinity. For so long I've been a solitary knitter and I prefer that, for the most part. Knitting is intensely personal for me: a time to really be still with my thoughts while I mull over every topic under the sun, from what I'm going to eat for dinner to what my life's purpose is (deep, I know).
I've grown in my craft for the most part by myself, with no one around to tell me that I'm doing something wrong, or that I'm doing something right. I kind of vaguely knew that there were others here in Skagway who knit, but it was never anyone who I felt like I would or could hang out with. So my stitch and bitch nights consisted of me, myself and I. And I really started to wonder what it would be like to not have to bitch to myself.
So, to solve my problem of having no one to stitch and bitch with, I've been casually pushing my friends to learn how to knit. A couple weeks ago, a lady in town offered a beginning knitting class and I oh-so-discreetly texted my friend Sarah and told her about it. Sarah has been on the receiving end of some of my handiwork, so I knew she was at least semi-interested in knittery things. I was so excited when she decided to go!
She learned the basics in the class and then came shopping in my stash last week for a suitable yarn for her first project (she chose a gorgeous blue alpaca blend yarn, by the way...a girl after my own heart). We then had our first stitch and bitch the following night at a local bar.
We numbered only three but I'm encouraged that we'll have another very soon and hopefully our numbers will grow. It was surprisingly nice to knit in the presence of others...and I felt only a little bit self-conscious (mostly because of the curious looks we were getting from fellow barflies), but I'm hoping that will wear off in time. And I'm hoping that I can encourage even more of my friends to pick up sticks! Yeah!
Well done! You've become a designer, and now you are now a knitting evangelist. I think you are completely knittified!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this. I've made the blog! Can't wait for my lovely blue, baby alpaca scarf (riddled with error and full of hard work) to be wrapped around my neck. (All because of your discrete texts.)
ReplyDeleteSnB groups are the BEST! I attend two groups in Los Angeles. The people in my SnB's have become my BEST friends. Happy T-Giving!
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