My dear people,

I warmly welcome you to my blog, which will hereafter chronicle my adventures in knitting!  Thank you, most sincerely, for visiting.  Whether you are a knitter, a fan of knitwear, or simply a supportive friend of mine, I hope you will find this blog to your liking.  Please come back from time to time, and feel free to be a part of the fun by leaving any comments you see fit.  Again, welcome!

I suppose I  should begin by telling you how knitting and I became acquainted.  I have been an avid crocheter since the age of 9, stubbornly holding out on knitting and staying very close to my crocheted roots.  In the early years A.C. (after college), one of the activities that proved to be a great source of joy for me was a regular crochet date with one of my best gal pals at a local java joint.  It seemed as though life would go on like that forever:  drinking coffee, talking about life, crocheting.  Then, one day, things changed.  A few years ago, on a whim, this lovely friend decided we ought to learn the basics of knitting and sought out a friend-of-a-friend who had the know-how to show us the ropes.  A date was set for a group of wanna-be-knitters to learn the basic "knit" and "purl" stitches.  The gathering took place on a Friday the 13th, and was brilliantly termed the "Friday the 13th Knitting Needle Massacre." It was then determined that I was "gaugey," and an irreversible crush on knitting was formed.  The rest is history.  I love knitting.  I love yarn!  Yarn is so beautiful.

Yarn is also dangerous.  Shortly after the great Knitting Needle Massacre, my friend and I found ourselves at a local craft store, for there was a yarn sale afoot.  She was, very appropriately, selecting the correct number of skeins for particular projects she had in mind for the knit-able portions of her Christmas list.  I, however, was gluttonously gathering all the lovely yarn I could manage to carry, without a care in the world or a thought as to what that yarn would become.  When my friend asked me what I was going to make, my immediate response was:  "Everything!"  So, while I've fallen short of that task thus far, I've enjoyed knitting varied things and look forward to doing the job more credibly now. Holler atcha girl if you have any bright ideas of knits that should be knit!

much love,
janny