Kay's Korner - A Knitters Notes

It has been said that some knitters are knitters with a capital "K". As for myself, I am clearly a ?dyed in the wool? knitter - knitting reaches all the way down to my core. Without my knitting, there would be a void in my life and there is a good chance that I would develop a nervous tic. With every stitch, it calms me, inspires me, and connects me to others who also love this craft.

Are you a dyed in the wool knitter? Ponder these thoughts. If you can relate to even one of these scenarios, there is a very good chance that you, too, are a dyed in the wool knitter!

You know you are a dyed in the wool knitter when...
1)...you spend your anniversary at your local yarn shop's knit night
2)...knitting is more important than sleep
3)...you finish someone else's project for them
4)...you ask for yarn for your birthday and Christmas
5)...you pack more yarn than clothes for vacation
6)...your stash exceeds your life expectancy
7)...you only knit with Addi Turbos
8)...your pet's sweater is knit from his own hair
9)...you skip a car payment to take classes at Stitches
10)...?beg? doesn't mean freeloading and ?stock? isn't soup base
11)...you use your kitchen more for dyeing than cooking
12)...net bags aren't for washing lingerie
13)...every gift you give requires a yarn purchase
14)...you can tell it's acrylic by touch
15)...you know how to spit join and it doesn't seem gross, because it's just
plain magic
16)...you're on Ravelry more than Facebook
17)...you teach your boyfriend/husband to knit
18)...your closet has more yarn than shoes
19)...holding baby alpaca causes you to sigh
20)...you take your vacation during SAFF, so you can see the llamas both
judged and sheared
21)...the alarm is set so you can get up early to knit
22)...your socks are all hand knit
23)...your significant other's socks are all hand knit
24)...your cat's toys are hand knit
25)...?cozy? doesn't mean comfortable
26)...the only time your bed is made is when you need to block a project
27)...there are more knitting needles in your home than spoons
28)...?blocking? doesn't mean forgetting a traumatic event
29)...your blog gets over 2,000 hits
30)...you will rip more than half of what you have knit to fix an error
31)...you can fix an error WITHOUT ripping half of what you have knit
32)...you tweak all your patterns for a better fit, even if they don't really
need it
33)...you can see a pattern is wrong before casting on
34)...you often check your mail for the latest issue of your Vogue Knitting
subscription
35)...your pattern is published by someone other than you
36)...you have a knitting scrapbook, but no family photo album
37)...you bought a computer just so you can download patterns
38)...the folks at your local yarn shop know you by name

So, are you a dyed in the wool knitter? If so, congratulations!

Copyright 2010
Kay Mather