There Are Other Knitters Out There

I buy a lot of my yarn at Michael's because it's close to where I live and they usually have good sales.  From time to time someone will ask me what I'm making with my treasures either because they are interested or because they are a knitter, too.  I often wear scarves I make for myself and will also be questioned on them every once in a while.  Our conversations are quick and simple as we part ways with a smile.

Today my sister and I volunteered at a 5K event.  There were two other women helping us out, one of whom was wearing a cute Michigan State knitted hat. 
Me: Oh, that is a nice hat, did you knit it?
Lady 1: No, she did.
Lady 2: I did.
Me: Cool, I knit, too...
Lady 2 and I went on to discuss knitting for quite some time and I feel like my jaw was dropped the entire time and my eyes were dry from being open so widely.  In the short amount of time I talked to this woman I came up with a list of four new knitting accessories that I HAD to have and walked away with a couple great references for hooking up with other knitters.

I haven't had a lot of time to check it out and figure it out yet, but if you knit or crochet and don't yet know about http://www.ravelry.com/, check it out!  It was described as "Facebook for Knitters" and from what I can see so far, I could spend hours looking around at other people's projects, finding out about new yarns and discovering new patterns.

This blog developed because I needed to find some way to share my projects and love for knitting.  Today I sat and talked to a complete stranger about knitting and found out there are many other people out there just like me - I just didn't know where to find them.

On the way home we stopped at Hobby Lobby since we are often not on that side of town.  I managed to find some wonderful yarn to match my new winter coat and plan to start working on a scarf for myself.  I was in the middle of another scarf, but this new yarn is going to be awesome.  There was such a different variety at Hobby Lobby and am happy I took the time to wander through and see what they have.  While it may be outside my normal radius of shops, taking a little drive is one other way to keep my hands out of the snacks!