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Hello there, Knitsters!

It’s been a long time since any of the Knitsters have written here. Well, we do have a life outside of knitting, ‘ya know. All of us have kept in contact with each other through email, Twitter, LiveJournal and Facebook. Helen even came to visit Dani for a day over the summer to pick up baby stuff. (Yes, Helen’s little one is here, but I’ll let her fill you in on that!)

As for me, life has been a little crazy. I had a busy summer of trying to work full-time (or close to it), and at the end of September, I was laid off. Good times. I have continued with my knitting when I’ve had time, but I haven’t had time lately! I don’t remember if I took photos of everything. I started a sleeveless shell sweater from Big Girl Knits, but ended up frogging it. I’ve restarted it, but I’m not sure, since it’s been a few weeks, whether I’ll have to frog it again. Knitting up plus size items take a while, after all! However, upon the request of one of my little niece/cousins (she’s the daughter of one of JC’s cousins, but like a niece to me), I ended up making 3 hats for her and her sisters (they are triplets). My hands were sore after that!

Nowadays, I am still unemployed, but just embarked on a new adventure. I’ve just started graduate school. Now, keep in mind, I haven’t been in a university setting for 20 years. It’s been a long time since I had to collaborate with other people on a paper, or write an academic paper of any kind! I’ve taken classes in the meantime, but they were tech classes where I would have a test or a website as my final. And even those haven’t been in more than a decade (in my pre-mommy days).

I do have projects that I want to do this year, and projects that I want to complete. I just don’t know when I’m going to get to them! I will try to finish the shell sweater and I have yarn to make fingerless gloves that Drew wants (Bakugan gauntlet gloves, as he calls them), and I bought a whole lot of yarn for my birthday to attempt making the Mystic Shawl again, but in a watery color blend.

That’s all for now…hope to get photos up eventually!

Happy 2010!
PS, it’s almost the 5 year anniversay of Knitster.org already. Can you believe it? And remember, it’s all Helen’s fault!

Posted on January 24th, 2010 by Dani
Filed under: Community, General