Infecting others

And it keeps spreading. I can report that the knitting thing is (after 3 plus years) catch on within the family. In addition to my daughter and her husband, I can report that my 8 yr old son is also starting a project for a give to one of his nieces.

Now not everyone is effected the same way. My eldest son, whoes daughters were the receipients of the cats, want to find form a cottage industry around toys for infants. The words "make more" and eBay were IM'd.

For now I just want to keep working on my next project. And enjoy the phone-coaster my daughter made for me.

YKnit (see link on side bar)

One of the better pod casts is the YKnit series. They always end there pod cast with this question of their guest: Y Knit?.

My answer would be as follows: I picked up knitting when my son and daughter-in-law were expecting our first grand daughter (notice OUR). I realized that I was looking for a hobby, since whittling in bed was not going over so well, and that I liked the idea of playing with rope. The long time scouter in me understood a basic need for rope, twine, string, etc. Plus, no one else in the family knew how to knit. This girl would need someone to learn from.

I started with small squares that were to be a blanket (still WIP with about 20 samplers) and made her a knit hat and mittens for her birth. She and her sister are now the primary recipients of my knitting efforts. Well, they and a bear named Gubber.

Day Two

All of this is still very new to me. I have added a couple of links: some of my favorite podcast cites and LibraryThing for a list of books currently on my reading/listening list.

Getting Started

In the course of enjoying this past weekend, I came to understand the wonderful blessing of family. To have the opportunity to help my wife when she suffered a not so minor fall, to be alive to see my granddaughter receive so much loving attention in celebrating her third birthday, and to be allowed to experience one more father's day were one of my sons shares in the day.

There have been many instances when I wanted to turn to paper and pen, and a drawer full of half started note pads are testament to this fact, but I have not given any serious thought to just starting with this media of blogging.

Where this will go, I can't say. But I hope I can at least share some part of my journey.