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.