Hello back to all. Yes, I have the infamous "real" name of our favorite slayer.

Hi Vroom! Hi Lwadams!

I stopped knitting for almost five years, because it was impossible to do with HKF. Making things is a favorite activity, and currently, knitting is my craft drug of choice. Also, you can do it while waiting for people, going to co-op meetings, and watching tv. Sitting still waiting for people, or listening to the same thing get re-hashed again because of one dissent is not a favorite activity.

I suck at teaching how to knit, though. Apparently. According to HKF.

Shir, you should try - it's good fun! Scarves especially. Also, going to meetings and knitting a scarf means you can carry small stake-like objects and use them for good wholesome projects, whilst muttering 'stabby stabby stabby'* inside your head. No one is the wiser. (*only at co-op meetings that go on too long)

Faith? ducks and runs

I watched someone knit once. She offered to teach me and I said, can't I just buy a sweater? I was nine. I have not changed.

Faith? ducks and runs

HA!

Loved The Dollhouse, too.

Incidentally (this is not thread nannying, this conversation is fine to continue here so long as it doesn't run at a pace so fast as to discourage lurkers) but just so people know, the undocumented location where crafts (and also soap operas, for some reason) discussions take place is in Minearverse. The Minear also has a show right now (Terriers, if you're not watching it!) so there is show discussion in there too. But that's where we generally talk knitting.

and Soaps! don't forget the Soaps!

thanks Liese - I forgot where crafts went...

I've unsubscribed from Minearverse until I get caught up on Terriers but I'm sure we could talk knitting in Natter or Bitches, too.

Yeah, absolutely. It can go anywhere. I'm just directing because it's over there sometimes!

Welcome, lurkers!

I'm thrilled about Pittsburghians. Welcome LWA--- (not using the whole name, does that help?) and Mala! It's a gorgeous city now. My sister used to live on Mauwhinny (sp?) Street when she was getting her BFA at CMU, which was Carnegie Tech then. The whole street was torn down to make way for the new art museum. If the end doors of the factory were open at night, you could see glowing liquid metal being poured at Bethlehem Steel, as we drove home from visiting C Tech back then. I grew up in an historical fort town in Westmoreland County, next to and prettier than Latrobe, from which reservoir waters Rolling Rock beer is brewed (or used to be). I knew about Connie and Parker, but sox, I thought you live near DC!

I live north across the Golden Gate Bridge from SF in Marin County, and early-retired exactly three months ago after 30 years working as a paralegal in Oakland. I've never spent this much time in my home town and county before, and wow, it's a great place to live. The politics are much more to my liking than PA also. I know I'm lucky and boy howdy do I appreciate it. I'm taking some classes for fun at the local community college (mid-term next week!) and checking the movie and some of the show threads from time to time. I see some B'tsas locally and love knowing all the people here and love love love reading Natter when I have the time.

PS Tim has a new show called Terriers? This wasn't posted in Press because why?