Hello, My Name Is

For my first official post I thought I should introduce myself.

So here I am (with Ollie the Beagle):

I also have a husband but he's behind the camera as usual. We all live together in a cozy apartment in Manhattan. By day, I'm a social worker, trying my best to make a little bit of difference in this huge city. By night, I'm a lot of things, but for the purposes of this blog, I'm a knitter.

I was taught to knit by my mom when I was in high school. She tried to teach me before, but tomboy that I was, I resisted. When I finally opened my mind and gave it a try I was blown away. I felt connected to all the creative, industrious women who came before me and who had all passed on this art to their daughters until it finally made it to me. Plus, it was fun and you end up with some cool stuff. As I say in my profile, I may not be an expert knitter but I try to be adventurous. I love trying out new techniques and new ideas and mixing and mashing them all together to create something, well, new! My favorite thing is when I get that itch to knit and start dreaming up a project and say "that is way over my head but let's try it anyway." Sometimes it works, sometimes it gets frogged, but it's always fun and interesting.

So, watch me try some new stuff (new to me anyway). Show me what exciting, creative, frustrating, challenging, ridiculous projects you're working on. Give me your two cents and I'll give you mine.