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Mar. 25th, 2008 11:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Sometimes being a knitter is really awesome.
This morning, for instance, I got on the bus to campus earlier than usual. There was a woman there knitting something in the round. I asked her what she was making (a hat) and told her that I'm a knitter as well, currently working on a pair of socks. She invited me to sit down in the empty seat next to her and we chatted about yarn and knitting. I had my socks-in-progress in my backpack so I took them out to show her.
We introduced ourselves to each other - her name's Amy - and I told her about the Saturday afternoon undergraduate knitting circle that I recently started going to. I hope to see her there.
It's really cool for me that I can just start up a conversation like that. As some of you know, I've always had difficulty meeting and talking to people. But knitting makes it easy to - for example - talk to a total stranger on the bus because she's a knitter, too.
This morning, for instance, I got on the bus to campus earlier than usual. There was a woman there knitting something in the round. I asked her what she was making (a hat) and told her that I'm a knitter as well, currently working on a pair of socks. She invited me to sit down in the empty seat next to her and we chatted about yarn and knitting. I had my socks-in-progress in my backpack so I took them out to show her.
We introduced ourselves to each other - her name's Amy - and I told her about the Saturday afternoon undergraduate knitting circle that I recently started going to. I hope to see her there.
It's really cool for me that I can just start up a conversation like that. As some of you know, I've always had difficulty meeting and talking to people. But knitting makes it easy to - for example - talk to a total stranger on the bus because she's a knitter, too.
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Date: 2008-03-30 01:28 am (UTC)