The Facts of Life

“You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and then you have…”

Well, I’m very happy that we won’t have to say Vice President Palin for the next 4-8 years, but I’m sad that we in California are just lame enough to think that someone being in love is a bad thing.  I voted against Prop 8 and and Prop 4 (what I like to call the “if you were a good parent you wouldn’t need this law” proposition) and even more than the presidential election I made sure that those “NO” votes were recorded correctly.

Someone on Ravelry mentioned where they were when Obama was announced to be the first “black” President, so I’ll add my two cents: I found out about Obama’s victory while I was at Starbucks with my knitting group.  So I can always remember knitting fondly!  Why am I now thinking about the scene in “Singles” when Kyra Sedgewick’s character says “I’m going to have to remember this chili dog forever?”  Personally, I get to remember the grey shawl I was knitting when I found out that we won!!!

My Year in Lists

I just found another meme, so I figured “why not?” Here goes:

The official rules are mark with bold the things you have knit at least once, with italics the ones you plan to do sometime, and leave the rest.

Afghan
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn
Mittens: Cuff-up
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino knitting (modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn
Two end knitting
Charity knitting
Knitting with soy yarn
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing
Knitting with circular needles
Knitting with your own handspun yarn
Slippers
Graffiti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting
Designing knitted garments
Cable stitch patterns
Lace patterns
Publishing a knitting book
Scarf
Teaching a child to knit
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)
Knitting to make money
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dyeing with plant colors
Knitting items for a wedding
Household items
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars
Olympic knitting
Knitting with someone else’s handspun yarn
Knitting with DPNs
Holiday related knitting
Bobbles
Knitting for a living
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dyeing yarn
Steeks
Knitting art
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching
Long Tail CO
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting
Knitting with self-patterning/self-striping/variegating yarn
Stuffed toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere
Darning
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm warmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair
Hair accessories
Knitting in public

I guess I should have added a characteristic of things I would never do, like knitting for pets 🙂 Okay, I guess I’ll try underlining things that I have no interest in …