Pancakes and Socks
Yesterday I had the opportunity to meet a bunch of other knitters for brunch. I recently joined a social networking site for knitters called Ravelry. It gives people the opportunity to join subgroups with different interested, catalogue their projects and yarns, browse through other projects, etc. It's really quite something. For example, I have joined groups for knitters who enjoy watching the TV show House MD, knitters who like cheese, knitters who like Starbucks, knitters who are planning weddings, etc.
Another group I joined was for knitters in the Boston area. Someone posted that there would be a knitting brunch on Saturdays, so I decided to check it out. I met an amazing group of women who come from various and interesting fields and backgrounds. We ate pancakes and french toast, drank coffee, talked about knitting and life and generally had a great time.
I'm always completely astounded by the opportunities afforded to us through the internet for experiences like this. Even 10 years ago, people in large cities would have had to go to a lot more trouble to try to find groups of people with similar interests. As it is, we now have the ability to walk into a coffee shop, sit down with a group of complete strangers and laugh, exchange wedding suggestions and knitting tips, and generally act like old friends and acquaintances. Times might have changed, but there's still nothing like getting together and sharing commonalities for a few hours before spinning back into daily life.
While eating brunch, I also finished my Jaywalker socks (several of the women at brunch suggested that they might be able to take them off my hands, or thoughtfully considered sneaking them into their purses. I consider these socks a job well done!)
Pattern: Jaywalker Socks by Grumperina
Alterations: Shortened the leg and added a small picot border instead of ribbing, a la January One
Yarn: Lorna's Laces in colorway Vera
Another group I joined was for knitters in the Boston area. Someone posted that there would be a knitting brunch on Saturdays, so I decided to check it out. I met an amazing group of women who come from various and interesting fields and backgrounds. We ate pancakes and french toast, drank coffee, talked about knitting and life and generally had a great time.
I'm always completely astounded by the opportunities afforded to us through the internet for experiences like this. Even 10 years ago, people in large cities would have had to go to a lot more trouble to try to find groups of people with similar interests. As it is, we now have the ability to walk into a coffee shop, sit down with a group of complete strangers and laugh, exchange wedding suggestions and knitting tips, and generally act like old friends and acquaintances. Times might have changed, but there's still nothing like getting together and sharing commonalities for a few hours before spinning back into daily life.
While eating brunch, I also finished my Jaywalker socks (several of the women at brunch suggested that they might be able to take them off my hands, or thoughtfully considered sneaking them into their purses. I consider these socks a job well done!)
Pattern: Jaywalker Socks by Grumperina
Alterations: Shortened the leg and added a small picot border instead of ribbing, a la January One
Yarn: Lorna's Laces in colorway Vera
posted by Liz at 12:05 PM
1 Comments:
I share your astonishment at the range and number of communal opportunities made possible by the Internet. The one other critical factor, I suspect: we're all women. (A man could certainly be one or two of us, but six or eight together? Just wondering.)
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