Finally

... I think I'm a knitter.

A whole new world of fun and creativity has opened wide!  How could it have it taken me so long to discover the warm rhythm, the soft tapping needles, the quiet relaxation awaiting me?  If you bump into me these days, I'm probably knitting or purling (or ripping them out...again). 

I have a long way to go, but I've been working on a sampler scarf with every knit/purl stitch I can find.  What next?

Knitting is clothing made in spare moments, or round the fire, whenever women gathered together... It's something to celebrate-clothes made in love and service, something women have always done." 

— Anne Bartlett