Hi, Jan,
I really should be going to bed. I have to finish packing my office tomorrow and start the intro meetings with my new team, plus we have a team meeting for which I really honestly planned to have a sharp discussion outlined ahead of time to impress everyone with their new manager’s critical thinking skills, but as I got out of the car Eryka said, “I bet you’re going to go home and update your blog, aren’t you?”
What else was I supposed to do? Especially after we had such a raucous and fun night knitting. Beer and wine were drunk, chocolate cake was eaten, and indeed, much laughter was laughed. It was one of our biggest turn outs ever.
I didn’t try to get pictures of all of the projects - it’s hard in a public place like that - but some of the highlights included Karen’s soon-to-be-felted colorwork bag, Lisa’s very beginning of a shawl (her first knitting in a long time!), and a dynamite tank in a gorgeous green knit up by Annie.
Instead of listing everyone else’s projects (and thereby sidestepping the need to point out that I came home with no progress on my Rivendell socks (for such a simple pattern, I sure managed to make a series of frogworthy mistakes)), I am going to just list everyone and their vocations - to list avocations would take too many kilobytes.
Annie A - nutritionist
Lisa G - pastry chef
Chris - food scientist
Kathy - lawyer and beegirl
Kim - marketer
Leslie - program executive for corporate mentoring group
Kari - pastry chef (yes, we’re that lucky to have two in the group!)
Peggy - school counselor/social worker
Lisa P - food scientist (sure, we’re lucky to have two of these, too)
Eryka - PR specialist (and blogger - check out Spare Room Knits(TM!))
Karen - civil engineer
Annie M - knitting designer and knitting heretic
Ellen - biochemical engineer
And the folks who didn’t make it tonight are pretty awesome, too.
This is an incredible group of women - when are you going to come knit with us?!
Love,
Ellen
Jan and Ellen are identical twins who have always had an innate fashion sense. Crafting is an integral part of their lives and they stay stitched together sharing their love of knitting, family and community.
July 8th, 2008 at 5:37 am
I’m sure you’ll impress them. I am not worried.
I agree, I also enjoy seeing all of the different things people who knit do for their “real jobs.” In my group we have a lawyer, a chemistry grad student, a full time nanny, a fuel cell engineer, a computer person, a mom, and a couple of us med students (and more, those are the first that came to mind). We range in age from 23 to over 60. We are all women, but I kind of enjoy it since that means I can more freely talk about some of my favorite topics.
July 8th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Last night left me awestruck by the warmth, generosity and intelligence of knitters. I wonder if ordinary people are so spectacularly fascinating and fun? Can’t wait for the camp-out at Peggy’s! Remember when we just didn’t meet during the summer because everyone was too busy?
July 8th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Morning Ladies,
Yes I did pop over to your site to check and of course you had updated the blog. Thank you for that burst of cheer before I start this beautiful day. I was amazed at all the incredible women I met last night: their skill, generosity and humor! It was such a pleasure to be with all of you. thanks for inviting me Ellen. I look forward to the next outing!
July 10th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
What a great group! And it sounds like a wonderful night — you had to come home and update