Wanted: New Best Friend

Married mother of one in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh seeking new best friend to help her learn more about knitting.

I enjoy sipping lattes, groping yarn in every craft store I go into, and untangling the mess of knots I get when trying to find the ending in a new ball of yarn.

I am extremely motivated and a very fast learner. Unfortunately, motivation doesn’t turn 100 yards of beautiful yarn into something more useful, like say, a scarf. It also doesn’t turn the squiggly spaghetti-like lines in a “learn to knit” book into anything coherent.

Qualifications:

Must posess inhuman amounts of patience.
Must be able to resist the urge to laugh at giant knotted mess of yarn that was suppose to be a hat.
Must be willing to work for free in exchange for a free cup of coffee and the satisfaction of knowing you made a new best friend for life.

Look! I can be crafty, too!

I'm always looking for a creatvie outlet. Though I love to write and paint, I completely lack the talent... doesn't stop me though! Lately I've been itchy to be crafty. I see so many crafty mama's out there and I get so jealous, because WOW, look at that awesome knitted hat and look at that super cool sock monkey and holy cow your kid's handmade valentines are waaaaay cool. I've messed around with a few crafty things, and a drawer filled with scraps of colorful paper, stickers, stenils etc. means that scrapbooking is one of them:



I even dabbled a bit in beading and jewelry making (and heaven knows I have hundred and thousands of assorted beads lying around in tupperware containers to prove this):



Now, my latest endeavor: Knitting!



I bought myself a knitting book, 2 sets of needles, and... some other crap that I have no clue what to do with. Oh yeah, and cheap yarn to learn with. I want to make wild, crazy, funky hats and scarves! I've even started a Knitting Blog, because, well I'm a dork like that.

I'm going to leave you with one last picture, a screenshot of my laptop desktop... because I think it's cute and awesome!