Maybe it’s a summer thing as roughly this time last year I wrote about being thankful for my LYS supporting a “knitting community”. In addition I’m extremely thankful for the group of friends I’ve made that meet weekly. We meet at the LYS on “odd” Fridays when the LYS hosts an open knitting session. Then we meet at a local coffee shop that has graciously allowed us to be in their “spare” room on “even” Fridays.
Thus we get together weekly to knit and share. It’s through this group that we decided to create a knitting plan for the year to help guide our projects rather than bounce from the latest idea to the next. This helps my need for control. And helps guide yarn purchases. We encourage each other as we try new patterns and techniques. We even have plans to have mini-KALs if 2 or more want to knit the same thing.
We plan the occasional trip such as our girls weekend last December and our trip to the Knitters Pride warehouse sale. We are already planning a trip to the Young’s Dairy Farm Wool Gathering in September. I never took “girls” trips before meeting this group.
This group is a big reason that I struggle with living in Florida for months. I will miss the friendship of our weekly sessions. I appreciate that groups like this can be “time sensitive”. Retirement might bring changes. Employment is definitely bringing change for one. Hopefully she will be able to join us during school breaks (we may have to throw in a Monday session for some holidays).
Last week we had the sad occasion to attend the viewing of a knitters husband who had died in an accident. I know she was surprised but pleased to have her knitting friends recognize her grief.
Living means change so I know to appreciate this group for all the richness it has now. I don’t know what the future will bring but I certainly can be thankful for what this group means time now.
Knitting Is So Fun 