Verybusymonkey

When I was a little girl, the only thing I wanted from the time I could speak was to ride horses. My parents, knowing horseback riding is a costly hobby that would only lead to me wanting my own horse, tried to distract me. I roller skated, I danced, and I took every craft class known to mankind. I can now do pretty much any craft thrown in front of me, but the only one that stuck oddly enough was crochet and in the years since I showered every close friend and family member with at least one afghan.

Knitting, I always thought, was too boring, required too much counting, didn’t have the stitch variation like crochet, and, most importantly, just took too long. But several years ago, while studying for a large Ph.D. qualifying exam, I realized that I needed to keep my hands busy while I sat around nervously studying and reading all day. Crochet was out because I need to look at what I’m doing for that, but knitting actually worked.

I still do a bit of crochet, needlework, etc. from time to time, but I’ve been knitting obsessively ever since. Oh, and I now have two horses. 🙂

I now have a group on Ravelry and my website is verybusymonkey.wordpress.com