Things That Amaze Me

My mother has expressed interest in learning how to knit and possibly joining a knitting group. Since I have some experience with finding knitting groups I happily offered to help her with this. It didn't take me more than a few clicks of the mouse to find a group that meets just minutes from where she lives. Since the fact remained that mom still doesn't know how to knit I e-mailed the group's organizer to make sure that there would be someone open to helping a beginner. It didn't take long for me to get a reply; however, the reply I did receive is not what I expected. Apparently the group wasn't open to new members it had gotten too large and they wanted to try to regain the intimacy the group had when it first started. Ok, fine, I can respect that. It was the next comment that blew me away. The individual replying to my message then went on to comment that since I didn't let them know where my mom lived they could not recommend another group. Huh!? Seriously, did I miss something here? I didn't realize I was suppose to include her location in my message (as though I was submitting an application for membership). Now, when I read this I thought maybe my reaction was a little off base so I consulted a friend, or two, about the response I received. They all agreed that it was amazing a fellow knitter would - 1) turn away someone interested in knitting and 2) would so abruptly put up a road block to helping out before obtaining any pertinent information - such as ones location.

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The "Huge-Ass Baby Blanket" is completed as of this weekend. All I need to do is sew on a small little detail (or at least try) and ship it off to the soon-to-be parents.

I'm not one to brag, but I often get compliments on these blankets and have even had a few people ask me how much I'd charge if I was commissioned to make one. When I give people the exact price to say they are surprised is putting it nicely. It is amazing that people don't realize the value of something that is handmade. The amount of time, dedication and care that goes into a handmade item is immense - regardless of the craft.

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I officially have knitting ADD. I decided this this at knit group this weekend when my in ability to focus on fingerless gloves had me frogging the project once again. I then I played with the idea of making a scarf, but I didn't have the right needless until I got home.

We also explored the reasons behind needing so much yarn in our respective stashes. I still haven't spent any of the gift card on yarn which I'm amazed by. I figured surely by now I'd have several new hanks of sock yarn waiting to be used. Guess I totally haven't entered the dark side like I once thought.

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Apparently there are chocolate bars that are made without high fructose corn syrup or corn syrup. Who knew? I was amazed. I got one of these precious gems from a friend of mine. Some interesting side notes about this treat is that 1) it's kosher and 2) the inside wrapper has random pieces of information printed on it. They are actually interesting. Yes, the candy was tasty!

The HFCS challenge is still going well. I was commenting the other day that I wish I had weighed myself before I started this challenge. It would have been interesting to see the impact this change makes on my body (if any at all).

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My iPod decided to go for a swim. I'm talking fully submerged in water. You can imagine my panic when this happen. However, so far it's still working as normal. I even synced a few new things onto it just to make sure. I'm feeling really lucky on this one!

Well, those are just a few things I'm amazed by. Until later. . . Ta! Ta!