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My Grandmother taught me to knit when I was just 8 or 9, but I ended up doing crochet rather than knitting and made lots of afghans and doilies as a kid. I would use my paper route money to buy Crochet Magic magazine to get lots of ideas. I have done some some knitting projects sporadically over the years. This consists of a couple of sweaters, a vest and many unfinished projects. It hasn't been until recent years that I have picked knitting up with enthusiasm and I attribute that to the book Fair Isle Simplified by Ann Bourgeois. Why you ask? Because she taught me to knit in the round which means no shaping and no seaming! Perfect for me. I have fallen in love with knitting in the round and Fair Isle knitting since reading the book . I have also just learned how to knit socks using Sock Soar by Cat Bordhi.

I am married to a wonderful man that totally supports my obsessive addiction to knitting lately. I have 2 kids, one in college and one in high school. I am Currently working for a large company as a Systems Support Analyst. There is no way on this earth that I would get away with knitting during a meeting here and I envy all of you out there who can. Wouldn't that be the dream job!

I have so many projects now I want to do and I don't even know where to start. I am fine with working a few projects at one time, but not too many. A pair of socks is a must now along with something simple and mindless to do in front of the TV and a nice interesting project like a sweater to challenge me to learn more and become a better knitter.

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At 8:28am on February 25, 2009, Nina said…: Hi Amy, nice to meet you, too! I am really happy to be here!

I'm finding wooden needles to be really helpful when knitting slippery lace yarns, which are a material I had always struggled with when using my typical slick metal ones. To each her own, though, right?

Best, Nina

At 7:28pm on November 17, 2008, MamaLama said…: I'm thrilled that you're into Fair Isle knitting. I'm dying to learn, but none of the local yarn shops teach that style. Did you take a class or are you self taught? I've knit some socks (getting ready to start my second pair). I really like the 1 needle 2 socks style (toe up). Perhaps we can help each other. I'd love to hear from you. Leah