Thanks!

Nov 252010
 

Well, I’d like to start this post by saying Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family in the US – especially you dad. I wish I was there to have some of that wonderful feast you will be getting into shortly, and of course to give and get some hugzzz. I’ll try and make it down next year. In the meantime, there’s a contest to finish and a new post to write (for the rest of the world that isn’t taking the day off). For the contst, I am giving you the same letter twice. The middle letter in both the first and last square is “L”. Good luck!

Since it’s Thanksgiving Day in the US, I’d like to use this post to say what I am thankful for in terms of knitting. Maybe later today when you have a moment you can say what you are thankful for (or leave a comment here – that would be a great way to share with all of us).

  • I am thankful for Alpacas for having such warm, soft, hair that we can spin and use to make wonderful things. And of course all the people that breed them and make the fleece available to us!
  • I am thankful for icons and pioneers in knitting such as (but not limited to) Elizabeth Zimmerman and Barbara Walker for their dedication and research into knitting when information wasn’t as easily accessible as it is today. Without all their efforts who knows where we’d be right now?
  • I am thankful for Colinette yarns for their work in hand painting fibers and the big boost it has given the industry. Now these wonderful colorways are readily available and in hues that you can’t even imagine.
  • I am thankful for the first person that picked up four sticks and started to knit a tube into a pair of socks. And for the person who then discovered the opposite stitch, the purl stitch, on the back(the inside)!
  • I am thankful for the internet and the libraries that are in my area that I can indulge my passion for learning about knitting at any time of the day or night
  • and lastly (I’m trying to keep this one short) I am thankful for all of the readers and visitors to this site. It really inspires me to keep writing and also to go out and find out more interesting things about knitting to share.

I hope you have a great day, regardless of where you are. And keep knitting!

Hugzzz 8-)

  6 Responses to “Thanks!”

  1. Mary-Anne says:
    November 25, 2010 at 10:08 am

    I’m thankful that you have this great site, and am grateful to know you. :)

  2. susan says:
    November 25, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    I’d like to send a big THANKS to:

    - everyone who is willing to teach a novice to knit: grandmas, grandpas, aunties, neighbours, strangers in a park or on a skytrain!
    - all the LYS owners/operators who are working hard to run a business and are still keen to share their knowledge and experience;
    - to everyone who gives us inspiration, in knitting or any aspect of our lives: thanks to my folks for their creative genes; my sis for the endless skills that she works so hard to perfect; and my friends for their support;
    - and to my coffee runner, for his encouragement and willingness to overlook the ever-increasing size of my yarn and pattern stash

  3. Sandi S says:
    November 25, 2010 at 4:12 pm

    Thank you for being there and listening to my problems and sending HUGZZZZZ when I really need them the most. Thank you for the designs you come up with and the great items they are made into because of your talent.

  4. Mrhugzzz says:
    November 25, 2010 at 9:49 pm

    Awwww, thanks Mary-Anne. I’m thankful for you too!
    Hugzzz 8-)

  5. Mrhugzzz says:
    November 25, 2010 at 9:49 pm

    Susan, great thanks!
    Hugzzz 8-)

  6. Mrhugzzz says:
    November 25, 2010 at 9:50 pm

    Anytime Sandi! I know you’re there for me too!
    Huge hugzzz 8-)