My family was lucky enough to travel big this holiday to Portland, Oregon. These days I travel more for teaching and not as often as I’d like with our whole family. We had big extended family time on this trip, welcoming a new perfect baby boy. We had lots of smaller group time and wandering time. It was lovely.
Portland is a place where there is knitting and fiber everywhere. Almost everyone I saw was wearing something handknit. There were lots and lots of hats, socks, sweaters and scarves. And people knit everywhere, just as part of their day. I never see this more than in the Pacific Northwest. Last night we were having our last vacation dinner in a bustling brew pub and I counted several knitters working on small projects. Including three knitters at the table next to me.
It’s something that I am taking to heart for 2016, taking projects along and working on them as a part of my every day, not waiting for a mythical perfect time. I’m planning on using a lot of yarn this year.
Do you have a new approach to fiber for 2016?
“It’s something that I am taking to heart for 2016, taking projects along and working on them as a part of my every day, not waiting for a mythical perfect time. ” I like this. That might be the only resolution I make this year. I live in Portland, OR, but generally knit at home. It is a wonderful place to live and knit.
I am going to do my first ever art installation. I have knitted it my first small piece and hope to install it in July at a caving meeting in the Arts and Letters Salon.