I’ve been hesitant to bring out my Knitter self on the blog. I had a few reasons why when I started this blog. I didn’t want to be identified as just a knitter, or my blog to be a knitting blog. I wanted a space where I could write about parenting and school and art and many other topics, and not feel pressured to write about knitting regularly. When I finish projects, and if I want to show them, I put them up on my knitting group’s blog, River Stitch, along with the occasional knitting update, so I didn’t need the blog for that. As a writer I wanted a place to post my essays and the many ideas that churn in my brain.

But the truth is, knitting is a huge part of my life, and it deserves its space on this site.How big you ask? Well, there is something related to knitting in every room of my house. Either projects I have made, projects I am working on, or magazines and books I am reading to figure out more projects I can work on. I take my knitting with me on all driving trips, to most people’s houses, and even to PAC meetings at my son’s school. I have more than 5 projects in progress at any one time. I dream about knitting. I plan trips around knitting adventures (yarn stores, knitting author talks, etc). My family checks the couch for knitting needles before sitting down and is very used to me saying “Just let me finish this row” and “look at this!”

The aforementioned knitting group, River Stitch, also plays an important role in my life. These five (now six) women are also serious Knitters, at least, they are serious about their knitting (considering how much we laugh at our group night we often aren’t serious about much else). These women have opened up a camaraderie for me in my knitting, and are people who understand my obsession with this simplest of crafts.

For knitting truly is a simple craft. It is two sticks and some yarn. What we, as Knitters, choose to do with the yarn can be complex at times, but the basic idea is simple. And that appeals to me. I can knit easy, knit hard, knit however and whatever I like. In knitting, at last, I have given myself permission to just play and create and experiment. Just for the sake of the craft. I am trying now to carry that over into the rest of my life and creative endeavours.

So yes, this is me. I am a writer and a mother and everything else I discuss on this blog. But I am also a Knitter. My secret identity revealed.