I’ve decided that more than almost anything, I want to go for the Master Knitter’s Certificate. Right now, there are only 1027 people on the planet that have that little pin, and wouldn’t it be cool to complete the whole course and be an official master knitter? The only thing really holding me back from starting on it –aside from worrying about my lack of master skills– is that each level (of three) costs about $100. That’s a chunk of change for something that seems sort of like a frivolous adventure merely for my personal pleasure, particularly since I am currently saving my nickles and dimes for either a B&N Nook or a netbook of my own (so I can stop being a mooch and return the one I’ve borrowed).
But I really, really, really want to do the courses, so maybe my need of a netbook type device can wait†. I’d learn so much, I’m sure, and maybe I could teach knitting classes when I am done, which would be awesome. And, well, there’d be the whole “accomplishment” aspect of it too. Maybe I’ll start suggesting to people who ask what I want for Xmas (my answer usually being “nothing” or world peace) that they pitch into the pot for me to get started on level one.
I think I’ll go knead some bread and daydream about what it would be like to be able to say I am a Master Knitter. Then I’m going to go do some knitting! I want to get the shawl done by next week, and there’s no reason I shouldn’t be able to do so. I only have a skein and a third left, so not much more to go. Then I have a list of gifts I need to get done as well as a new prototype for my super-secret project … and, of course, planning for that awesome –sure to be endless– knitted dress I simply have to make myself.
Yes, I am back to knitting! The break was good. It’s always good to take breaks and do something else for a while. Clears the mind. But now I am ready to get back to work so I can wear that shawl!
Footnotes- † Or maybe I can convince Lin I really, really need a netbook as a combined Xmas, birthday, Valentines’ Day present – like he wouldn’t have to buy me anything for the entire year of 2010. LOL! [↩]
I’m not worried about the netbook… we’ve got another one here just like it!! Save your egg money and get that Master Knitters Cert! I will love being able to say “I knew her BEFORE she knew how to knit”
When I finally got my mom to show me how to knit a few years ago, I figured it would be another one of those things I do from time to time to knock out a few gifts or just to do something different from whatever crafty thing I was doing at the time. I never expected to love it, but I do. Really love it. Love it more than any of the other artsy-crafty things I do. I sort of wish I’d started sooner in life, but I don’t know that I would have loved it as much sooner. Things happen when they are supposed to happen. The good things seem to anyway.
And thanks again for the loaner netbook. It’s been so nice being able to sit on the couch and read or use my PDF knitting patterns without having to print a bunch of stuff out. It’s also been nice sitting out in the world and having a cup of coffee and looking like a geek in public too. :P