tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65356442185442261522024-03-12T18:43:15.270-07:00Meredith KnitsMeredithKnitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16275617031658824135noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535644218544226152.post-84677220810090357632011-09-01T19:27:00.000-07:002011-09-01T19:27:49.396-07:00Hello Friends!I'm so happy you're here! I'm Meredith, and I knit. (Self-explanatory, yes?)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAKOR99BQXCFDa6ClWMXVB6kpnhqfsMFDnb9zStwHmeq3LeQhGCbNeS7Si-fcMEObu4NwqaMcwLuB7q_BcyFQzG4fcOe674tc_gNeFYEiRZzLcU009T6YXrKyrXSAduV6CJYXLEJfTMs/s1600/167367_784949892133_17223092_42312761_8010485_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRAKOR99BQXCFDa6ClWMXVB6kpnhqfsMFDnb9zStwHmeq3LeQhGCbNeS7Si-fcMEObu4NwqaMcwLuB7q_BcyFQzG4fcOe674tc_gNeFYEiRZzLcU009T6YXrKyrXSAduV6CJYXLEJfTMs/s320/167367_784949892133_17223092_42312761_8010485_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(My hoodie in this pic says "I Knit, Therefore I Am.")</span></div><div><br />
</div><div>I taught myself how to knit when I was nineteen. On a whim I went into Hobby Lobby one day and came out with size 8 needles, Red Heart variegated yarn, and a book called <i>Learn To Knit In One Day.</i> (This book ended up taking me three months to get through entirely.) At the time I was kind of a mess and knitting became one of the few things I did that my parents said was "constructive." I didn't know any other knitters (that I knew of) and didn't have a car, so instead of being totally solitary I began to discover and read KNITTING BLOGS. (Insert jazz hands here!) I not only loved reading about new knitting projects and different yarns but also enjoyed reading about the blogger's personal life. Back in 2005, it seemed like every knit blogger I knew about was getting divorced, starting a new job, or moving to a totally different time zone.</div><div><br />
</div><div>...Fast forward to this year! I'm a little older and A LOT wiser, but a little closer to becoming like the knit bloggers I just mentioned. In the last year I have started a new job (which I still have, and LOVE), adopted a dog from the Humane Society, broken up with the man I was 98% sure I was going to marry someday (and living with at the time), stared a crap part-time job, quit crap part-time job a month and a half later, and haven't had the same address for more than three months since last March. Yeah. </div><div><br />
</div><div>In other words, right now I:</div><div><br />
</div><div>~*~ Work in a local high school as an ESL (English as a Second Language) teaching assistant. I LOVE my job! I'm going back to college later this year after lots of flip-flopping and "taking time off" to finally become a real teacher. (Speaking of high school, I also volunteer with the knitting club after school. Love that too!)</div><div><br />
</div><div>~*~ Am single with no chilluns. Most days I love not having to be home at certain times or having lots of big responsibilities, but there are a *few* days when growing old without someone kind of scares me. Especially since I work in a high school and I've seen the generation that's going to care for me in my nursing home. </div><div><br />
</div><div>~*~ Love my dog! Buddy the Super Puggle (pug\beagle mix) Dog came home from the Humane Society in February of last year and he's been making me laugh ever since. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>~*~ Am a former employee of a certain (I'll keep it anonymous) chain pet supply store. I'll admit, I belong nowhere near retail, but I have almost zero nice things to say about working there.</div><div><br />
</div><div>~*~Live in a house with three roomies. Of course I have my few complaints, but I'm loving living in this house.</div></div><div></div><div><br />
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</div><div>One of my favorite knitbloggers, Meredith <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(Love the name!)</span> from <a href="http://onesheepishgirl.blogspot.com/">One Sheepish Girl</a> suggested I do these awesome questions for my first post. Loved answering these!</div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Seven Things!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Seven places I would like to visit:</span></div><div>1. Austin, TX</div><div>2. Anywhere in Canada</div><div>3. Chicago</div><div>4. Afghanistan (A woman I worked with last year grew up there. It's a beautiful country, but a little....scary?)</div><div>5. San Fransisco</div><div>6. Africa</div><div>7. New Orleans</div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Seven things I would like to make:</span></div><div>1. Vickie Howell's <a href="http://vickiehowell.blogspot.com/2007/08/weekend-art-project.html">cassette wall art</a></div><div>2. Karen Baumer's <a href="http://vickiehowell.blogspot.com/2007/08/weekend-art-project.html">Sock It To Me</a></div><div>3. <a href="http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall06/PATTayla.html">The Ayla Bag</a></div><div>4. Cheesecake. Successfully. (I tried making a cheesecake for my friend's birthday in June. It turned out dry and the wrong color on top. And this was to prove to him that I really COULD cook. Go figure?)</div><div>5. The <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20080209123049/http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/na_knitting/article/0,2025,DIY_14141_3520116,00.html">Skinny Scarf</a> from Knitty Gritty</div><div>6. Handmade books (and\or paper)</div><div>7. My own knitted burial quilt (is that morbid?)</div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Seven people I'd like to meet (dead or alive):</span></div><div>1. Pete Seeger</div><div>2. Woody Guthrie</div><div>3. Gilda Radner</div><div>4. Lance Loud</div><div>5. Abraham Lincoln</div><div>6. Bill Cosby</div><div>7. James Reeb</div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Seven things I would like to own:</span></div><div>1. A hybrid car</div><div>2. An expensive coffee maker</div><div>3. The kind of shoes (sandals?) that outline your toes</div><div>4. A kiddie pool (the round, plastic kind they sell in toy stores with fish painted on them)</div><div>5. A wine fridge</div><div>6. A heated foot bath </div><div>7. A hammock</div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Seven things that annoy me:</span></div><div>1. Women who make conversation in public restrooms (the lunch ladies at the school where I work do this ALL the time)</div><div>2. Realizing I made a knitting mistake ROWS later than I should have</div><div>3. Facebook. </div><div>4. The neighbor's dog barking at OBSCENE hours of the morning</div><div>5. The yarn aisles in Michael's craft stores (or is it just my local Michael's?)--the yarn is NEVER neat in its packaging. It looks like a 10-year-old kid touched every rack and then a tornado went through it.</div><div>6. Not buying enough yarn for a project. The most recent time I pulled this rookie mistake, the yarn had even been discontinued when I went back to buy more. </div><div>7. Waiting for coffee. Either waiting for my own to brew in a coffee pot or long lines in the drive thru when I choose to buy from a coffee shop in the morning. </div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Seven films I love:</span></div><div>1. Up</div><div>2. Guess Who's Coming To Dinner</div><div>3. Citizen Kane</div><div>4. The Green Mile</div><div>5. I'm Not There</div><div>6. Finding Nemo</div><div>7. Driving Miss Daisy</div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Seven funny words:</span></div><div>1. Scintillating </div><div>2. Oggle</div><div>3. Tinkle</div><div>4. Tweet</div><div>5. Poop</div><div>6. Mojo</div><div>7. Hexadecimal</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Thank you SO much for taking time to read my first blog post! There will be many more to come!</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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