I joined Ravelry!

First I joined the Charlotte Purls.

For a few sessions, that is.

I'm not sure if I'm officially a member yet.

Most of them (all?) are Ravelry members and someone suggested I join Ravelry too. So I did.

It is just all kinds of fun!

yesterday's needlework group

It was fun talking and laughing whilst needles flashed all over.

The group was 5 adults (1 male) and 4 children (all female). The male was there with his wife and he was a knitter. Pretty much, it was the same folks as the first unofficial meeting. A few folk were missing.

I was hoping we would have more people but it was fun as it was. The (children's) librarian spent most of her time helping one of the children with puzzles. One of the other girls started out knitting but quit after a few minutes. My daughter took her knitting with her but surprised me by crocheting. She made a cute choker in blue, white, and red. (She wants to go to France and has fallen in love with all things French.)

Everyone was excited about the fliers I printed from Crochet Kitten. Everyone in the group has pets and they all thought crocheting for critters is an excellent idea.

I sent the e-mail to the other group I mentioned but haven't heard back from them. I'll check their blog (at least by Friday) to see if they've posted any updates.

tomorrow I'm going to...

...the needlework group at our local library. 

I'm very excited about it. Although we met once before tomorrow will be the first "official" meeting. There won't be any structured instruction going on (because the library is not providing it) but I'm hoping the very experienced will help those of us who need help and we, the slightly experienced, will help those who need what we can show them. 

Now don't laugh folks but I've been crocheting for over 30 years and I still consider myself to be an advanced beginner. I can crochet lots. But lots of what? Almost anything I don't need a pattern for. Or anything I can make my own pattern for. Sometimes I write the patterns down. Most times I don't. Later I'm sorry.

But I can talk about all that in another post. I am very excited about tomorrow's group. I think I might take a few extra skeins of yarn from my stash, to give away or maybe exchange. I'm also hoping to make a new friend or two. A real friend, who I can craft with.

plans to meet others who craft

I joined meetup.com recently. Not sure how I found it but I did. I've joined a few groups already and I've been to one meet up. Wasn't exactly my cup of tea. Maybe because there wasn't much opportunity to interact with everyone and there didn't seem to be a real connection with those I sat nearest. 

 There was a woman I wanted to get to at the other end of the table. I thought she might have been around my age and wondered if we had any common interests (children, husbands, hobbies, etc.). Usually I mingle as much as possible at such events but that night I stayed in my seat. I know I was tired and felt a little stressed with my efforts to get to the meeting on time. (I was late.) Perhaps an opportunity passed me by... 

The older I get, the more I like to spend my spare time doing things that contribute on several levels to my happiness. That's what I like about creating things. When I make something that I love to look at and wear or something someone else might love to look at and/or wear, it makes me happy. Meeting other people who share a similar interest is icing on the cake. So I plan to attend a knitting and crocheting meet up very soon. 

There's also a group meeting at our local library. The good parts: they both meet close by and they start at reasonable times. ("Reasonable" meaning "day time hours". The older I get, the more I like being close to home at dark.) 

 Now I need to send an e-mail to the group of ladies I want to meet for needlework fun. :-)