Just plain FIBER yes, damnit, that's what I said

This is my story and I'm sticking to it!
So how many months did I wait feeling like the last chubby girl to get picked for the team??? How many Tuesday Night Knitting groups did I endure where everyone else exchanged inside jokes and prattled on about all the "projects, stash, needles, and more." How I ached with envy when everyone compared little wallet sized cards recording all their needle sizes and strategized as to how best to laminate them.

Finally, Finally, my moment had come. I GOT MY RAVELRY INVITE. Unfortunately I was in the middle of teaching High Schoolers something about Gerunds...so I did what any REAL knitter would do in this situation... I immediately gave them seatwork so I could sign-up for the hottest ticket in cyber knitting history...There I was
The PICK YOUR SCREENAME box right in front me with a Highlighted warning :BE SURE YOU LIKE YOUR SCREEN NAME YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT
OMG, I so want to be cool. Let's see what about "Roving Around" - since I do like spinning. Or "Fiber Freek", or "Fiber Fanatic", " Fiber Friendly" or "Roving around the Whirled" or a 1000 very cool things I could be... mmmm I really do like Fiber Freek- It has the word Free in it and lord knows, I love free stuff. It's a fun play on spelling, It's memorable, its plucky.

Suddenly I am interrupted by, can you believe it, one of my students.
"What's that, what are you asking me...can't you tell I'm busy, please sit down and do your grammar work. I'm sorry if you don't understand gerunds. Can't you see I am doing something important here? I can't be bothered right now. I mean really, I have some important...(to self) sh%t the screen just went dead, must wake it up, hit a key or too, OMG, did I just, submit, OMG I can't believe I am seeing this...

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I JUST NAMED MYSELF F-I-B-E-R , Fiber just plain fiber. I stifle a scream. My students look up started, I say
" I'm sorry, I just received some very bad news."
" Did someone die?"
" Yes, in a way they did. "

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Cool things I really had nothing to do with...

Yes, I'm and English teacher and I like to end my sentences with prepositions-besides..." Cool things with which I had nothing to do" sounds, well, queer -as grandma would say.


I have some very cool things of my own to share soon but at this moment how about these:

This is not your granny's automobile, no wait, maybe it is! http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1879263.html

My preference would have been a knitted Prius out of recycled yarn but you gotta admit this is pretty damn cool.

Unexplainable knitted things in inexplicable places...http://knittaplease.com/KNITTA_PLEASE.html
I am ready to quit my job and become Washington D.C.'s Knitting answer to Cool Disco Dan

Love me tender...
http://www.theshed.co.uk/elviswig.html
Too cool for school! I wish I had time to whip one of these up for Halloween.

Firsts

FIRST HANDSPUN YARN

FIRST SPINDLE AND SPINNING BOOK

FIRST CHILD IN FIRST HANDSPUN OBJECT

FIRST PRE-FELTED HAT-

Noro -Kujaku

FIRST FELTED HAT with Unfortuanately NOT

the FIRST DEAR FRIEND WHO DIED FROM HIV/AIDS.

We miss you Marc

April 29, 1960-February 8, 2007

Often in my classroom, I knit. Sometimes quietly behind my desk, sometimes smack dab in front of students from 22 different countries. I consider it a better option than nipping at a bottle and so I knit.

This has created interest and sharing with/among the students about the fiber arts. One is crocheting little white booties for the baby no one in class but me knows she is carrying.









Another is working on a baby blanket for a baby who is already here. But today, TODAY I was speechless when my student from Congo, Brazzaville - Yes that Congo, as in Darfur, Year of conflict, the worst place on the planet for children, Congo- showed me this .

She taught herself to "yarn" she said to help her not be nervous. Someone gave her the yarn. She didn't have a hook so she made one...

Out

of

AN OLD COFFEE STIRRER...

Did you GET that? Are you as Humbled as I am?

AN OLD COFFEE STIRRER!