Now, let's get to know us!

Now that you know where we knit and when we knit, it's time to know who we are. We are a mixed bag of "nuts"! You have the young (17yrs old) and you have the mature ( 70+) and you have the in betweens (40 - 50 ish). From a young woman who will be going into the service right out of high school, single women, married women, women who are in relationships, nana's & grandmothers, mother's, women w/pets, women w/o pets, some own their own businesses, some trying, some looking for new jobs, and some retired.

We are a mixed bag of "nuts". We have given ourselves "knitting" names. Let's see...we have:
Pearl - 18 year old young woman going into our Armed Service in a few months
Jen-The Ripper - 25 year old young woman and designer of Tee-Shirts
Skeink-30+ single, working mom of a teenage boy
Yarn Ho(hoarder) - New 40, married mom and owner of her own soap business
Frau Castor - New 40ish, single woman looking to re-cast herself into a new career
Knit-Knit Nagger-70+ married mom/grandmother, who has retired and takes great care of her family
Liz (no knit name yet!) - 18 year old beautiful young woman, just starting college and going into a Law Enforcement Career
Yoda-Nana - 51year old, in a relationship and trying to start her own business.

So, there you have it, a group of women from one spectrum to the other, getting together on Wednesday evenings on the Piscataqua River, on a boat to knit.

Tune in and get to know us better, get to know what projects we finish, don't finish, our lives and how knitting on Wednesday's is not just about knitting.

How we became known as the "Piscataqua River Knitting Club"

Our knitting group is called "The Piscataqua River Knitting Club". Why you ask? Well, let me tell you....some of the members "live" on boats (in the summer) at a marina. The marina is located on Badger Island in Kittery, Maine, and the island is located on the Piscataqua River that flows into the Atlantic Ocean 3miles away.

Is this an awesome place, absolutely!!!! Across from our Marina is Portsmouth, NH, to our left is the Memorial Bridge, to our right is the Sarah Long Bridge and the 95 Bridge. It does not get any better than this.

So, when trying to think of a name for our knitting group, it seemed appropriate to name ourselves by the very river we live on. In my blogs to follow, I will explore the history of our river as well as Kittery, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

So ends my blog for today.

I only knit on Wednesday's!

Definition of knitting:

• knit: needlework created by interlacing yarn in a series of connected loops using straight eyeless needles or by machine.

I first learned to knit at the age of 12 by my mother. I didn't know it then, but the craft would stay with me all my life. 

It was a winter day approx. 6 years ago, when I wanted to do something creative, then it just came to me, "Why not give knitting a try". I hadn't picked up a set of needles in 35 years. 

Well, let me tell you, after a week or two of re-learning, ripping out, ripping out and then ripping out again, I got the hang of it and so begins the last 6 years of knitting. Am I any good at knitting......I'm an ok knitter. I knit because of the rhythm and the sense of creativity it gives me. 

As I tell my stories about knitting on Wednesday's, please enjoy! You will get to know me, as well as some really great ladies.

Well, so ends my first post to this Blog.