Cheektowaga, where I live, translates as "land of the crabapples" - it's Native American. I'm thinking Seneca, but I could be wrong. Anyway, Cheektowaga is just outside Buffalo - and if you have ever flown into Buffalo, you were near my house. I live very close to the airport. I have 2 grown children, twins, age 27. My son lives in Brooklyn. He's an artist and does a little graphic design work on the side. My daughter works and is a college student in Buffalo. I live with my dog Betsy, a 5 year old Pekingese. I have been knitting since I was 10 or so. I learned from a book. What peaked my interest was - now this dates me - starting out knitting cord with a homemade thing. Back then, thread came on wooden spools. When you could get your hand on an empty large wooden spool, you hammered 4 or 5 small nails in the top. Voila! Then you thread yarn around the nails and use a crochet hook to pull a loop over the yarn on the nail. It was a big fad in the fourth grade. These days, you can buy these made of plastic. I have to say, I remember the wooden spool ones with great fondness. Once I mastered that, knitting on 2 needles wasn't far behind. I now knit socks, sweaters, scarves, mittens. I love knitting in the round.
2 comments:
Hi ya,
I have been in the land of Cheektowaga....
My Daughter and Family live in Amherst and the rest of her 6 brother in laws live in the same area... Cheektowaga, Buffalo, etc..
Very Nice there but too far for me to drive :( Hubby & I are "planning" a drive in the next few weeks there to visit the grandchildren :)
And "YES" I always ran around in my Barefeet :)
Cool, knitcrazy! Nice to meet ya!
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