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So a few years ago (maybe 2?) a friend that worked with me suggested that we walk over to this fun crafty type store near our office for lunch. I of course jumped at the chance to walk somewhere at lunch probably to get away for a few minutes as that so rarely happens in the environment in which I work. We grabbed a couple other office girls and off we went. Thus begun my quest to become a knitter. I fell in love with the store (Urban Arts and Crafts) which has since moved away from the area in which my office resides much to the relief of my wallet. It just so happened that they provided knitting for beginners classes and all other sorts of classes one could desire. I called my sister to get her in on this wonderful new discovery and our knitting group was formed. We discovered a knitting book - Stitch ‘n Bitch - that became our way of discussing the topic. We even all had names.

Amanda - Head Bitch (since the trek to the store was her idea and we were all the take charge kind so we nominated her)
Katie - Raw Naked Katie (this stems from a search engine we played with at work)
April - Bossy Bitch (there’s some debate on this one, I thought she was Pretty Bitch and she thinks she never got a name)
Tara - Twitchy Bitch (she has this adorable tendency to twitch)
Jessica - Brave Bitch (we met her at class, she’s the outsider and we decided she was brave for joining our rag-tag clan)
Tammi - Stitchy Bitch (because at first, I couldn’t stop, I over-achieved and turned the humble little purse into a scarf)

We found the perfect centrally located spot for our meetings every Sunday. It was located so that we each had about the same travel time whether from KS or MO and they served coffee, food, booze and let us smoke. The Cup and Saucer. Pure bliss. After about 2 weeks Amanda stopped attending and it became a running joke amongst the rest of us that she would show up this time.

Eventually the Cup and Saucer closed thus leaving us without a centralized location and our group eventually went our separate ways. We tried having them at our homes with rotating responsibility but it just didn’t work out for one reason or another that I can’t recall. I miss my knitting group and the dumb jokes we’d make. We all did branch out into other areas. Jessica eventually quit returning our calls, Tara, Katie, April and I took up jewelry making in addition to our knitting projects and Amanda quit working with us.

I want to get my knitty group back together. Tara no longer works with us and hasn’t for quite some time so I don’t really get to talk to her much but I know she still works on her projects and has grown as a knitter more than myself. Katie and I still work together but she’s a freestyle knitter and only rarely and I seem to enjoy purchasing items and storing them. April has joined a knitting group up by her home in Weston and continues to make things I wouldn’t or couldn’t or both and inspires me to try harder. I propose that we all start meeting up on Saturday mornings at each others homes to reconnect and reknit.

What do you think girls!! We could even recruit some newbies!!