Announcement

I have decided to acknowledge that I have a problem, which alone, I am powerless to overcome.  I realized, at long last, that my knitting was interfering with my ability to lead a normal life.  From now on, when my husband speaks, I will listen instead of daydreaming about my next project, and when my grown children show up for a holiday, I'll be able to feed them at the table without moving a pile of half-sewn knitted items.  I'll have rooms with a little space instead of great piles of books, patterns, cones of yarn, equipment, and half-made things.

My poor family will receive gifts that were actually purchased in the stores instead of an endless parade of socks and blankets.  When I attend meetings, I will not be Kitchenering sock toes.

Eventually, when I am truly recovered, I hope to sleep through the night and not wake up with ideas.  And, I should manage to go about my business peaceably without sudden compulsions to knit-test those ideas.  I will actually watch television (instead of listening while doing handwork and annoyingly, asking John what just happened).

I will walk right past yarn shops and yarn aisles, and never again will my loved ones say, "uh-oh, there she goes into the yarn aisle..."

Just as I would have to discard all bottles of alcohol if I were in recovery from alcoholism, or sever all criminal associations if I were on probation, I am eliminating all machine knitting equipment and yarn from my home and disassociating myself from other addicted unfortunates.  Instead, I will faithfully attend MKA meetings and embark on this journey one day at a time.

April Fools!  Have a fun day!

Diana