I did it! 6:03 pm., Monday, December 31, 2012. I knit 5.01 miles!
For perspective, that’s over 88 football fields and, at an average of 3.5 stitches per inch of yarn….1,111,017.6 stitches! I can’t say I enjoyed every one of them but…pretty close!
As 2012 disappears into the sunset, I hope you’ll give me a minute or two to be maudlin. I’d like to say thanks for all the support and inspiration I’ve received this year. Though it certainly hasn’t been the easiest year ever, it was totally redeemed by the people who graced it.
Huge thanks to the best adopted family ever…Mumsie, Aunt Pat and Uncle Ron, Tracy and Mac. Love you guys! And friends who took me in, sight unseen…Shawn and Tracey and the magnificent Booker Robinson. And big, huge love to forever-friends Arlene, Attila and the ever-lovely Magda.
Thanks also to my far-away friends…Jeanne and Jeff and their amazing brood (now that they’re potty-trained, grown-up, college-educated and have their own apartments, I really wish they were mine). To Heather Graef, sewing away and creating AH-mazing handbags on her boat in Sausalito. Big smooshy hugs to Garret who is so incredibly focused and unflaggingly supportive, knitting his way through Ohio. Thanks to Tallulah in frosty Alberta for her wit, creativity and natural skepticism. Thank you, my dear friends Pam and Sebastian at Blanchard Farms in Columbia, Mississippi: There is nothing better than just watchin’ you two LIVE! Thank you, thank you to all my wonderful friends in New Orleans who never grow old, never grow up and never give in. (Thank you, Curtis, for the writing mentorship 😉 And thanks to all my fellow bloggers, particularly the lovely family that makes up Loaves and Stitches.
I am deeply gratefully for the wonderful people whose life’s work has been spent in conceiving, creating and maintaining sites like Etsy and Ravelry. God Bless You.
Mostly, thank you, Carl for putting up with the tangled yarn, sharp sticks and sewing machines, swearing, pajama-wearing and bad hair. I love you (and you still owe me 5 bucks because of the peanut butter…double-or-nothin’ because you got well over 90% on your inspector’s exam 😉
To quote something I just heard on TV…”the minute the clock strikes twelve, we all get a fresh start. I don’t know about you, but I could sure use it.”
Happy New Year, y’all!
Cindy
Bananas! That’s over 8kms! Wow. Hive five.
May 2013 treat you well. Everyone deserves a good year, especially someone as lovely as yourself. I’m glad to have met you during your stay in the T.Dot.
loavesandstitches
Great Job! Happy new year! Here’s to many more miles of knitting and more blogging, too. And a few more glasses of champagne wouldn’t hurt either!
garretw
All I can say is Happy New Year and Here’s to 2013! May we all find plenty of knitting time in it. And since you’ve been all thankful and nice, I probably should be in return. So thank YOU for all your support and unfailing readership, and your unfailing friendship.
Heather Graef
Knitter, baker, dweller, seeker, go-getter, liver of life… many huge thanks to YOU, Cheryl for being an inspiration in 2012!
Pearl
That is, by far, the nicest comment I ever got. Thank you, friend 🙂
Betty Minnes
That is amazing! I am so happy for you that you reached your goal. What a lot of knitting that is.