proud knitting...

here is my latest completion - a knit backgammon board. I altered the pattern a bit - I added a back (which nancy knit for me, yay joint projects!). One thing I love about knitting is that I take it everywhere so the finished project is in part a collection of the memories of all the places where i took it out, made progress, didn't make progress, let others take their first stabs at knitting, in airports, on buses, in cars, sitting in the movie theatre, eating a quick lunch, laying sick in bed, falling asleep with the needles crossed over my chest in mid-stitch....this project saw syracuse, greensboro, new york, and i even took it to Jerusalem with me in March. It was a present for Andy, my mentor, my friend, my co-houseparent this past year. It was a thank you...i have this vision that he will have lots of laughs and good times with it, his crazy wonderful wife, his four beautiful children and the incredible people who are sure to be drawn to his home in the future. I don't feel like I can ever really thank him enough. i haven't met anyone quite like him before and I am very proud - of him and his unfailing commitment to his values and high ideals, AND i am proud of this labor of love and its stories. Here are some pics. And on a side note, today is my pop's birthday. He is 62 - he could start collecting social security and retire, but i don't think he sees that on the horizon. You are old, old man.