Beau Jackson

The knotted web I weave? I’m trying to be subtle here…Ok, I’ll just say it…the KNITTED dish rag I knit! There! I’m out of the closet. My name is Beau. I’m a guy, and I knit.

I can rightly call myself a knitter because I’ve knitted a dish rag! hahaha. Well, you have to start somewhere right? But where will it end? I’ve already started another project - a hat. True, it’s late July, and it’s in the 90s ouside, but a hat is a good next project - new stuff without being overwhelming.

So, why does a guy knit? Well, I have to confess that the main reason is because of Spindle And Wheel - If I’m going to write articles for an online magazine dealing with spinning, and knitting, and fiber arts of all sorts, I probably ought to know what I’m talking about. Another reason to knit - it’s something my wife and I can talk about. She’s learned her share of geeky things so she can keep up with what I have to say about work and what not. Seems only polite to return the favor. But you know what? I enjoyed it. It had it’s tedious parts, it had it’s frustrating parts, and it had it’s rewarding parts (all that from a dishrag!). It’s actually appealing to my geeky side - it’s very intricate and detailed, all those little knots. I’ve actually thought about how you would program a pattern - it seems like it’s a big recursion program just waiting to happen. I’ll have to work on that :)

Anyhow, to my loyal readers (all four of you) - you will be seeing posts about knitting, and other yarnish things in the future. So be encouraging! You might end up with a hand-spun wool hat and mittens for Christmas ;)