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GFTC
Permanent Resident
USA
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 Posted - 04/07/2008 : 4:07:07 PM
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How did you originally come across KR?
I'll go first.......
Almost 5 years ago I was away for Memorial Day Weekend and I wanted to find out if there were any LYS near where I was. Since high school, whenever I traveled anywhere the first thing I did was look in the Yellow Pages for LYS. For a long time the category was called "Art Needlework" but eventually became "Yarn, retail". Anyway, now in the 21st Century who needs Yellow Pages and I Googled and somehow got led to KR. I've been here ever since. Ah yes, I remember getting my first star, sigh.
It was very exciting to me to find KR because all the real life knitters I knew either knit sporadically, gave it up altogether, or we had lost touch and here I found a community of knitters who spoke the language of gauge, intarsia, cables, yarnovers and who also looked for LYS wherever they went!
GFTC of NYC
www.flickr.com/photos/gftc_knits/
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knittingbuzz
Permanent Resident
USA
1122 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 4:16:22 PM
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| My story is similar, unfortunately my memory is nt as good as GFTC's on what my search was in reference, but the results the same.....and I've been here ever since. A day without Knitters Review is like a day without sunshine! |
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SkeinHerder
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
385 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 4:23:22 PM
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I found KR through a knitting day calender. It was the entry and I immediately checked it out. Now I can't imagine life without it!
S:)
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RoseByAny
Permanent Resident
USA
12598 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 4:26:48 PM
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Almost seven years ago I was teaching myself to knit. I fortunately found a book that had both English and Continental knitting in it, and after nearly impaling myself trying to knit English Standard, took to Continental very quickly.
That is, I took to Continental Knitting very quickly, but the diagrams the book had for purling weren't cutting it for me, and I went on an internet search for how to purl. I tripped over KR very shortly after the forums began, and BessH was the one who was first able to talk me through purling.
"The web of our life is a Mingled Yarn, good and ill together."
All's Well That Ends Well, IV, iii
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minh
Permanent Resident and Destasher Extraordinnaire
USA
3416 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 4:33:15 PM
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3 years ago I was looking for a yarn substitute for the poncho in "Weekend Knitting" and googled my way here!
I can't imagine my knitting life without KR...
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Sara Sue
Permanent Resident
USA
1083 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 4:46:31 PM
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I was looking for something else about knitting thru Google and stumbled across KR. Best mis-step I've made in a long time.
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nlnitter
Chatty Knitter
166 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 5:05:57 PM
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This is such a good question!
I found KR while recovering from hysterectomy surgery about a year ago. I didn't have the strength to do much more than watch television and surf the Internet. Couldn't even knit...couldn't even hold a knitting magazine or book...but I could type...
For the heck of it, I did a search on "knitting groups" and KR popped up. A lovely email conversation with Clara ensued, and I felt like I belonged right away.
My corner of the bloggernet http://makingit-sj.blogspot.com/ |
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shaggy
Permanent Resident
USA
4125 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 5:36:38 PM
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I was on a soaping forum and a couple of soapers and I were
talking about knitting.
The forum went bye bye and another member (I won't tell who) and I started searching for a knitting forum and we both ended up here
I believe it was 4 years ago
shhhhhhhh she has chickens, ducks and moron neighbors
but I didn't tell you [:00]
shaggy
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diantha
Chatty Knitter
USA
136 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 5:44:53 PM
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| I also stumbled onto KR, last year. I had just got my first spinning wheel, and I was googling anything related to spinning. I found the spinning forum here, and jimbobspins was the first poster I read. |
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anderknit
Permanent Resident
USA
2551 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 5:52:34 PM
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My brain is mush and I have no idea how long I've been around - all I know is that it was over 5700 posts ago!! How could I possibly have that much to say? In any case, I know I found KR through a google search, probably looking for an old Pingouin yarn. When I really think about it, I guess it might have been back in 2002 when I hated my job and restarted knitting. Could it have been that long ago? Wow, now that I think back, I remember some firey off-topic threads, some quite outspoken posters.
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.' " |
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hissyknit
Permanent Resident
USA
1349 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 5:53:05 PM
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I had broken my elbow and wrist and quite frankly, our bank account in paying for the surgeries. I was googling for free patterns about two years ago. Lo and behold, there was the link to KR in all its glory.
I do remember I had trouble registering and had eventually email the Queen Bee. She graciously and very quickly registered me.
Christy B.
"I run with scissors and eat paste."
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Cheerleader9
Permanent Resident
USA
1563 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 5:58:38 PM
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When I decided to take up knitting again after many years of other needlework I googled and there was KR! That was a year ago in January and I've been learning,sharing and happy as I can be with my sisterhood of knitters. I found a home! Thanks to this wonderful forum for a great return to knitting.
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/cheerleader9/]
[http://www.ravelry.com/people/Cheerleader9]
Barb in AZ
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Rho
Permanent Resident
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Fraggle
Seriously Hooked
USA
747 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 6:10:03 PM
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I read about it in a magazine I picked up when first learning to knit and decided to check it out.
~ Fraggle
". . . Or if you send me your size I'll knit you a new one" -Hawkeye on M*A*S*H
My websites:
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amazing grace
Chatty Knitter
107 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 6:14:37 PM
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It was about a year ago I returned to knitting after years of quilting. I think I was doing a google search for pictures of a pattern I was considering and a link to a discussion on KR regarding the pattern popped up.
I don't post much, but I read a lot and have learned great things thanks to all of you!
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Sharyn
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
418 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 6:18:54 PM
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I was searching for anything felting related, in the midst of my felting frenzy about two years ago. Stumbled onto the felting threads, and was hooked.
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yarnlover
Permanent Resident
1729 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 6:33:34 PM
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I don't exactly remember when or how, but once upon a time, I signed up for Clara's knitting newsletter. I believe this was before the forum, or at least before I knew about it. I remember looking forward to those newsletters because so few people I knew were knitters. I geuss I just clicked through from a newsletter to the forum, but now my curiousity is piqued. Was there a period of time when Clara was only sending out newsletters before KR?? I must start paying more attention to the important details of my life 
See My Stuff: Here
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WendyB
Permanent Resident
3262 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 6:36:56 PM
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| In 2004 I had just started knitting and was searching for different ways to cast on and bind off. Then I wanted to find out something else. Practically every time I tried to find an answer to a knitting question, I ended up getting the answer from a KR poster, so I signed up. |
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SR5Rfan
Permanent Resident
USA
1232 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 6:41:11 PM
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My sister introduced me to KR. And then got jealous because I came up with a user name and she just uses her first name and initials. [:00]
Beth
http://sr5rfan.blogspot.com/ Not much knitting on it, but it's a start ...
"I was taught to respect my elders, but it is getting harder and harder to find one"
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MindyO
Permanent Resident
USA
2493 Posts |
Posted - 04/07/2008 : 7:07:26 PM
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I think I first found KR over a year ago, I was searching product reviews for some type of yarn related purchase. I read every single tool review and some of the yarn reviews. I was here for HOURS! I didn't actually start reading and creating posts for quite some time later. I did sign up for the newsletter almost immediately! That led me to take part in polls and stuff.
I love it here... *sigh* 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/squeeks76/
I just looked it up, I introduced myself September 20, 2007. I had posted a few times before that though, just thought that was interesting...
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Janbie
Chatty Knitter
USA
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