Best friends

So have you ever noticed how sometimes in life you are given a best friend, that is for lack of a better description is the bestest best friend you have ever had?? They are the ones you can laugh with, argue with, grow older and sometimes become more mature. Sometimes.

I have one such friend. R is his name. Never met him in person, but would like to. (The never meeting in person is due to the wonderful ness of ravelry and the internet. Where you can find people with similar interest and have them halfway across the world) R lives in pittsburgh, where evidently Canada is infiltrating. I have been told that there is a Tim hortons down there near him. (for those unlucky enough to live somewhere other than in Canada, Tim Hortons is a coffe/donut/some quickly made sandwich place that offer cheap good food and coffee). So R and I met through a group on Ravelry called Got Friends? We ended up doing a card exchange around Christmas. It was great getting cards and treats from all over. I sent R a card with some random handspun hand dyed yarn from a local spinner. It wasn't much but R got so excited when he saw it he was determined to use it in something. Just a few weeks ago he finished a scarf and added 2 rows of this yarn on each end. Anyways R is a great guy that i get to talk knitting with, as well as life and annoyances and things we really really like together. He is helpful too.

R once made a scarf that had approximately 180 ends to weave in. Any knitter that has completed anything with stripes knows how much a pain weaving in ends can be. Well he said to himself there has got to be some way of making this easier. So R in his ultimate wisdom and desire to do things as easy as possible went on the hunt. This is what he found. It is so amazing that i feel as if i spent time with the dhala lama. It's a way to knit the ends in as you go. AMAZING and definitely worth a try.

So thanks to R I have a wonderful friend and a new way to knit in the ends YAY. Ps he was also the one that convinced me to blog.