About Me!
My name is Trish, and I love knitting! No, I’m not particularly good at it, but not being particularly good at something has never stopped me before, so why not?
My father’s mother taught me to crochet when I was probably about 6 years old. I made the world’s longest chain stitch snake, until I got bored with that, then made tons of uneven doll blankets after that. (I was even creative enough to realize they were uneven, so I started making “triangle doll blankets” on purpose. Yeah, right.)
Within a few years I was making real projects and enjoying myself immensely, and fast forward to about five years ago when my carpal tunnel and arthritis suddenly made it impossible to crochet anymore.
Then about two years ago in 2004 I could no longer stand my yarn-less lifestyle and I became determined to learn to hand knit. (I won’t talk about my brief foray on the Bond Incredible Sweater Machine, where the biggest thing I learned was how much I hate to sew sweaters together!) I figured any book called Knitting for Dummies would just about be written at my level, and off I went!
So now what have I learned? I still hate to finish projects!! But on rare occasion that I actually do get something done, it usually gives me great satisfaction and happiness to share my knitting with others. You gotta love me to wear my knitting, because as I’ve said, I’m still not very good at it!
Knitting meets Internet, one of my other passions, and hence this site was born. But in my life away from yarn I do manage several other large internet-related projects. The one of which I am most proud is Parents with Disabilities Online, which is a comprehensive resource for people with disabilities who are raising children. I’m also lucky enough to be the “WebLady” for Beeb Birtles and Birtles Shorrock Goble, who are founding members of Little River Band, which happens to be my favorite band from my days in high school and college. (Which, sadly, were longer ago than I remember!)
I have a wonderful husband and two gorgeous kids, and in the daytime I work for Uncle Sam, buried deep within the Executive Branch. Lately, it seems deeper than usual!! But really, I’d rather be knitting…
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I am sure you have heard of the organization Stitch N Pitch where one can bring out their NeedleArts to a baseball game. New this year the Bowie Baysox Baseball Club ( AA Minor League Affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles) is having s Stitch N Pitch day at the ballpark.
On May 25th at 2:05 the Baysox will be playing the Fisher Cats at Prince George’s Stadium in Bowie Maryland. All are encouraged to bring their Needle Arts to the ballpark to sit among friends, family and colleagues and cheer on your favorite Baseball Team. Beginners, intermediate and experts are all welcome.
It is also Pat Zajak Day. The first 1250 fans will get a free Pat Zajak bobblehead and he will be out at the ball park signing autographs.
It should be a great day for all so we encourage your members to bring out the whole family.
Pre order tickets for the discounted rate of $9. All seats will be behind home plate’s net, so to protect all participants from foul balls.
I hope to see you and your group out at the ballpark. Feel free to contact me any time for more information.
Sincerely,
Dana DeFilippo
Office Manager
Bowie Baysox Baseball Club
LouieVille, MD - The Kids Capital
P: (301) 805-6000
F: (301) 464-4911
http://www.baysox.com
I just recently found your blog & I love it! I love your passion for knitting. As I was looking through your blog & getting caught up on all the other stuff that I had missed, I came across the link to Parents With Disabilities Online. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I wish that I had known about this sooner. I have a mild case of CP, which now becoming more a of a challenge to arthritis. (Oh well.) And, my husband is blind. We’ve been married almost 27 yrs. & we have 3 children. We waited 10 yrs. before having our first & she was the only planned one out of the three. We had doubts of our own about having kids & little or no support from family & friends. So, anyway….I could have used a lot of help and/or information, but I didn’t know where to turn back then & neither did anyone else. Not even United Cerebral Palsy.
Isn’t wonderful how knitting transcends all limitations & boundaries, backgrounds & cultures? I know….I’m rattling on & on, but I just want to say that I love your knitting & your blog!
PS. I see that you are involved with disabilities in some manner. My daughter has spina bifida. Ciao…Nancy
Hi, Trish–
I’m Amy Robertson’s mom–also a weaver, knitter & spinner (and “Blueloom” on Ravelry). I was just reading your blog and reading about you when I came across your reference to Parents with Disabilities Online. Amy happens to be visiting from Denver at the moment, so I asked her if she knew you. And, of course, she did.
Glad you had a good time at Stitch & Pitch. I’m a long-time baseball fan (my fandom goes way back to the Wash Senators of the 1950s), and would have gone to S&P if I had known about it in time.
Ruth
in Arlington, VA
I stumbled on your blog via ravelry (where I am NJenn). Your blog’s a great read! I’m a fellow CPer (diplegia), who recently started knitting again in spite of tendonitis. I decided that I like to knit more than walk or wheel, so I recently got a scooter to cut down on the manual pushing and crutch walking in hopes of healing my wrists. Yeah, I missed knitting THAT much….