At What Point Does Someone Who Paints Become a Painter?

And when does someone who (sometimes) knits become a knitter?

I don't know.  All I know is

Whooooohoooooo!  

I just finished knitting my first hat! 

It's a preemie baby hat.

 I'm going to donate it to some sweet little baby girl who I'll never know.  I smile just thinking about her.

This is the first three-dimensional piece that I have knitted.  Before this, I was limited (by my beliefs) to only creating dishcloths and simple scarves. 

SLOWLY, the intimidation factor is being unwoven.  I still can't imagine creating patterns like G.G.  In fact, I can't imagine following most patterns.  But a year ago, I would have said that I could never knit a hat.  Sooooo I guess I am reminded once again to never say never.  I may someday be a knitter 4 peace!

WWGGD

I bought an amazing Tibetan bowl. It sings in at least 1,542 tones all at once. (I made up that number, but it DOES have more ringtones than a 21-year-old's cellphone.)

The problem: The only way I could get a good sound was if I held the bowl or placed it on a body part. If I asked it to sing ("striking" or "hitting" sound like such violent words for what one does in order to hear a Tibetan bowl) while it sat on the floor or a table, it would sound awful - just an irritating vibration.

The solution: I saw that I could order little cloth stands that look like donuts and that gave me the idea of making my own cloth stand. In order to do that, though, I would have to pull out my little used sewing machine, hoping that the last time I broke the needle, I also replaced it.

OR

I could ask "What Would Goodnight Gram Do?" Which I did. Then I promptly sat down and knitted a donut for my bowl.

Viola! It works superbly!

You can see it peaking out from under the bowl in the photo above.

Oh, I wish you could hear the beautiful chime!