gezellig

am just back from my first meeting of the Amsterdam Stitch 'n Bitch group. They meet once a week at a local cafe for, stitching & bitching. There was quite a bit of the first going on, though not much of the latter as I could tell. It was heel gezellig (in Dutch, very cozy - they love that word cozy.)

I was a bit worried that unlike my last knitting group, these people would all be very into knitting, and less into the social aspect that I find so important. (Who wants to knit in a vacuum, not me!). But I was pleasantly surprised. Everyone was super nice, and I had a good time comparing notes with other ex-pats and got some much needed advice on my current project (Thanks Erica!).

There was a reporter there from a local paper doing a story on the group and a photographer came out to photograph us. Earlier in the evening, while cooking dinner, I managed to shred some of my knuckles along with the cheese, so there I was with my needles in hand and two big old band aids on two fingers. I really hope they don't print those, I'd hate to give people the impression that knitting is dangerous.