Another way in which the internet is odd
Those of you who know me realize that I have a... thing... for knitting. Love it. Seriously, love it. Love it so much that I read all I can about it when I'm not actually doing it.
There's a lady in the knitting world known as the Yarn Harlot (aka Stephanie Pearl-McPhee); she's been described as the "Michael Jordan of the knitting world" so non-yarnies can get a sense of how wildly popular she is with the yarnies.
Anyway, I've been following her blog & books for years. When I started reading her blog, her nephew Hank was young enough that she was knitting him dragon mittens. Now, Hank has just turned nine.
This fact is relevant to my blog post's title because when I read that Hank was turning nine, I thought to myself "Wow. I can't believe Hank is nine already."
How odd that it would make me stop & pause for a moment that a kid I've never met and never will meet is older than I expect him to be, and that I remembered when he was wearing dragon mittens. I mean, I have moments all the time where I'm struck by how mature & grown the Young Sir is, but that's to be expected. I live with him!
But to pause because Hank's turned nine? AND, I'm not the only one! I skimmed the comments for the post where Stephanie mentioned Hank's birthday, and lots of people were struck by the same thing.
Is the world really this small now?
There's a lady in the knitting world known as the Yarn Harlot (aka Stephanie Pearl-McPhee); she's been described as the "Michael Jordan of the knitting world" so non-yarnies can get a sense of how wildly popular she is with the yarnies.
Anyway, I've been following her blog & books for years. When I started reading her blog, her nephew Hank was young enough that she was knitting him dragon mittens. Now, Hank has just turned nine.
This fact is relevant to my blog post's title because when I read that Hank was turning nine, I thought to myself "Wow. I can't believe Hank is nine already."
How odd that it would make me stop & pause for a moment that a kid I've never met and never will meet is older than I expect him to be, and that I remembered when he was wearing dragon mittens. I mean, I have moments all the time where I'm struck by how mature & grown the Young Sir is, but that's to be expected. I live with him!
But to pause because Hank's turned nine? AND, I'm not the only one! I skimmed the comments for the post where Stephanie mentioned Hank's birthday, and lots of people were struck by the same thing.
Is the world really this small now?
posted by Amy McWeasel @ 3/25/2009 10:36:00 PM
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Yes, the world really is this small. Since joining Ravelry, my "six degrees" linkages have really jumped. If that makes sense.
I am the godmother to two beautiful children in the UK, and their parents to mine, and my daughter calls her "auntie", even though we've never met face to face. The internet makes the world a small and extra beautiful place indeed because you can share in what you love with others who love it just as much. I think that's the beauty of it. The internet has been accused of making people less social, but I've found it's had the exact opposite effect on me. Whee!
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