librarian knitters

This week I started classes toward my MSLS from the Catholic University of America. One of the great things about their program is the ability to take distance learning classes right here in Fairfax, so I only have to trek to the main campus one day a week this semester. I'm really excited about my new degree program. I hope to become an academic research librarian, possibly specializing in rare books and archives. My dream job would be to work at the Folger Shakespeare Library in DC, but I would also love to return to UNC-Chapel Hill and work at the Davis Library there. Trust me, I already know my way around the stacks...

While waiting for one of my classes to start yesterday evening, I wasn't at all surprised to see one of my classmates knitting. Knitting and librarians seem to go together like yarn and kitties. We started chatting about local yarn stores (she usede to work at Knit+Stitch=Bliss in Bethesda) and she told me that there's a large subset of the students in the SLIS program who are knitters and even have impromptu SNBs before class starts sometimes. I was glad to hear it! I usually knit on the DC Metro while taking the train downtown, so I often have a WIP with me on campus as well.

In project news, I'm close to finishing the gauzy wrap I posted pictures of a week or two ago - I got a LOT done on it while we were visiting Gerry's mom in Miami. It was too hot to do much else besides knit! I'm also working on another baby blanky in a pastel version of the yellow/turqoise/orange blanky I finished earlier this summer. It's a little more than halfway done. I've decided to just keep a blanky on the needles all the time, since they're so easy and fun to make and there's always a baby on the way somewhere in my circle of friends and family. And if I ever get too far ahead of myself, I can always just put away the banky for my own future babies!