How do I know this?
Well, quite honestly, I've always suspected it, but on Saturday it became official. I was wearing this:
I have one of those (ponchos) and held out a blue one.
FA (fiber artist, me) said: Oh! Did you make one too?
RW (random, but very knowledgeable and intelligent) woman: You MADE that?!
FA: Yes.
RW: Oh! You are a fiber artist!
FA: (modestly) No, I'm a knitter.
She said that I'm a fiber artist, and just like when the Internet says something, it must therefore be true.
Although, and this is a big although, I didn't actually make it. Explaining this to her would have been complicated and a longer conversation than the two-story trip in the elevator would have allowed. I did intend to make it, but as Sallyknit was laying hers out to block when were all at a house in Asheville, Anna (Knitting Wizard) said: I could make that in an afternoon on my knitting machine. (Knitting it by hand takes forever!) I raised my hand to stop all conversation and volunteered to make mine on her machine. She agreed.
Back in Atlanta, we did try to have me make it on the machine, but the machine is tricky and it kept jamming. So Anna (Knitting Wizard) had me leave it with her, and she worked on it bit by bit when she had time and patience.
So I didn't actually make it, but I totally could have.
Sincerely,
Your Fiber Artist
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