About…

The name “domesticshorthair” refers to the title I give myself, a stay-at-home wife and mother who happens to have short hair; the title is also ironic given the fact that I have three cats, commonly classified in the feline world as domestic shorthair. However, despite the name, this blog is less about cats and more about me and my life, with the cats occasionally playing a role therein.

I live the suburbs east of Seattle, Washington, a land of SUVs, minivans and urban sprawl; I drive a sedan and my husband drives a hybrid sedan. I knit when I can, which often means at 5:30 in the morning, and I often blog starting at 9:30 in the evening. My husband, son, and cats are all learning to live with my knitting obsession.

I have been knitting since I was taught how to knit by a woman from Germany 20 years ago, although my desire to learn spanned at least another 10 years prior to that (alas, I couldn’t find anyone to teach me and I couldn’t afford lessons back then!). I have enjoyed crafting since well into my childhood, when my father taught me needlepoint, one grandmother taught me crochet basics and the other grandmother helped me sew an Halloween costume.

My goal in blogging is to share with you my knitting experiences, as well as some of the quotidian aspects of my suburban life, boring as that may be, although I’ll try to keep it interesting. In the end, this blog is really a much-needed outlet for me, so you’ll have to excuse me if there are times when you could do without some of my postings.

Also, be forewarned, in case you haven’t already caught on, I’m quite verbose, heavily into parenthetical statements, and I love to use the semicolon, but I make no claims of being a grammarian, although I am a fan of those who are.

If there are pictures on my blog that you’d like to use, please ask first. Thank you!

Email me at L2E2(at)hotmail(dot)com.