More about Emma

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#669933" TEXT="#080000" background="047b85a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Finished Projects</B></FONT><B>  </B><B>   |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Finished Projects"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=210 BGCOLOR="#669933" TEXT="#080000" background="04805043.jpg"> <div> Links</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.georgevreilly.com/blog/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.georgevreilly.com/blog/">George's Blog</A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=366 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>More about Emma</I></div> <div> As a teenager, I knitted a few tops, but never liked what I had knitted when it was done.  My sisters really appreciated that. ;>  When I was 16, I tried to knit the baby booties that were my mother's specialty which meant learning to knit in the round on double-pointed needles.  I got the hang of knitting in the round, but I couldn't seem to make the pattern work.  I gave up on the booties until I was 18 when I finally figured out what I had done wrong when I was 16.  I took over from my mother as the official bootie knitter and, over the next decade or so, I knitted dozens and dozens of baby booties, making slight changes in the pattern.  All my sisters and cousins got a least 5 pairs of booties for each baby they had.</div> <bR> <div> In my mid-20's I finally expanded beyond baby booties and knit a couple of baby sweaters.  (I like knitting baby things ... they go so fast).  I then took a 5 year break and didn't touch any needles.  I started knitting booties and baby sweaters again in my 30's, but it was just an occasional thing.</div> <bR> <div> My knitting horizons really expanded in my 40's.  I've done many techniques for the first time: fair isle, felting, short-rows, etc.  I even took crocheting classes and found I can now keep a decent tension tho' I will always prefer knitting<B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> I'm a knitter.  I'm also a reader, an eater, and a talker.  When I put an ad in The Stranger, our local alternative weekly, nine years ago to find a possible partner or two, I wrote "enjoy good food, books, conversation".  That ad led to meeting my husband, George.  We were married on May 6, 2000 after dating and living together for 2-1/2 years.  </div> <bR> <div> Isn't he gorgeous?  Yes, I am prejudiced..  Why do you ask?</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="04ff4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Since George is an Irish citizen, I was eligible to apply for Irish citizenship 3 years after our wedding date (I actually took 4 years to do this).  I became an Irish citizen on February 16, 2005.  It feels kind of weird to be an Irish citizen when I don't have an ounce of Irish ancestry.   It's also why I don't refer to myself in my blog title as a hyphenated Irish-American, but rather as an Irish/American.  I'm a dual citizen, not an American of Irish ancestry.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=24 BGCOLOR="#669933" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Copyright 2006 - Emma Bartholomew                          Contact <A HREF="mailto:emma at bartholomew dot com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:emma at bartholomew dot com">Webmistress</A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>