I submitted

My scholarship application to the Men's Spring Knitting Retreat.  (fingers crossed)

I thought I would post a video with some of the things I was thinking as I wrote up my nomination.  I hope I get it. 

Did you like the bit about having all the guys show me theirs?

Men's Spring Knitting Retreat?

So I've been taking January off from the blog. Have you missed me?
I saw a post that they have two scholarships for the Spring Retreat on QueerJoe's Knitting Blog.

Calling For Nominations
This upcoming May, the Men's Spring Knitting Retreat will be held again in Upstate New York at Easton Mountain Retreat Center from Thursday, May 19 to Sunday, May 22, 2011.
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We want you to nominate any man you think should be able to go to the Men's Spring Knitting Retreat this coming May.

You can nominate a friend, a family member or yourself. The nominee must be a man and over 21 years of age. And please confirm that your guy has agreed to be entered into the nomination process and is available to attend. Two sample nominations would be:

I would like to nominate John O'Hara for the 2011 MSKR Scholarship. John is an Librarian in Northern Arkansas with a great love for reading and knitting. He is always teaching knitting to anyone interested and has taught his wife to knit and has begun to teach his children (who he thinks are too young yet to learn, but he still tries). He lives in a very rural state with no local yarn stores, so John helped start a knitting group at the library where he works and has also worked to increase the number of books on knitting kept within his library network (for which we are all very grateful). John would love to get together with other guys who have a love for knitting, crocheting and spinning and I think he would be an amazing addition to your group of guys.

I would like to nominate myself, John O'Hara, for the 2011 MSKR Scholarship. I have been knitting for 3 years and am completely hooked. As a professional who travels a lot, I take great pride in knitting in public and teaching coworkers how to knit. Unfortunately, since most of my work is done for non-profit organizations and I support a family of five, I have no funding, but would very much appreciate the opportunity of being around other guys that knit. I would appreciate your favorable review of my nomination.

Send nominations to me at queerjoe @comcast.net. Scholarship recipients will be selected from all the nominations by a panel of Men's Knitting Retreat coordinators (Michael Wade, Ted Myatt, Barry & myself). DEADLINE FOR ENTERING IS January 28, 2011. The winner will be officially announced on February 4, 2011.
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Attending a Men's Knitting Retreat is on my "to-do list."
Anyone out there want to nominate me? I promise to video some of the fun. I expect there are rules for "what happens at Men's Knitting Retreat, stays at Men's knitting retreat." I'd love to go. But it scares me a bit. Have you seen what some of these amazing knitters create?
Yes, I am able to attend.
I've been knitting for 8 years. 
Thank you.

I have a boy crush

Here's the Urban Dictionary's definition for boy crush: "When a guy really admires another guy, but not necessarily in a sexual or romantic way. Opposite would be a girl crush."

WonderMike of the Fiber Beat Podcast. I first met him on the Y knit podcast with hizKNITS.  What I loved about the podcast was the humor and music matched what I like.
Let's Shear It for the Boys podcast
Men's Knitting Retreat history can be found on this Y Knit episode.
Verb for Keeping Warm
Click here and scroll down a bit to see the picture of WonderMike's Big Hair. His tag line And I Ran... is from the A Flock of Seagulls first album. I played the album over and over again back in the '80s.  The video is classic '80s.

I hope you don't mind the boy crush, WonderMike. I enjoy reading WM's blog.