The Talk Part 2
By Megan Goodacre
Last week I brought up that old conversation stopper: blocking. You know how it is. A group of knitters is chatting amiably, and one suddenly announces, "I never block." And the room goes quiet. Someone else chimes in, "Me neither, unless it's acrylic, then I iron it." You shift nervously in your chair, and then loudly, awkwardly, change the subject.