Let's here it for the working yarn

Working yarn: end which has a direct connection to the yarn ball.
End which creates each and every stitch.

Okay, if you don't think I'm nuts yet you certainly will today. You see I have recently learnt a life lesson from knitting. To be accurate, the lesson was learnt from the process of casting on. You see recently I have been pondering the "tail" and "working yarn". It seemed to me that the "tail" was just kind of along for the ride. The "working yarn" was actively involved in the process of knitting. How like life this seems to be. Do you know the maxim: 80% of the work is done by 20% of the people? Well, nowhere is this seen clearer than in a small community. Not only do 80% of the population (the tail) get to simply hang around but they also get to give feedback on the job that has been done. While 20% of the population (the working yarn) simply gets to work their butt off. Does that sound fair? No. ...and yet when I tried to remove either the tail or working yarn from the knitting process it just didn't work. Both are required to knit. We have no right to demand the same kind of commitment or energy from our cohorts. We are all different.

I received another interesting email. I enjoy frequenting the TKGA (the knitting guild association) message board both as an active member and as a lurker. Well, the email stated that after March 7th this pass-time will temporarily be interrupted. The message board will be going through some upgrading. The email went on to advise me: 'We are told that your current posts will not be lost...but just in case something should go amiss, we are alerting you now so you have time to copy items you may wish to repost once the new Board goes live.'

Tomorrow: So how do you know how long your tail needs to be? This question will be addressed in my next post.