I'm a member of an online knitting/crocheting group that's also a group of fans for my favorite tv show.

I just spent all afternoon online with about a dozen of them in a chatroom, talking about knitting, the new episode that was aired today in England of the show we watch, and just life. I wish we all lived in the same area. They're from all over. Some are here in the states, but at least two of the people I was talking are in New Zealand, and several in England. I really do wish we all lived near each other. I have a feeling we might all have a lot of fun together.

There's a whole group of us that are writing fan fiction together, (I'm not a writer, but I can think up scenes for someone else to write. But, I have written a couple of extremely short stories)

This group has been the most fun I've had online. They've been really helpful with my knitting. They've given me more help with things, just looking at pictures of stuff that I've knitted. I've been crocheting for most of my life. (since I was five, and I'm 44 now) So, at least I can help sometimes with crocheting stuff.

This group has basically helped keep me sane the past two years. Yeah, they might all be in other parts of the planet, but I've had tons of fun with them all online. I never would have even attempted writing the couple of short stories that I wrote if one of them hadn't actually challenged me to do it.

I might attempt knitting a sock monkey, or at least some sort of amigurumi (Japanese name for crocheted/knitted stuffed toy) I'll probably just end up crocheting a teddy bear or something later tho.