Cantankerous Fish? What city? The S.O. loves seafood. I hate it, and my demented mother who lives with us also won't eat it, so I refuse to cook it or let the S.O. cook it inside the house. But I will take him to fish restaurants. Someone else stinks up their kitchen and washes the fish-smelling dishes, then fish is all right, I say. And about knitting. You will love it. But my advice is to make something with a purpose right away. Nothing kills the knitting love faster than knitting test swatch after test swatch, even if you put the swatches to use. If you need ideas, www.stitchesfromtheheart.com has some pretty easy baby blanket patterns that you can give to the organization so they can give it to preemie babies. And remember Arachne's lesson, modified for knitting ---- if the knitted end product is so without flaws that it is imperfect, the knitter will offend the gods. This always works for me. You'd be amazed at how many stitch screw-ups you can overlook if you just keep this in mind. ;)