So, in the interests of merrily procrastinating other tasks I am supposed to complete today, I have decided that it is much more important to create this blog entry.
Where do you like to indulge in your craft? Is your favourite arm chair your little knitting cubby area, or do you prefer to ‘knit in public’? Knitcroblo5
I spend most of my knitting time on my couch at home which is nice and comfy and which I have outfitted with a very strong light source. I don't mind knitting in public, and since I do have some after-school activities I have taken my knitting along on occasion.
The thing is that I have to be working on something that requires a very minimal amount of concentration. Something along the lines of 2x2 ribbing is about my speed when also expected to participate in any other type of activity such as, say, listening. The piece I'm working on now (in yes, 2x2 rib) after working on it at an after school activity, I found that there were quite a few spots where somehow the 2x2 rib had become a 1x3 rib or perhaps a 3x1 rib and I had to drop those stitches and fix them with a crochet hook. (One of my critically needed skills when knitting.)
Since I tend to work on complicated items as I like them better, that means that most knitting needs to happen where I can concentrate on it. Also, I tend towards larger items such as sweaters, which if knit in one piece usually become too unwieldy to haul around.
It's not that I mind knitting in public, it's the distraction factor that gets me.
I do know though, that if you want to generate conversation from random strangers that knitting is not the way to go. Cross-stitch has that beat by a mile.
I know how that is! Esp when Im tourturing myself with lace. I can't talk, count and weep over drop stitches at the same time! I always thought I was a multi-tasker until I added lace to my knitting -smiles-
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