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Who Needs to Knit?
August 18, 2010
The last knitting project I was working on stalled at about this point:
This photo is from last Christmas when I decided, after too many mistakes to count, to frog my first pair of socks. The fact that they are "froggy" green is simply a sweet irony.
This brings the total of my completed knitting projects to... one, this little shawl I finished last fall.
I'm a flow-with-the-life-season kind of gal and have come to terms with spring and summer not being my knitting, sewing or any other handicraft season. Except for my needle felting workshop in May and the teensy sewing I did for the girls in July I haven't stitched anything with my hands this summer.
And I'm totally ok with that because I've decided why learn to knit when I know someone who can knit socks like these?
And these.
You see, I make soap. And she makes socks (& other pretties). And we exchanged.
This, I could get used to.
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Jen on Aug. 18, 2010, 1:02 p.m.
You're right...when you can exchange soap for those beautiful socks, why spend all that time knitting them? Although, socks are on my knitting to do list. Someday I'll try my hand at making some!
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Hillary on Aug. 19, 2010, 2:51 a.m.
I am so happy for your feet :) However, this post makes me remember how badly I want to set myself up with a few knitting projects for the baby for the upcoming cool weather. I love knitting and haven't touched anything since last winter.
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Naomi Kilbreth on Aug. 19, 2010, 11:40 p.m.
Beautiful socks! And I agree, moving on to things that really catch your interest is better than making yourself do something you don't need or want to do.
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nicola@which name? on Aug. 21, 2010, 6:17 a.m.
Bartering is the best! Nicola
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Grandma on Aug. 25, 2010, 4:42 a.m.
I have been knitting and crocheting since a child. I was one of those who could never sit still during class (long boring lectures). Finally in college I got to knitting to stay focused in class. Nearly drove several profs bonkers. One time when I had 5 children - one not yet in school, and both my husband and me in grad school - I decided to see if knitting while reading was really slowing me down. Set the timer and read (long a boring Eng. Lit) while knitting. Noted the pages. Reset the timer and read only - and woke up with the timer buzzed. Zero pages. It pays to keep on knitting. Gma.
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Francesca on Aug. 18, 2010, 11:35 a.m.
Can I have her address:)?