People have been coming up to me with incredulous looks asking me why i started knitting for several months now. I've been told that it was the last hobby they would expect me to take up, that with my lack of patience they can't imagine me being able to sit still that long, and all sorts of other things. Each of us yarn loving types have our own reasons for doing what we do mine are as follows:
1) It's soothing. You don't have to think about what your doing so long as it's a simple piece.
2) While not by any stretch of the imagination is it a cheap hobby, it's also not that expensive and in the end there is something to show for it which can't be said of going to the movies or bowling or a great variety of other pastimes.
3) Once you get started you can slip into a meditative state which allows you to without bias consider any number of things including your life in it's current state. When not bogged down with all of the troubles you may or may not have you can truly appreciate the good things in your life.
4) Since I started knitting I have met several men and women that knit as well and made a couple of new friends that I would probably never have had any reason to talk to had it not been for our mutual love of yarn.
5) It's a handy skill to have, you never know when the day may come that you'll be grateful that you are capable of making yourself warm clothes.
There are a great many reasons as to why we knit and or crochet I have my sister to thank for mine, if she had not been so adamant that I learn I would probably still be gawking at people while they sit quietly or wander through stores knitting, now I smile and tilt my head as I double check my current row to be sure that when I noticed my neighboring knitter I didn't miss a stitch. And now that I've had my break it's back to the blanket that my newest nephew will be receiving this weekend!
1) It's soothing. You don't have to think about what your doing so long as it's a simple piece.
2) While not by any stretch of the imagination is it a cheap hobby, it's also not that expensive and in the end there is something to show for it which can't be said of going to the movies or bowling or a great variety of other pastimes.
3) Once you get started you can slip into a meditative state which allows you to without bias consider any number of things including your life in it's current state. When not bogged down with all of the troubles you may or may not have you can truly appreciate the good things in your life.
4) Since I started knitting I have met several men and women that knit as well and made a couple of new friends that I would probably never have had any reason to talk to had it not been for our mutual love of yarn.
5) It's a handy skill to have, you never know when the day may come that you'll be grateful that you are capable of making yourself warm clothes.
There are a great many reasons as to why we knit and or crochet I have my sister to thank for mine, if she had not been so adamant that I learn I would probably still be gawking at people while they sit quietly or wander through stores knitting, now I smile and tilt my head as I double check my current row to be sure that when I noticed my neighboring knitter I didn't miss a stitch. And now that I've had my break it's back to the blanket that my newest nephew will be receiving this weekend!
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