Not-So-Extreme Knitting
So, Kat is having a contest, and wants to know five places other than my home or knitting stores that I’ve knit.
1. Coffee shops. A lot of coffee shops, actually. There’s something very cozy about the atmosphere, the coffee, the knitting . . . although, by “coffee shops,” I mean the bakery/coffee kinds of places like Starbucks, not the hip, funky kinds of coffee-houses. They tend to be smoky . . . (although as of this past weekend, that won’t be a problem here in NJ anymore!)
2. In the car. As a passenger, of course, although I’ll sometimes pull out a sock while waiting at at the gas station or in a bank line.
3. Martha’s Vineyard. On the ferry going over to the island. At the beach. (Well, admittedly, in the car parked AT the beach.) In the hotel. While, yes, at a coffee shop . . . although, I must say, it’s harder to knit when you’ve got a leash looped on your wrist!
4. At a wedding. By the end of the reception, yes, I was getting a little bored, so I pulled out a lacy little scarfy thing that coordinated beautifully with my outfit. Really, where’s the problem?
5. Um, do the houses of friends and family count? And then, there’s the Dentist’s Office….
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My brother explicitly forbade my knitting at his wedding. Curses.
hmmm, i can think of all kinds of places that aren’t the “norm”. i once knit a mitten while christmas shopping at walmart. while walking around. no, i didn’t push the cart, lol.
i also knit at the dentist office. i was once told by a hygenist (i sell lots of novelties to dental offices, lol, the treasure boxes rock!) that it’s good to do something to keep you preoccupied before it’s your turn. keeps your mind off the drills, and the funny noises. in fact, when i have to get major work done, it’s nothing for me to drag my bag back there, and while they’re waiting on the novacaine, to knit a few rows. IN THE DENTIST’S CHAIR.
ummmm, at work, all the time. used to knit while working the phones, to keep me occupied between calls (and during slow moving calls, lol) but theyput the kabosh on that last september, and now i hide a book & read.
at bookstores, while reading. i’m usually reading knitting magazines, lol.
um, i knit while i was in labor with my first daughter. it helped keep me calm, when i was waiting at home for the pains to get closer together. (and i also had an urge to pick the house up, too, so i did that between pains, and knit during thepains).
and i WILL bring knitting to my own wedding. i’m planning on making a little “reticule” from the leftovers of my train (this is a park wedding, no way in HELL am i wearing a train, so it’s getting cut off, and the fabric used for silly things like the ringbearer pillow, and my “reticule”.) as i know my tendency to cry at things like weddings. i’m also going to hide a baby bootie in there on my size 1′s. i’m not telling mark, lol.
Aaaah – knitting at the dentist’s office – my favorite. Of course, I work at a dentist’s office, so I have to be sneaky : 0 Of course, I don’t do it now because we’re too busy, but when we first opened, 20 years ago, we weren’t busy and I would sit and knit while waiting for the phone to ring. Those were the days. I love when people bring their knitting in – it gives an opening for conversation, especially when they are kids.
I was at a wedding this past weekend and I didn’t bring my knitting. I think Dale would have had a fit if I had knit there.
after reading all the lists i’m beginning to think we shoudl get a bunch of knitters together to knit at a wedding on martha’s vineyard