Things knitting is still trying to teach me…
As soon as I read them, I knew I just had to share these anecdotes. Any knitter will instantly empathize… and stifle the occasional out-loud giggle.
Knitting is still trying to teach me…
#1) That making big mistakes when you're learning is how it goes. It is why knitting can unravel (as many times as you need it to).
#2) That the knitting muses have an excellent, if cruel, sense of humour.
#3) That knitting a really big thing is like being married for a long time: you have to find a way to do the same thing over and over again without wanting to trash it for something new, exciting, and better-looking.
#4) To count. I thought I had mastered it in the first grade, but since I have just placed the neck opening for a sweater directly over my right shoulder blade, I apparen'tly need to work on it.
#5) Patience. Enough said.
#6) That things get knit faster when you actually work on them. That's why the scarf I've allegedly been knitting for two years just isn't getting any bigger, no matter how long I leave it in the basket.
#7) That no matter how well you knit, looking at your work too closely isn't helpful. It's like kissing with your eyes open: nobody looks good that close up.
#8) That just because it's deeply discounted or on sale, it isn't automatically good yarn.
from Things I Learned from Knitting by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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