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July 23, 2006
You Know Your a Knitter When....
I feel totally silly with this title because I haven't been knitting. Not a single bit. There is still the design from Olympic Challenge sitting with one sleeve cap undone. There is the mittens for Terri~ the ones I begged and pleaded to knit with sugar, whipped cream and a big honking cherry on top. There are even some sweaters that have come in from a company. No interest whatsoever for knitting. I credit my lousy soon to be ex for ruining my life. What else would you call a disinterest in Knitting other than utter ruination?
Guess what I got? My birthday present. Ordered from J&S way back on April 7th. Yesterday. And I got so excited that I thought about knitting even if it was 104 degrees heat index of 120. Since we were without electricity and the storms had caused the humidity to create a sauna in my little brick house knitting with wool should have been even less tempting. But....
You Know Your a Knitter When you consider lighting a roaring fire to provide enough light for casting on while sitting in a sauna.
Instead I went out and purchased a rug for my soon to be former living room because I wanted to know the living room looked as good as I thought it could before I moved out of my house. And....
You Know Your a Knitter When you think X sweater's worth of yarn as you write out a check for anything other than said yarn.
There is hope for me yet ;^> What, other than the fact that you actually do knit, tells you you are a Knitter?
Posted by Elka at July 23, 2006 12:22 AM
Comments
I was wondering where you'd vanished to! Glad you've popped up again--though I'm sorry to hear that things haven't improved any.
I'm surprised you haven't latched onto some project for the pure distraction of it. About a decade ago I had a very painful breakup, the "I'm in love with someone else, how soon can you and all your stuff be out of here" kind, and the only thing that kept me sane was a lacy sweater I'd started. I'd just knit away at it for hours on end while sleeping on friends' couches and going to awful temp jobs and interviews that went nowhere. It was a really bad time, but I got through it, and so will you.
How's this--you know you're a knitter when you don't care if the huge thunderstorm knocks the power out, because you can still knit perfectly well by candlelight. (And that goes double for spinning!)
Posted by: Beth S. at July 23, 2006 07:15 AM
Good to see a post from you, I'd been wondering how you were. I'm sorry you're one of those in StL who lost power during the heatwave. I hope knitting inspiration comes back to you full force.
Posted by: Lauren at July 23, 2006 08:02 AM
Hey there, girlie - glad to see you popping your head up a bit. Hang in there. :-)
Posted by: Sam at July 23, 2006 12:36 PM
Hey! We've been wondering where you were! Um... you know you're a knitter when, even though you don't feel like knitting, you fondle your stash.
Posted by: CarolineF at July 24, 2006 06:27 AM
Hey Elka- How's our friend doing? No mistake, you have lots of friends, and we're here for you.
How about this- you know you're a knitter when your out to dinner, and instead of concentrating on the food/conversation, you mentally go through your stash?
I'm so happy to see you posting, I was checking daily. Are you going to show us your J&S?
Posted by: Lorraine TKH at July 25, 2006 07:51 AM
I'm one of the StL knitters still dealing with no power at home.
You Know You're a Knitter When...the first thing you do after lighting the candles is start a dead-simple sock to keep you sane while you're waiting for Ameren to get in gear.
(BTW, $35 for the family-size fluorescent camp light at Bass Pro? Worth every penny. We gave in and got it last night.)
Posted by: Beth B. at July 25, 2006 11:13 AM
Oh, I'm so glad to see you again! I've been so worried, what with all the mitten begging. ;) No worries on my part, just remind me what the accession number is and I'll pull them back out of the queue. And if you're very repentant, I'll let you knit some more; I'm getting another 16 pairs from Norway!
Posted by: terri at July 28, 2006 08:29 PM