Just thought I should talk a little about why knitting makes me happy, which by the way is not something that I would have said when I was in my teens and my mom thought I should learn how to knit. I remember her saying ‘you are now of age to learn how to knit’ …. what does that even mean? of age? …. Anyhow, she thought I should knit pot holders, and I think I made it 2/3 through and gave up because it seemed the most boring activity a teenager can imagine. Thinking about this now, I wish I would have stuck with it (yes mom, you were right). Imagine all the outfits I could have already made.

But to get back to why I now love knitting. Right now, I cannot imagine anything more relaxing, then to sit next to my husband watching a movie and knitting a scarf for a friend or crocheting a blanket. It’s amazing to create something so useful right in front of my eyes, and I am the one making it. I have creative freedom ( no mom telling me knit 1, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1) and I am trying new patterns and shapes and I am successfully completing them. I finally even learned how to read patterns developed by others (yes, that was self-taught ***proud***).  Crocheting I learned from a dear friend, and I find that it allows me to make up things as I go even more than knitting (and it is faster -  big plus!).  Given that I am such a science nerd, I truly appreciate doing something else aside from reading research papers. I sit in front of a computer a good amount during the day, and knitting/crocheting is just the right stress relief … working with my hands … and being creative … producing usable things … .

Making cute little outfits for dogs just makes me plain and simple happy. Is that weird? Maybe, but I don’t care!

What do y’all love about knitting?

-The girl with the pigtails