Endless knitting
I feel like I’ve been knitting this forever. Endless rows, round and round, all the same apart from a couple of increases or decreases every two inches or so. One and on and on….
Vanilla knitting of the best sort really.
There are times when I really want a challenge with my knitting, times when I whack through a pair of fancy socks in a week, times when I have to concentrate so hard on the pattern I’m knitting that I can’t manage to watch TV at the same time. But right now that’s not what I need at all. Right now I need something calm and soothing, something where I don’t really have to engage my brain at all, something where I can pick up where I left off without having to think.
This is when I see the zen beauty of plain knitting. Mindless, soothing, calm and yet at the same time productive. I need to do , make , create, see progress, but all without taxing the old grey cells to much.
In short I need relaxation knitting….
…and girls, this is it!
Lightweight by Hannah Fettig from the Knitbot Essentials book knitted in Chickadee by Quince & Co, colourway leek.
The joy of knitting. It really makes you wonder how non-knitters manage without it!
Helen
June 23rd, 2013 at 9:09 pm
I’m so chilled from just reading this. I need a good pattern, and to buy the right wool for it. Not just buying what I can get and making do! Any suggestions? For a cardigan by the way.
June 23rd, 2013 at 9:54 pm
I’ve just cast on with her Featherweight Cardigan and I don’t know whether to be inspired or disheartened by your post! I’ve a long way to go…. I’m not quite in the rhythm enough for this to be relaxing yet but I know exactly what you mean re challenging knits v soothing knits. I hope this knit continue to soothe.
From the other side of the lake (I think!).
June 23rd, 2013 at 10:14 pm
I so agree – I’m not up to anything fancy in knitting – but I do find it incredibly relaxing and soothing – much more so than crocheting….and I’m in total agreement with the above post – very chilled from reading your post.
June 24th, 2013 at 5:04 am
I lose my way every time I knit. I am so glad you find it so relaxing
June 24th, 2013 at 8:10 am
I know what you mean about sometimes just needing to be in the vanilla knitting zone!
June 24th, 2013 at 8:39 am
I have knitting withdrawal symptoms after reading this! Time to finish the chunky jumper I’m knitting for Benj…
June 24th, 2013 at 9:25 am
I’m knitting “Blank Canvas” by Ysolda – says it all, really!!
June 25th, 2013 at 12:19 am
Oh to be able to knit without thinking…or to be able to knit at all really!
July 12th, 2013 at 8:19 pm
I manage in fleeces – tee hee š That pattern does look rather nice though