Some evenings I'm Madame Defarge. As my knitting click and clack together, I chronicle my day (in my head). For me, it's relaxing. I can do something constructive while I watch a television show or a movie.
The left needle is anchored between my arm and my side. The right needle weaves in and out, the yarn looping around the dull point of the needle.
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The scarf I'm working on currently is 21 stitches across. At the end of each row I pull the yarn taut. At the beginning of each row I pull it tight. Otherwise, it's loose.
How do you keep loose?
Morning meditation, playing music, reading, or going for a walk. The latter has been difficult for the last two months due to severe weather, though.
ReplyDeleteMy problem is that I'm too loose (I have to be careful when and where I say that!). I'm so relaxed when I knit that I have to go down 3 needle sizes less than what the pattern calls for! I knit socks on a size 0 needle! LOL
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty tightly wound. Loose is not generally a word that would describe me, or anything I do. Unless you count my punctuation and grammar.
ReplyDeleteClick clack you're on the right track.
ReplyDeleteDid anyone say PBR and porch time?
ReplyDeleteI want to learn to knit. I even bought needles, but that is about as far as I have gotten. You've inspired me to pick it up again, but thank goodness we're almost out of scarf weather!
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ReplyDeleteI know how to knit but I don't think I've finished anything...I start out pretty well but after the first couple of rows, it's all downhill. If I want to get loose, I walk, and when it's warm, I sit out on my deck or on my porch swing and read. Sometimes, I don't even need to sit out there. I can just think about it...ahhhhhhh.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I ever knitted was a sock. This was back in middle school when Home Economics was required for the girls and the boys were in wood shop. Yes, a single sock. *sigh* I used to crochet and actually made several afghans that turned out well. It's been a lot of years, though, since then. I could probably do it again but it'd take some re-learning. How do I keep it loose? The beach!
ReplyDeleteKnitting looks like it would be soothing, except for those of those who don't know how. For me it would be a giant frustration!
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