In Which I Make Very Little Progress
So for the last two years I've been learning to knit. And in the last two years, I've managed to complete . . . one and a half projects.
Seriously, I think I may be the slowest knitter in existence. Here's my first post about my knitting, where you can see the scarf I made as my first project and one half of the front of the ruana I was (and am still currently) making as my second project. Sadly, this post is dated March 11th, 2011, and as you can see from the pictures below, I've basically still got half the ruana to go.
The front and a little of the back of the ruana. I really do like it, especially the cable. Also, it's very soft.
Cable close up. I'm sort of dorkily proud of it.
So now I'm working on the back of the ruana. When I saw that the back has no pattern, that it's just knit-knit-knit, purl-purl-purl, I thought, Yes! This is going to go so much faster since I don't have to count stitches and keep track of the cable and all that finicky stuff! What I forgot to factor into that thought was that I've now joined the two sides of the front up, which means that the back is twice as long as anything I was working on before. As in, it feels like it goes on for twelve years. I'm averaging about 2 rows in fifteen minutes of knitting. And I have to make the back as long as the front. How much have I gotten done so far?
That much.
As in, my hand much. Which isn't very much at all.
So, things are moving slowly. But the real problem is that I have to have very particular circumstances to knit. I don't want to just knit. That's boring. I'd like to be able to watch TV and knit, and I sort of can. As long as it's a show I've seen multiple times that doesn't have that much visual interest. I knitted to Star Trek Next Gen, and that worked well, because I don't need to be able to actually watch the TV to know what's going on. But Buffy, which I also know pretty well, is out because, well, I don't want to miss even a second of Spike. (Among other reasons. Really, I promise.) But there just aren't a lot of shows that fall into that category that I'm interested in rewatching at the moment.
I can kind of hold conversations and knit, as long as the other person does 85% of the talking. So that's pretty much out.
Recently, I've decided to try listening to books on tape while I read (and wow, that's exactly how I typed that out, without thinking, and really that just dated me). But, again, it has to be a book that I've already read, so that if I miss a line or two, it doesn't matter. I think I'm going to try the Harry Potter books and see how that goes.
In short, I'm still debating with myself as to whether or not I can call knitting a hobby, since I'm not sure something you do this infrequently counts. But I'm having fun. Though I think I know now to pick a shorter project for my third, just so the sense of accomplishment comes a little quicker. . . .
Seriously, I think I may be the slowest knitter in existence. Here's my first post about my knitting, where you can see the scarf I made as my first project and one half of the front of the ruana I was (and am still currently) making as my second project. Sadly, this post is dated March 11th, 2011, and as you can see from the pictures below, I've basically still got half the ruana to go.
The front and a little of the back of the ruana. I really do like it, especially the cable. Also, it's very soft.
Cable close up. I'm sort of dorkily proud of it.
So now I'm working on the back of the ruana. When I saw that the back has no pattern, that it's just knit-knit-knit, purl-purl-purl, I thought, Yes! This is going to go so much faster since I don't have to count stitches and keep track of the cable and all that finicky stuff! What I forgot to factor into that thought was that I've now joined the two sides of the front up, which means that the back is twice as long as anything I was working on before. As in, it feels like it goes on for twelve years. I'm averaging about 2 rows in fifteen minutes of knitting. And I have to make the back as long as the front. How much have I gotten done so far?
That much.
As in, my hand much. Which isn't very much at all.
So, things are moving slowly. But the real problem is that I have to have very particular circumstances to knit. I don't want to just knit. That's boring. I'd like to be able to watch TV and knit, and I sort of can. As long as it's a show I've seen multiple times that doesn't have that much visual interest. I knitted to Star Trek Next Gen, and that worked well, because I don't need to be able to actually watch the TV to know what's going on. But Buffy, which I also know pretty well, is out because, well, I don't want to miss even a second of Spike. (Among other reasons. Really, I promise.) But there just aren't a lot of shows that fall into that category that I'm interested in rewatching at the moment.
I can kind of hold conversations and knit, as long as the other person does 85% of the talking. So that's pretty much out.
Recently, I've decided to try listening to books on tape while I read (and wow, that's exactly how I typed that out, without thinking, and really that just dated me). But, again, it has to be a book that I've already read, so that if I miss a line or two, it doesn't matter. I think I'm going to try the Harry Potter books and see how that goes.
In short, I'm still debating with myself as to whether or not I can call knitting a hobby, since I'm not sure something you do this infrequently counts. But I'm having fun. Though I think I know now to pick a shorter project for my third, just so the sense of accomplishment comes a little quicker. . . .
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