So Why Aren’t You Knitting?
Have you been asked that question before? I never know how to answer. The truth is, in my free time, my hands are rarely without knitting, weaving, or spinning. When asked why I’m NOT knitting, my first instinct is to pull out my knitting project from my bag, or desk drawer, or trunk of my car, and start an intense conversation about the intricacies of turning a heel, or working fairisle colourwork. Eyes often glaze over pretty quickly.
Tonight, I showed a lot of restraint, and stopped myself before I entered into such an eye-glazing conversation. I was really excited to share my ideas about my latest project, but I don’t know that people were ready to listen to all the details. You see, I’m a bit of a geek. I’m currently knitting a model of DNA[Ravelink], and toying with ideas of how to join the knitted base pairs so that the proper pairs fit together, and that the DNA strands can unzip to show the replication process. Eyes glazing yet?
photo credit: Kimberly Chapman
Right now there is not much to show for all of my knitting. I have started one of the twisted tubes, but since I’ve run out of stuffing I’m taking a bit of a time out. I’m taking a break from knitting, and spending my time catching up on all of the other things that often get put on the back burner.
So….here’s a question for ya….
So, why aren’t you knitting?
