I love this post and can relate to most of it. I am the slowest knitter on earth. And I blame myself for it cos I am slow, as I am too distracted by the phone and the unfinished book on the table that suddenly catches my eye while knitting. In the end I don't do justice to both.
I swatch when I am knitting for someone else. :)
Nowadays I read the pattern. Earlier I didn't because I felt if there was some unknown or difficult part I might be demotivated to knit.
Note taking? what is that? :) But I sincerely wish I was better organised like that :(
Thank you Vidya! I described myself as painfully slow for a long time too. I hear you. Like you say, knitting is slow but then we seem to add our own distractions and make it seem even slower! 😃 Trust me to get lost in a good story and forget what I am knitting.
I learned the hard way when I didn't read a pattern all the way through. The consequence was having to frog quite a large section of the knitting! Speed isn't everything as you've highlighted here. Hear, hear to swatching, note taking :)
I love that this focuses on things like finding time to knit rather than recommending that people change over to Continental knitting to increase their making speed! I found that the biggest difference in increasing the speed of my making was making sure I made time to knit.
Thank you Julia! I am so glad the idea resonates with you. We have become a society so obsessed with "fast" ; we refuse to give time to things and instead seek "faster" solutions. Even in knitting!
I have to use a cane or a walker with wheels and a seat now. They put a pain pump in so I am hoping it will work out and alleviate some of this back pain.. I don’t do much anymore but knit and crochet.
I find that knitting often gets a lot of knitters completed. I’ve been in a bit of a rut, with a couple of projects that I work on a little bit at a time. Not sure what my problem is.
I love this post and can relate to most of it. I am the slowest knitter on earth. And I blame myself for it cos I am slow, as I am too distracted by the phone and the unfinished book on the table that suddenly catches my eye while knitting. In the end I don't do justice to both.
I swatch when I am knitting for someone else. :)
Nowadays I read the pattern. Earlier I didn't because I felt if there was some unknown or difficult part I might be demotivated to knit.
Note taking? what is that? :) But I sincerely wish I was better organised like that :(
Thank you Vidya! I described myself as painfully slow for a long time too. I hear you. Like you say, knitting is slow but then we seem to add our own distractions and make it seem even slower! 😃 Trust me to get lost in a good story and forget what I am knitting.
I learned the hard way when I didn't read a pattern all the way through. The consequence was having to frog quite a large section of the knitting! Speed isn't everything as you've highlighted here. Hear, hear to swatching, note taking :)
Thank you Jodie. I hear you. I too have hit many a wall by just rushing through without thinking. 🫣
Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing. Knitting was such an enjoyable pass time for me.
Yay, I am so happy to hear about that. Thank you for the appreciation. :)
I love that this focuses on things like finding time to knit rather than recommending that people change over to Continental knitting to increase their making speed! I found that the biggest difference in increasing the speed of my making was making sure I made time to knit.
Thank you Julia! I am so glad the idea resonates with you. We have become a society so obsessed with "fast" ; we refuse to give time to things and instead seek "faster" solutions. Even in knitting!
I barely can walk let alone knit and walk. lol. Maybe one day I can do it.
Aww, Robin! Take care. Even few minutes of movement inside the house or in the backyard counts.
I have to use a cane or a walker with wheels and a seat now. They put a pain pump in so I am hoping it will work out and alleviate some of this back pain.. I don’t do much anymore but knit and crochet.
I am so sorry to hear that Robin. I hope the crafts are bringing some peace to your day. Hope the pain relief works well.
Thank you Kavitha
I find that knitting often gets a lot of knitters completed. I’ve been in a bit of a rut, with a couple of projects that I work on a little bit at a time. Not sure what my problem is.
Sometimes, a small step back is needed. Hope the mojo returns.
I have gotten so much fast just by knitting a lot. I was always so slow! lol I do have a dedicated time that I knit and that made a huge difference.
Way to go!! That’s exactly what I’m talking about. I still struggle with the dedicated time part, but when I really do, things get done.
I knit a while early morning and early evening and it's amazing how much gets done by chipping away at it
It is such a nice quiet way to start the day!
That's such a lovely thing to do.
I wish editing comments was possible. I mean knitting, not knitters😂
I didn't know we can't edit comments! 😱😂