Knitting is supposed to be a pleasant hobby - visions of grannys with glasses sitting in rocking chairs, making sweaters for grandchildren, perhaps sitting around with friends, all knitting pleasantly, sharing patterns, showing off progress. But somehow that's not how I knit. Instead, after a day of jumping from case to case, insane last minute fire drills, calling in the backup (Pop) to handle the flute lesson that I simply couldn't get home in time for, drafting last minute orders before literally running out the door to catch the metro, I hit my seat on the metro and dig out my latest knitting project. OK, who are we kidding, I only know how to knit one thing - scarves made with "fun fur," - it hides mistakes. Anyway, I get out the super-skinny scarf I'm making for Sh, and immediately set out to see "how many stitches can I knit before the next stop." The scarf only has 10 stitches, so it's easy to finish a row. I'm counting furiously - can I get in three rows before the next stop? Can I finish a row while the train is at a stop in a station? That makes four rows per stop - times 8 stops - how fast can I finish the scarf? Meanwhile, I'm frantically thinking of all the things that I will do when the metro does, indeed, get to my stop. "Knit one - run to car - knit two - take a detour to get gas b/c I'm on fumes - knit three - throw some kind of dinner in the oven and set autocook - knit four - pick up sh at flute - knit five - should I go to the library and drop off errant book while waiting for sh - knit six - or sit outside flute and finish a few more rows - knit seven - did someone at work finish the draft order I started - knit eight - never did hear from the client on those depositions - knit nine - opposing counsel never called back on the settlement offer - knit ten row over quick flip and start again." I must look like Young Frankenstein on the metro, trying to knit faster and faster without mistakes (which is why I count - I have a habit of creating stitches - have no clue how I do it). By the time the train pulls into my stop, I have put away the knitting, grabbed my gloves, my smart card, and am poised to sprint for the car. There is absolutely nothing relaxing at all about my knitting "hobby."
I pick up Sh from flute - having opted to sit in car and knit rather than hit library. She smiles as she sees the progress on her scarf. "NICE," she says. Perhaps that's why I knit after all...
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That was too funny my cousin! Sigh, the working mom's life. Even our "hobbies" get wrapped around our to do lists. That is if we get to our hobbies at all!
Ha! I went through a crochet phase a while back, and all I ever made was scarves, too. And those were made with big needles and chunky yarn, too. When I was pregnant with the Cheeto, I decided it was time to graduate to a blanket. I gave up when it became clear that I had a two-foot-long trapezoid.
By the way, the title of your post made me laugh out loud.
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