Wednesday, May 28, 2008

To Knit or NOT To Knit

Question my dear readers, I am presuming all y'all knit (if you don't wow thanks for reading and ignore this question). It's summer and here in San Antonio we have unofficially hit a hundred degrees already and it's been in the nineties for a while now. Are you still knitting.

I was at my Stitch and Bitch yesterday and every one (okay two folks but it was half the group--me and Phisto being the other half) weren't knitting and said lately they didn't feel like knitting because it was SO HOT!!

Huh?

Not_knitting_because_it_was_hot. I am not shocked at not knitting in the heat--I understand the idea, but well not the practise. I told them, "Really? I can't NOT knit. I knit all the time, in fact the last thoughts of mine before falling asleep IS knitting. If I am not knitting I am thinking about knitting (so much so that I have to GO back to knitting--esp. when it keeps me up and night)."

So folks--how many are still knitting and how many are as obsessed as I am and knows that someone will have to pry my knitting needles from my cold dead hands.

Completely unrelated to the question BUT related to the fact that we went to SnB: after the SnB ended (it was short)--we went to the ice cream shop (homemade gelato--YUM) and who should I see on the couch? A knitter and I recognised her from Ravelry (I run the San Antonio group and and try to welcome everyone personally and have been known to hunt the San Antonians down making sure they know about the group-got over a 140 knitters woot!). I exclaimed, "I know you! You're on Ravlery and I am Birdy!" (See famouz in my own head!) So Phisto and I had another (impromptu) knit meet up, for about an hour. It was a great way to end the evening. (Well for me...P. met someone one the way out and her own brand of fun ;-) )

Labels: crayzee, knitting club, Ravelry

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I never stop knitting because of heat! First of all, I'm usually knitting in AC. And if I'm somewhere warm, I'll knit socks or lace or something. I definitely agree with you on this one Birdy!

# posted by  Becky : May 28, 2008 at 2:18 PM

 

Dude! he said the knitting needles poking out of the purse totally did it for him!!!!

# posted by  Anonymous : May 28, 2008 at 3:59 PM

 

I'll knit as long as I'm comfortable temperature wise. If I'm sticky and it's humid-no knitting.

# posted by  Amysatx : May 28, 2008 at 6:09 PM

 

I knitted on a sock today while waiting for a cab home from the grocers. Only lasted about 6 rows! It was so hot the yarn kept sticking to my fingers and throwing off my gauge so I stopped. I was miserable!!! I hate to wait and not be able to knit.
Barb in Irving

# posted by  Firelily (Barb in Irving) : May 31, 2008 at 2:18 AM

 

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