everything, but knitting. Most people think that knitting is just knitting. But every project is an adventure. I'm a process knitter. I love watching my progess, I love changing things a bit, I love doing complicated patterns and I love the way I feel when I'm knitting.....calm, relaxed, and knowing I will have a finished sock or shawl or whatever ready for someone's use. I love the feel of the yarn, especially the squishyness. I love that I can carry sock projects with me wherever I go. I even love questions like "What are you crocheting?" which make me laugh. Knitting is joy....even when I get frustrated from a hard pattern and bored from a pattern that is too simple. I love talking to my knitting friends about knitting. I love sharing patterns. I love talking about our projects and about how hard or simple they are. I've never had a hobby (I don't like that word here, but I can't think offhand of an appropriate word) before that I can always have with me. And I've even designed 2 patterns. That's the craziness of it all. I'm not creative! I would love to be able to design freely with no work worries. It's a wonderful dream. So I knit when I'm sad. I knit when I'm tired. I knit when I'm commuting. I knit in bed. How could I have lived my life so long without knitting in my life?
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