How do knitters get anything done?

2 April 2007

I swear I could spend entire ~~days~~ ~~weeks~~ months reading knitting blogs and patterns, shopping for yarn, organizing my stash and needles and, oh yes, knitting. When I win the lottery, I might just do that.

It’s amazing how much I think about knitting when I’m not doing it. Typically, except on weekends, I don’t knit during the day. I wait until after the poodles’ p.m. walk. I’ve never been one to do actual work after dark, so knitting fits perfectly into my evening activities (which also involve watching television or movies).

Right now I’m working on the Wobbly Circles Tote, an intarsia felted bag from Interweave Knits.

But during the day, when I’m at my desk, it’s the knitting blogs that sometimes divert me from work that might actually result in being paid. Favorite knitting blogs include:

And I subscribe to the high-traffic Knitlist email list, which I skim/read daily.

That’s not a ton of reading, but it takes time, albeit enjoyable time.

So it seems that, for me, the answer to guilt-free knitting is to start making money from knitting. Then I can call it work! Unfortunately, I’m not a good enough knitter for that. But who knows, if I knit and read about knitting enough, maybe some day I will!

Tagged with: interweave knits, knitting blogs, time management