I have a new hobby

I have learned to knit! It started out as a discussion with my yoga teacher and then she had a class set up called "Knit to Relax". I knit to relax which surprisingly happens. I usually don't mind ripping things out and starting over. Other hobby projects it usually is a 20 minute decision and a bit of frustration as well as some screaming involved before I decide to redo what I've done. Sometimes I do let my mistakes stay and we are suppose to call that character. I have made scarfs, dishrags (my favorite), a sachet, and I am working on place mats. My ultimate goal is to make premies hats and give them away. I realize that I'm not really doing this knitting thing to make more crap, but I do love to do it. I guess in first grade making fun of the TV show "Sewing with Nancy" really helped though because my teacher was surprised how quickly I picked it up. I use to get a piece of string and my pencils and use to pretend to knit, and tell you how to do it. Apparently it was funny because my friend always asked me to do it. I guess I got some sort of muscle memory from it because my arm knew what to do even if the stitch was a foreign concept.

The best part of this experience is Frankie my little 4 year old friend. First time he saw me doing it. He said, "Annie whatca doin'?" "I'm knitting" "May I watch you do that?" "Sure Frankie." He sat right next to me on the couch and watched until he got ornery because he was getting his toenails clipped because it was sitting still, and had to go to bed. The next time I was working on a cable stitch. "Annie whatca doin'?" "I'm learning to knit a cable so I can make a hat for you. Let me hurry so you can see what it is that will be on your hat." "Okay. You don't have to hurry." About fifteen minutes later "Annie, Are you done making my hat yet? Dad, did you know Annie is hurrying to make a hat for me?" "Frankie, I'm not making your hat yet. I have to learn how to make a cable first." "Oh." Then it was time for Frankie to go to bed and he told his dad that he couldn't go to bed because Annie wasn't done making his hat. It makes me laugh every time I think of it.