What the flying bejesus am I doing?

Knitting? Get out. I'm been a knitting refuser all my life. Seriously, when you can buy a scarf for $30 (and I love my scarves) why knit?

But... I have two knit obsessive woman very close to me. My bestie and my daughter in law have been smitten by knittin' (see what I did there?) and I thought if I was to shut them up in ANY way I was going to have to pick up some needles. The mere suggestion of that had my bestie throw needles and balls of wool at me on a recent camping trip.

Oh man, my brain hurts like hell figuring out how to knit two, purl two. The technical language alone had me head scratching with the pointy end of a needle. I thought Slip Knot was a band? But after two hours and restarting four times, I had something resembling the end of a scarf.

And my fingers woke up in the morning itching for yarn.

I am not an addict, I said. I hate fkn knitting. Why would you waste your time sittin' and knittin'? And boyo boyo, those dropped stitches and tangles - what the hell? How do I get myself out of this mess? Thank goodness for the bestie coming to the rescue.

When I told my Mum she her response was quite reasonable. A mixture of shocked and impressed. My DiL was the same. Something a long the lines of 'omfg!!!!'

You see, I had to give it a go for LOVE. If two of my favourite woman were begging me to knit, perhaps I had to pick up the yarn they offered to knot our hearts together a little more, if nothing else 🧶

There's something rather calming about it, I must say. I pick up my phone less. It does have quite the effect on the nervous system. It's meditative. And I can sit and listen to music or a podcast and create something whilst the weather rages outside or there's no surf.

And then there's the excuse it allows - sorry, I can't go get some wood for the fire, shut the front gate or help you in the shed, because I'm in the middle of a row.

But I do not like knitting.

At least I'm never going to admit it.

With Love,

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