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Tabbico
Seriously Hooked
USA
960 Posts |
 Posted - 02/18/2004 : 12:33:47 PM
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I was just reading in another post that someone here knits while in the bathtub, and another while on her treadmill! So where is the weirdest place that you knit or have knitted?
I guess mine was when I used to fly cargo late at night. I would set the autopilot on my airplane and knit away!
Whether you think you can or you can't, you are probably right. |
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LJ
Permanent Resident
USA
1918 Posts |
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fmarrs
Guardian angel
USA
9776 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 12:40:34 PM
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In the recovery room after surgery. With all of my medical problems, I always have to stay extra long and tell them they get one hour and then I'm knitting.
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DietchGirl
Sustaining Member
USA
517 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 1:05:37 PM
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At a concert... gave me something productive to do during the set change between the opening and main act.
Felicia
"This is mohair." "Mohair", he said and placed the furry ball on his head. "Mohair for me?" - from a very funny moment with my boyfriend in a LYS.
My blog in training: http://dietchgirl.blog-city.com
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jade
Permanent Resident
USA
1543 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 1:06:09 PM
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Once in the car at night, using the maplight. I wasn't driving, of course. We got some strange looks.
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Leanne
Gabber Extraordinaire
Canada
383 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 1:17:11 PM
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I knit everywhere...while camping, at bluegrass concerts, in the car, on the ferry,...
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girlgenius
Chatty Knitter
150 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 1:23:19 PM
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This sounds like one of the questions from the Newly Wed Game. . .
This is bad: My sweetie leaned over to smooch me while we were sitting on the couch watching a movie. As we smooched, I kept knitting. I didn't even realize it until he broke away and said "Were you knitting that whole time?" I fibbed and said that I hadn't been, but that I had to finish the stitch I was in the middle of when he leaned in for a kiss, or the row would be off.
I normally don't fib AT ALL, even to spare feelings, (I'm from the if you don't have anything nice to say, stay silent school), but in this case I feel like it was an ok fib to tell.
I blush to write it!
Best,
Kate
Stumbling through the fiber arts
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mokey
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 02/18/2004 : 2:05:28 PM
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I am the bath tub knitter! It's no different than knitting in a chair, or whilst laying down. I knit Continental, so I keep my yarn in a little container on the floor outside the tub so it doesn't get wet. My knitting has never fallen in the tub, but even if it did, no big deal - it's sock yarn!
I also knit whilst on the toilet, watching my son in the tub. He's at the age where I could leave him on his own but I feel better being there and not bored.
I knit at ACC during intermission if I don't feel like getting a drink or snack.
Monika
"There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness." Gandhi |
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knittykat
Seriously Hooked
USA
710 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 2:09:02 PM
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I knitted in the movies! Not on screen, mind you. DH won tickets to a movie and I wanted to go, but it wasn't really my cup of tea. So I brought a really easy project that I could do in the dark and knitted away. There really was plenty of light because in this theatre you eat dinner while you watch the show and so there are a lot of house lights. I got some extremely strange looks! But I got the sleeves done for a sweater and watched the movie, too!
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Knit2Relax
Gabber Extraordinaire
433 Posts |
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Boogie
Permanent Resident
USA
3073 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 2:31:07 PM
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I'm the treadmill knitter. It makes exercise almost bearable.
Kate, I've done that. I get so used to knitting away that my hands are working without me thinking about it. At least knitting hasn't gone beyond a kiss.
I just knit any spare minute I can sometimes, in restaurants, cars, camping, traveling. You name it, if I have a project that needs to be done I'm working on it.
:) amy
www.theboogerblog.blogspot.com |
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GreysMom
Chatty Knitter
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 3:14:10 PM
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Well, I don't really knit in too many weird places. Maybe that's a sign I need to get out more! he he he. Well, I have knit in the bathroom while my son is bathing, I've knit in the car, not driving of course, I've knit in hospitals, on airplanes, and definitely in coffee shops. All that seems so mundane, so my new mission will be to find a new, unusual place and knit!
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geekgirl
Chatty Knitter
USA
220 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 4:18:46 PM
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I never thought of the bathtub- what a great idea!
Being a grad student, I knit during conferences (I just got back from a women's sociology conference where at least 6 other people were knitting!). This was GREAT during the "business meeting" part of the conference- I had little interest in the business, but couldn't leave for fear of being rude so knitting was my savior.
I also knit in brownbag talks in our department (where people present research). I usually ask the presenter first if it is okay especially if they are from outside our dept.
Oh and I knit on the bus, I knit on airplanes, in the airport, in the car (passenger of course!) and while waiting at the vet.
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caramel93117
Chatty Knitter
USA
322 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 4:29:44 PM
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I think they thought I was weird, but I've knit several times while waiting for my car at the shop. Probably not that unusual, but I got a lot of looks from mechanics and customers alike.
Melissa
"Take your needle, my child, and work your pattern--it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that...one stitch at a time taken patiently."--Oliver Wendall |
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carols
Permanent Resident
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 5:16:31 PM
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I'm technically a lawyer, though I haven't practiced law since my son was born over 6 yrs ago. In my state, attorneys have to take 12 hrs per year of continuing education classes. I love going, because it's a chunk of knitting time. People always look at me a little oddly, and usually at least one person comments or says wistfully that they used to knit, but it's certainly no different in principle than someone writing briefs on a laptop, pushing buttons on a Blackberry or reading the newspaper while the videotape drones on...
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letti
Chatty Knitter
USA
164 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 5:40:23 PM
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Once while waiting at the bus stop on 57th Street and Broadway in NYC. It was during lunch hour and the streets around the part of town are always jammed. I took out my knitting - was working on a pair of socks. I knitted about two and a half inches before the bus arrived.
I have also knitted while walking along Central Park West, it was a sunny, quiet fall afternoon. One can walk three to four blocks without having to cross the street. Half way through the row I would look up - did not want to walk into someone.
Letti
"Anybody is liable to fall off a tightrope in any land, I thought, and God help you if you fall the wrong way."
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cmarks
Gabber Extraordinaire
487 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 5:43:43 PM
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In the waiting area at Olive Garden. It was a long wait, but worth it. LOL I also knit in my car in the school car line while I wait to pick up the kids from school. I am also a member of a twelve step program and knit constantly in the meetings. LOL It keeps me focused and I am better able to listen instead of judging everyone. LOL I also knit in bed while watching TV. Hubby is so thrilled.
Peace be with you,
Carol (knitting for my sanity in Alabama)
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careynev
Chatty Knitter
USA
307 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 6:47:56 PM
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When I lived in NJ and NYS, I commuted at least 1 hour to work and loved every minute of it because it was free knitting time. But there was one time when a man moved to a different seat on the train because he had been next to me the previous day (when I was also knitting) and my knitting drove him crazy! What is there about plain old knitting that could bother an innocent bystander?! He was just a goofy, cranky man.
I, too have knitted while waiting for my car's oil change. It felt a little weird, but it was better than staring at the crappy junk show the cashier chose to put on the TV.
I knit during my lunch breaks at school (I work in a high school), but that's not very unusual...
I guess I'll have to work harder at knitting in odd places!
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Tam
Permanent Resident
Australia
2810 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 7:25:45 PM
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I knit while my kids are in the bath, at the computer, outside while we were having a BBQ, in the car and at a Lingerie party, as well as all the usual places like the doctor's surgery.
Happy Knitting,
Tam in Victoria
Women are like tea bags - you don't know how strong they are until they are in hot water. |
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Smock7
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
491 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 7:26:19 PM
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Okay, I must really be out of the loop because now I have to ask some questions! What is the ACC? What does it mean to be pushing buttons on a Blackberry? Hmmm. Do they even have things in central Oklahoma? Just wondering.
Vanessa in Oklahoma
"Children learn by watching & mimicking your actions, not by listening to your 'words of widom'." |
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Wen
Permanent Resident
Australia
3242 Posts |
Posted - 02/18/2004 : 8:00:50 PM
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I've knitted in court while waiting for my case to be heard, when I was at uni I knitted in lectures. BBQs, tupperware parties, trains trams and cars (although not while moving in the car anymore). Over the years I have tended to take knitting when I expect to wait anywhere. The carpark at school is one of those 'I have to wait' places.
Wen
2004 stats: 4 completed, 3 WIP, 8 wool purchased. 1 frogpond |
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