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Roxanne
Seriously Hooked
Canada
714 Posts |
 Posted - 11/12/2004 : 6:07:58 PM
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Hi Everyone,
Just wondering how long some of you knit on a daily or weekly basis? I tend to knit for an hour or hour and half when I do sit down to knit but that isn't every day so maybe weekly I get in about 6-8 hours.
"Success is a Journey; not a Destination"
Finished Projects: http://photos.yahoo.com/roxanne_delorme
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GFTC
Permanent Resident
USA
6331 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 6:39:54 PM
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Once in a while I will take a whole day (usually a Wednesday or in the summer it could be a Sunday) and just knit all day. Otherwise if I'm home I'll knit at night if the TV is on, so maybe 2 hours. Sometimes I can sneak in an hour or two in the morning but I have to skip KR to do that. I do knit almost every day, one way or another.
This week, because of extenuating circumstances, I haven't knit a stitch but I did start reading The Knitter's Gift. |
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Knit kitty
Permanent Resident
USA
1383 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 6:46:24 PM
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I usually get at least an hour on normal days, up to 5 on really good days 
Waiting in the car for the kids to get out of school is the time I can count on!
~Rebecca
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" |
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RachelKnitter
Permanent Resident
USA
2995 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 6:50:29 PM
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Tam
Permanent Resident
Australia
2810 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 7:17:59 PM
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I knit most nights for about 3 hours, and sometimes I get some in during the day, especially when I have doctors appointments.
Happy Knitting,
Tam in Melbourne
http://photos.yahoo.com/lillysmum2002
2004 Stats: 20 FOs, 2 WIPs, 1 frog, 1 on hold
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knit_chick
Permanent Resident
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Jane
SustaYning Member
USA
4292 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 8:07:22 PM
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I knit for a couple of hours in the evening, and sometimes for a longer stretch on my days off. I started a new sweater yesterday (I am finally making a Braids cardigan, with Elann Peruvian Highland wool) and I knit for so long that I lost track of the time -- but that's normal when I'm starting something, because I'm so excited!
Jane
My album: http://mysite.verizon.net/vzenu0u9/ |
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~rosie~
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
435 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 8:08:03 PM
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Hmmm...probably 10-15 hours a week or so.
An hour and a half to two hours on commute, unless I read instead. About an hour or at knit group per week. Usually at least one movie on the weekend, plus about two to three hours of other random TV throughout the week.
That's a normal "mimimum." Sometimes more, rarely less.
I'm hopelessly addicted. I'm strung out on yarn. |
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Boogie
Permanent Resident
USA
3073 Posts |
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Roxanne
Seriously Hooked
Canada
714 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 8:38:21 PM
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Wow guys, that's really great! No wonder some of you have projects flying off your needles...LOL I ought to just knit more weekly too but I also am a tad addicted to the computer...the only other pasttime that takes up just as much time as my knitting...and what am I looking at on the computer? Besides the usual emails and chatting with friends, why, it's knitting-related websites of course!! LOL
"Success is a Journey; not a Destination"
Finished Projects: http://photos.yahoo.com/roxanne_delorme
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ozknitter
Permanent Resident
Australia
3248 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 8:51:43 PM
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If I didn't faff about on the Knitters Review Forums I would probably get a lot more done, but I always manage to squeeze at least 3-4 hours a day in.
On a good day when everybody's out I just knit myself silly.
Knit on in peace and harmony.
Cheers.
Rose
ozyknitter@yahoo.com.au
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crafty1mjw@comcast.net
Seriously Hooked
USA
855 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 10:25:53 PM
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Hi, Roxanne! I usually knit off-&-on everyday! Sometimes, if I wake
up in the middle of the night, I'll knit!
craftymjw
Keep on knittin'!
The more, the merrier! |
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amaknda
Chatty Knitter
159 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 11:08:31 PM
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I can't even come up with an average. Any time I have to wait or have time to watch a movie at home then I am either knitting or sewing. I KIP and SIP. If I set aside time, it is usually for painting. So, it could be zero hours a weeks to OMG I am too embarrassed to say.
I hate going to see my dentist because I am only kept waiting long enough to answer the receptionist's 'how are you'. No time to knit! |
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busygirl
Permanent Resident
Australia
1672 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2004 : 11:14:50 PM
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I usually knit for about 1-2 hours in the evenings ,while watching TV,and over weekends I tend to knit for longer periods,especially while listening to audiocassettes of some of my favourite novels.
Leslie |
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Momma78239
Permanent Resident
USA
4859 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2004 : 12:44:03 AM
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Usually, I knit for 3 or 4 hours per night while watching TV (I watch WAAAY too much TV, but hey, I'm not really watching, I'm knitting!!) on the nights that I'm home. But I'm very involved in church and family things, so I'm not home every night.
In November and December, when I'm desperately trying to get my gifts all done in time, I will sometimes work in another 4 to 6 hours while the kids are doing schoolwork.
-Wendy
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He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as craftsmen, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple and scarlet yarn and fine linen, and weavers-all of them master craftsmen and designers.
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luv2knit944
Permanent Resident
USA
1789 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2004 : 04:49:30 AM
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I usually knit from morning 'til night,seven days a week. Unless I'm doing what I'm doing now,I put my knitting down for the duration,then there I go again while I go to the next page. I do have appointments that stops me for 1-2 hrs.Then there's school volunteer thing that I do twice a week.That takes away from 8am-3pm.If I go shopping and errands there goes another 1-2 hrs.Church takes away about 5 hrs.Sunday evening (night out) takes another 5 hrs. But other then those things I'm forever knitting.
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Lanea
Permanent Resident
USA
5158 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2004 : 08:41:38 AM
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| I normally knit for at least an hour between coming home from work and cooking dinner or eating if DH gets takeout. and then for another two or three hours while the TV is on a couple of nights a week. When I am working on something that is hard on my hands, I force myself to take frequent breaks (I just had to pick up the stitches from the base of my future felted bag, and that hurt like mad. I often alternate my knitting and my banjo--they take turns in my lap, and the knitting and banjo books may accidentally mate one of these days . . . those will be some odd offspring. I may be in exactly this odd banjo/knitting alternating position at MD Sheep and Wool this year--it looks like I have a demo gig there at my banjo-teacher's partner's booth. Yay! |
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Chayah
Permanent Resident
1924 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2004 : 2:16:49 PM
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| In the morning with my coffee I try to do 15 minutes of meditation knitting, no tv or talking, sometimes with a mantra. I usually take my knitting with me and knit if I have a chance, then at least one hour in the evening with tv, also while chatting, and reading on line because i make simple hats that I knit by feel. Occasionally I crochet for a while, then back to my knitting! |
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RachelKnitter
Permanent Resident
USA
2995 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2004 : 2:28:14 PM
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Originally posted by Momma78239
Usually, I knit for 3 or 4 hours per night while watching TV (I watch WAAAY too much TV, but hey, I'm not really watching, I'm knitting!!) on the nights that I'm home.
Wendy, I consider that one of the major benefits of knitting--that you can watch bad TV without feeling guilty! |
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Chappysmom
Gabber Extraordinaire
519 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2004 : 3:50:40 PM
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About an hour each night while watching TV. I start off knitting, and when my fingers get tired, switch to reading until it's time to head upstairs for bed!
And, I absolutely agree that knitting is an ideal thing to do in front of the television--if the show is boring or stupid (grin), the knitting keeps your mind from falling asleep, and yet it's automatic enough to let you pay attention to the shows you want to watch. And no guilt about "doing nothing" while sitting in front of the tv!
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KysKnitnMom
Permanent Resident
1050 Posts |
Posted - 11/13/2004 : 6:31:18 PM
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I am averaging an hour a day. I have had a pretty bad case of tendonitis in my left thumb for about 6 months so I can't knit as much right now.
Megann, in sunny San Diego.
What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about.... |
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