Guilty Knitters

May 9th, 2007, 4:09 pm

Guilty Knitters. Our Sunday morning knitting group are trying that name on for size this week, having decided we all now hate “Naughty Knitters”…we’re not naughty! Twas a silly name!!

We do all, however, have an internal list of reasons to feel guilt about our knitting. I bet all of you readers can tick at least 3 of these!!

  1. Too much time spent knitting
  2. Child/Husband/Partner/Cat neglect because No. 1
  3. Not enough time spent knitting
  4. Abandoned lonely projects left untended and uncared for. Possibly shoved under the bed or behind the sofa
  5. Too many WIPS
  6. Spotting a mistake and not going back to correct it
  7. Obsessively correcting mistakes that really won’t show
  8. Stash shame
  9. Money spent on yarn and gadgets
  10. Infrequent blogging :oops:
  11. Too much time reading knitting blogs and forums
  12. Ignoring all good advice and refusing to Swatch
  13. Forcing loved ones to wear your creations even if they turned out a little wonky

Additions to the list in a comment please! :P

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10 Comments »

  1. Judie said,

    May 9th, 2007, 7:24 pm

    what about the garments in the closet we thought would make us look like the blonde in the photo? – gray, blonde, what’s the difference? Yes, perhaps being pint-sized would effect the look of that super- bulky yarn….(the model was probably of Amazon proportions)

  2. Vikki said,

    May 9th, 2007, 11:45 pm

    Er, I think I ticked all 13 actually *looks guilty*

  3. Jane said,

    May 10th, 2007, 5:47 am

    I feel liked I’ve reached my spiritual home, guilt is the result of being a decent human being with a responsible mature adult. Somehow there is always something that I “should” be doing rather than knitting but hey knitting is good, knitting is fun, knitting is creative and knitting is healing. I enjoy it (most of the time) so heres to the newly named Guilty Knitters. Jane ps. what about the guilt around the amount of money some of us (no names mentioned) spend on frothy coffees whilst knitting!!

  4. Happy yarns said,

    May 10th, 2007, 9:35 am

    Guilty of all as charged…me Lord………ahhh!!!! the torment.

  5. arianwen said,

    May 10th, 2007, 2:51 pm

    oh no I am guilty of all except obsessively correcting mistakes. Which is probably the only one I should be guilty of!

  6. Rachel said,

    May 13th, 2007, 4:51 pm

    More guilt:
    - 8.1 – Stash shame due to sheer quantity accumulated
    - 8.2 – Buying yarn you don’t even like because it was on sale
    - 8.3 – Telling your kids you had no time to shop for gifts from the exotic places you went to, even though you found time to visit the local yarn store (*blush*)
    - 8.4 – Deliberately not checking credit card statements in case it stops you buying more yarn
    - 8.5 – When your perfectly lovely mother asks for two balls of ‘nice’ sock yarn, you only give her two balls of stuff you don’t like

    And:
    14 – Making things you really don’t like as gifts for friends, just because you wanted to have a go at the pattern and you’d rather lumber someone else with the FO than wear it yourself
    15 – Becoming a yarn snob
    16 – Feeling judgmental about other people’s choice of projects. Last year I was on a quest to locate some Rowan Cotton Tape, long discontinued. I found a woman online talking about her use of the exact shades I wanted. She announced: “I have been crocheting belts with it”. Crochet! Belts! In the name of good yarn, WHY? I wanted the local police to go round to her house and seize the yarn (and then bring it to me).

    Guilty.

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  9. Janet said,

    September 10th, 2008, 9:12 am

    Thanks for a great and true list. Keep on with the honesty.

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