Comments on: Guilty Knitters http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/ ...knit happens! Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mhairi Blakemore http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Mhairi Blakemore Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:18:02 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/#comment-1123 Ahh guilt heaven. I confess to 1.Wishing winter would get her more quickly so I can justify not dusting, not enough daylight. = More knitting time. 2.Not gardening too wet/cold. = More knitting time. 3. Having to knit all day - Christmas presents to finish. Means I can knit as soon as Dh leaves for work. 4. Eating out of the freezer....more cash to spend on yarn plus time save not having to shop. = More knitting time. Ahh guilt heaven.
I confess to
1.Wishing winter would get her more quickly so I can justify not dusting, not enough daylight. = More knitting time.

2.Not gardening too wet/cold. = More knitting time.

3. Having to knit all day – Christmas presents to finish. Means I can knit as soon as Dh leaves for work.

4. Eating out of the freezer….more cash to spend on yarn plus time save not having to shop. = More knitting time.

]]> By: Ellen http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Ellen Sat, 08 May 2010 21:10:19 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/#comment-168 Reasons NOT to feel guilty: (1) Did Picasso buy just enough paint for one picture at a time? I think not. (2) How may unfinished WIPs does an artist have for every "masterpiece."? (3) Does your husband/significant other play golf? And how much does that cost per hour of entertainment? More than yarn, I would guess. And if all that doesn't work: (4) It should be the worst thing you have on your conscience! Reasons NOT to feel guilty: (1) Did Picasso buy just enough paint for one picture at a time? I think not. (2) How may unfinished WIPs does an artist have for every “masterpiece.”? (3) Does your husband/significant other play golf? And how much does that cost per hour of entertainment? More than yarn, I would guess. And if all that doesn’t work: (4) It should be the worst thing you have on your conscience!

]]> By: Damn, Knit & Blast It » …and Emily Looked so Easy?? http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Damn, Knit & Blast It » …and Emily Looked so Easy?? Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:04:43 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/#comment-167 [...] Knit, knit, knit….I finished the front while merrily knitting at Guilty Knitters… [...] [...] Knit, knit, knit….I finished the front while merrily knitting at Guilty Knitters… [...]

]]> By: Janet http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Janet Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:12:31 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/#comment-166 Thanks for a great and true list. Keep on with the honesty. Thanks for a great and true list. Keep on with the honesty.

]]> By: Damn, Knit & Blast It » Everybody Else’s Knitting http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Damn, Knit & Blast It » Everybody Else’s Knitting Sat, 03 May 2008 19:09:34 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/#comment-165 [...] unexciting progress with Bowie, so I thought I’d show you what everybody else at “The Guilty Knitters” is making. (Click the link to see why we are [...] [...] unexciting progress with Bowie, so I thought I’d show you what everybody else at “The Guilty Knitters” is making. (Click the link to see why we are [...]

]]> By: Damn, Knit & Blast It » More fun than it looks... http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Damn, Knit & Blast It » More fun than it looks... Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:08:37 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/#comment-164 [...] The middle stocking stitch part was very very dull. Some shaping but still brainless. Duller than a dull thing, on a wet Tuesday afternoon in Dullsville. Ideal though, to do while gossiping and gulping down buckets of Starbucks with my fellow Guilty Knitters! [...] [...] The middle stocking stitch part was very very dull. Some shaping but still brainless. Duller than a dull thing, on a wet Tuesday afternoon in Dullsville. Ideal though, to do while gossiping and gulping down buckets of Starbucks with my fellow Guilty Knitters! [...]

]]> By: Rachel http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Rachel Sun, 13 May 2007 16:51:58 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/#comment-163 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. 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.

]]> By: arianwen http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/comment-page-1/#comment-162 arianwen Thu, 10 May 2007 14:51:44 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/#comment-162 oh no I am guilty of all except obsessively correcting mistakes. Which is probably the only one I should be guilty of! oh no I am guilty of all except obsessively correcting mistakes. Which is probably the only one I should be guilty of!

]]> By: Happy yarns http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Happy yarns Thu, 10 May 2007 09:35:43 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/#comment-161 Guilty of all as charged...me Lord.........ahhh!!!! the torment. Guilty of all as charged…me Lord………ahhh!!!! the torment.

]]> By: Jane http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Jane Thu, 10 May 2007 05:47:01 +0000 http://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/05/09/guilty-knitters/#comment-160 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!! 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!!

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