Re: Lifestyle changes I have made inspired by this site

[Anonymous]

Hmm…..am not too sure about the knitting being like meditating! I enjoy planning the item, choosing the wool and imagining what it will look like, and I quite like the beginning of the project, though it goes too slow for my liking. Once I have enough to really see how it’s going to turn out, then I start to lose interest. The knitting process can irritate me too. I am happy to knit when I don’t have to count rows or stitches, but when it comes to increasing and decreasing, then my distractibility works against me too much and I keep losing my place and making mistakes. I then avoid picking it up because I hate the mental effort of working out where I am up to, and then keeping track of it….and of course it gets worse the longer I leave it! I am happy with the hoodie I am knitting now though. It’s done in the round, so front and back are done together, and there is more satisfaction in knowing I don’t have to repeat myself to do both front and back. Also there is not as much increasing and decreasing in the sleeves, which I like, as I can knit round and around without thinking, for the most part. The sleeves are fiddly to start with though, which is why I put it off so long (there’s always a reason to put things off lol). And I actually want to finish something. I hate the thought of my unfinished projects, mostly because they represent my failings, and because they are useless objects until they are finished.

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