As anyone who regularly reads my blog will know I have a pretty long commute each day. On a good day it is probably about 90mins door to door, on a bad day though that easily hits two hours. So what's a girl to do to stave off the boredom? Well of a morning sleep is the obvious answer :) and one in which I quite frequently indulge but of an evening I often just want to use the time to chill out making spinning or knitting the perfect answers.
This week's knitting project for some odd reason seemed to attract more interest than usual. All I was doing was winding the Black Magic skein into two connected balls so that I could get started on a pair of socks. Because I tend to do them toe up and two at a time, winding a double ball but not cutting the connecting thread allows me to use up all the yarn without worrying about weaving in ends etc. Anyway I'm sitting there minding my own business just winding my yarn when I realise the woman opposite me was utterly staring at me. I'm not sure what it was but she seemed to find the winding hypnotic. To cut a long story short, I ended up giving an impromptu lesson in how you get from fluff to socks via my tiny turkish spindle (which goes everywhere with me) to winding a skein then a ball to the actual knitting to her and two others who then joined in asking questions. I swear I must have a friendly face :) It was good to get people interested though, and one of them who was very enthusiastic bemoaned the fact that she had learnt to knit as a kid but had forgotten. She got off the train asking where in London she could get some yarn etc to get started! Enabling is such good fun :)
When I'm not feeling so social though I tend to stick my headphones in and listen to my iPod. With something mindless on the needles though, I tend not to listen to music as I want something to occupy my mind. Step forwards aJoyfulGirl and her podcast Spin Control. Shilo is a brilliant host, combining sewing, knitting, spinning and other crafty things with straight talking reviews and frequently hilarious anecdotes about her family. With a cast of her DH the JoyfulBoy, her eldest daughter Bird and the littlest daughter IttyBitty she paints a brilliant picture of a crafty (in a good way) loving family facing all the challenges life with kids tends to throw at you. Shilo, on the off chance you ever read this, you rock :)
This week's knitting project for some odd reason seemed to attract more interest than usual. All I was doing was winding the Black Magic skein into two connected balls so that I could get started on a pair of socks. Because I tend to do them toe up and two at a time, winding a double ball but not cutting the connecting thread allows me to use up all the yarn without worrying about weaving in ends etc. Anyway I'm sitting there minding my own business just winding my yarn when I realise the woman opposite me was utterly staring at me. I'm not sure what it was but she seemed to find the winding hypnotic. To cut a long story short, I ended up giving an impromptu lesson in how you get from fluff to socks via my tiny turkish spindle (which goes everywhere with me) to winding a skein then a ball to the actual knitting to her and two others who then joined in asking questions. I swear I must have a friendly face :) It was good to get people interested though, and one of them who was very enthusiastic bemoaned the fact that she had learnt to knit as a kid but had forgotten. She got off the train asking where in London she could get some yarn etc to get started! Enabling is such good fun :)
When I'm not feeling so social though I tend to stick my headphones in and listen to my iPod. With something mindless on the needles though, I tend not to listen to music as I want something to occupy my mind. Step forwards aJoyfulGirl and her podcast Spin Control. Shilo is a brilliant host, combining sewing, knitting, spinning and other crafty things with straight talking reviews and frequently hilarious anecdotes about her family. With a cast of her DH the JoyfulBoy, her eldest daughter Bird and the littlest daughter IttyBitty she paints a brilliant picture of a crafty (in a good way) loving family facing all the challenges life with kids tends to throw at you. Shilo, on the off chance you ever read this, you rock :)
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