Who stops dead in her tracks for anything that is knitted? I can’t be. LOL I am constantly looking at knitted items and thinking. I can make this, so NOPE I will not purchase it. This past Friday I got together with a few friends and we went into Manhattan for dinner and holiday sights!
Although it rained the entire time, we had a great time. In Bryant Park the pop up shops had a few vendors with handmade knits and we were looking for a hat for Mr Ford. He couldn’t let them dreads get soaking wet. This fool said “GG, come in here and count these stitches so you can make this hat!” hahahahahahahahahaha I love my friends. He only calls me GG when talking about yarn or knitting. LOL!! They are always looking out for me, Charlise said “do you charge enough, this hat is $30 how much are yours?” LOVE them you hear me, with all I have! So as we looked at the windows and stopped in stores here and there; I kept hearing “Gaye, can make that, put it down!” LOL!
So I have 2 questions:
1. AM I the only one that looks at hand knits with the intention of recreating?
2. Do your friends support your love of the fiber crafts?
Let’s discuss in the comments.
Knit on my fiber friends…knit on
I too look at other knits. My friends enable me by dropping me off or driving me to the shop for yarn fixes. They are not buying from me currently. Too hot blooded most of them. lol I admire the solitary time as a line knitter 🙂
Oh I only have a few that will brave the yarn stores with me. That is an event! LOL and one like minded folks can handle it! Thanks for reading and responding!
No, you’re not alone. I constantly look at knitwear and feel I could make that myself. My biggest problem is not wanting to make it exactly the same, because I don’t want to copy someone else’s art, but then again, I want it to be exactly the same, because I love it the way it is. Another thing I do is eyeball the knitwear people have on. I’m always staring, trying to figure out the construction and the stitches used for the design. I’m sure to them, I look really crazy. 😆 I think it frightens them sometime to see me burning a hole through their sweater with my eyes. I have to control myself. Lol!! I think it would be best to just tell them I like that sweater, hat, or scarf, and then stare at the stitch-work. 😊 I don’t have a lot of friends, but the ones I have encourage all of my endeavors. I’ve given things away as gifts, but I haven’t sold anything yet. That’s my next step once I feel more comfortable with my work.
Lol at burning a hole through their sweater! Yes you should say something. You may have another knitter in your presence and have missed the opportunity to make a new fiber friend. And are you kidding about feeling comfortable with your work?
True. I need more fiber friends. The only one I had moved to Florida. I learned to knit about 2 years ago from a video on YouTube, but I didn’t like anything I made so I stopped and made jewelry. I’ve frogged so many projects it’s not funny. Now I only have a handful of finished projects. But I started again this year in full force. I’m going to focus mainly on writing and knitting. I realized how much I deeply love both. Now I’m locking in. 😄
Not alone! I definitely tend to do that, only.. I never actually get to doing it! I see something and feel like, this is so easy I could improvise this pattern and whip it up in no time. And then I get home and simply forget all about it 😀
Yes my daughter came in with a cowl she purchased today and my feeling were hurt because I can definitely make that. Humph!
It’s the reason I haven’t bought a hat or scarf in years. I see the ones folks are wearing and think, why should I buy it when I can make it myself. One day I hope to be able to do the same with sweaters.
I do understand, I am the same way!
No, you are not the only one. Its so bad now that even my sister says “I’m not going to buy that Dana can just make it.” Snap. (That’s her taking a picture and texting it to me.) She even knows to take pictures from several angles and the inside. ROFL!
We are a mess.
I love it!!!