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WARNING: the use of knitting needles may be habit forming

You know you have it bad when you don’t leave home without a knitting project in your purse.

You know you have it bad when, while dining in a nice restaurant, you think "Oh my gosh I’ve spent three hours straight without thinking about my knitting!"

You know you have it bad when you dream at night about knitting.

You know you have it bad when you find evidence of your habit in every room of the house, for example, stitch markers lost behind the toilet or when you say strange things to your partner, "Honey, if you find a knitting needle in the bed, it belongs to me."

Or when you look at floor plans of apartments or houses and you think which bedroom will my stash get?

I know I have it bad when I find myself posting to my knitting blog at 2:38a.m.

A lot of you have it really bad – look at the sales of lighted knitting needles.

How do you know you have it bad?

This is my latest purse knitting project. Why resist the world of gorgeous hand painted sock yarn? I have a love/hate relationship with sock knitting. I think I love it until I have to wear them. I haven’t found the solution to my problems with fit and socks stretching out of shape, but in the amount of time and yarn it takes to make a pair of socks I can knit a lace scarf using Socks that Rock. This is the Lead or Follow pattern by Jackie E-S at HeartStrings FiberArts. I’ve adjusted the pattern for width. Although I liked the colour pooling far better with the wider version, it was going to be too short. I knew I was better off frogging it, a fifth of the way through, than end up with a project that I would be unhappy with.

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21 responses to “WARNING: the use of knitting needles may be habit forming”

  1. Carole Avatar
    Carole

    I know I have it bad – I never leave the house without my knitting either!

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  2. Marina Avatar
    Marina

    … when you stop to do a couple of rows on your way back to bed after waking up to go to the toilet!

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  3. Jane Avatar
    Jane

    I’ll take care of your sock problem. You knit them, I’ll wear them! hee!hee! I know I had the knitting problem bad last month but people actually thought I had a wine problem. A friend of mine who is a knitaholic gave me one of those leather wine holders to carry my knitting in instead of my usual zip lock bag. People think I am a wino at the kids soccer games!

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  4. Bear Knits Avatar
    Bear Knits

    I saw the gorgeous Herringbone Rib scarf over at Sandy’s Knitting. I would love to get a copy of this pattern. I have some red Panache in my stash that is waiting to become a scarf.

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  5. Dorothy Avatar
    Dorothy

    I was carrying a sock around in my purse for the longest time and wouldn’t you know, the day I took it out I got stuck somewhere that I really, really needed some knitting to do. So frustrating. So, the sock goes back in the purse. I hate getting stuck somewhere with nothing to do. Yeah, you have it bad, but you’re in good company. However, I do worry a little about the stitch markers behind the toilet. Don’t you think that’s carrying it a little too far? Good use of multitasking, though.

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  6. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Hi – I saw your Herringbone Rib scarf on Norma’s blog and would dearly love to get a copy of it. I just picked up a fabulous alpaca blend at my LYS, and it’s begging to be knitted . . . . Thanks!

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  7. Nickie Avatar
    Nickie

    Hi Li! I would love to have a copy of the now famous Herringbone Rib Scarf…thank you for the wonderful blog! Nickie

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  8. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    Have you seen this yet? I thought of Gracie as soon as I saw it… so cute!

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  9. Lorette Avatar
    Lorette

    Ha! My favorite is the stitch markers behind the toilet. And I found a knitting needle in my bed once, after looking ALL over the house for it, John asked, “where were you knitting with it last?” Oh.
    And who says you have to stop knitting in restaurants??

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  10. Rebekah Avatar
    Rebekah

    When I see a rat running down the street in front of my building and I think, I should knit him a sweater, he looks cold.

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  11. Lynne Avatar
    Lynne

    You know you have it bad when you are dining in a nice restaurant and you are knitting under the table!

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  12. valerie Avatar
    valerie

    OK, after reading The Knitting Circle further, Li, only a few similarites with Alice, mainly love for knitting but not sexual orientation. Excellent book, however!

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  13. Sharon Avatar
    Sharon

    Geez, I’m guilty as charged. I have it bad. So do you. Such a shame…we used to be normal people. Oh well…there are worse eccentricities out there. Love the scarf.

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  14. Laura Avatar
    Laura

    I had to giggle at this post. We just bought a house and I jumped up in down in one room shouting “craft room” until my DH agreed. 🙂
    I saw your beautiful herringbone scarf on Sandy’s blog and would love a copy of the pattern. Thank you so much!

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  15. Susan Avatar
    Susan

    I too followed the link from Sandy’s page and would love the Herringbone scarf pattern. Love your blog. I have projects stashed everywhere including a few in the glove compartment of my car. I have yarn stashed at my dad’s house too; just in case. I always say that you can find your way to my home by following the stitch markers that dot the path from my door to the bus stop.

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  16. Barbp Avatar
    Barbp

    ….during intermission at a hockey game and I wonder if my non knitting friends will think I’m rude to knit while we’re talking. That scarf you’ve started is gorgeous.

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  17. jayne Avatar
    jayne

    I’ve knit at church…is that bad? I have it pretty bad. In my defense, I listen better when I’m knitting.

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  18. Crazy For Yarn In Alabama: Darlene Avatar
    Crazy For Yarn In Alabama: Darlene

    I know the addiction well!!! LOL!! I try to find any excuse I can for my DH to drive so I can knit…even if it is just for a block or two to our destination!!
    I started a diet, my goal for losing 10 pounds was to get a manicure and pedicure….reached that goal Friday, on my way to the spa it hit me….I could buy some pretty nice yarn for the cost of my trip to the spa…..I whipped the car around and off to the the LYS for some hand painted Alpaca I went!!! LOL!!

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  19. angelarae Avatar
    angelarae

    I know I have it bad, because I dream about knitting during the night and have solved some of my worst knitting conundrums this way. Yup, in my sleep.
    Ang

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  20. Kathy Avatar
    Kathy

    That scarf is so pretty! I cast on the herringbone scarf in Manos and am loving it so far — thanks again for sharing the pattern.

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  21. Diane Avatar
    Diane

    You know you’ve got it bad when your husband really gets it when you say, “I have to finsh this row”. Please add me to the list of admirers who would like a copy of the Herringbone Rib Scarf. Thanks

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