In search of blog fodder today, I checked out the NaBloPoMo writing prompts. The one for November 16 caught my eye: “What is the moment that you leave childhood and enter adulthood?” (Some say it’s when you buy a vacuum cleaner.)
This is a knitting blog, though, so let’s turn the question around: “What is the moment you know you’ve become a knitter?”
I figure it’s when you see a sweater or a hat or some such – while standing in a checkout line, or watching TV, or whatever – and think to yourself, “I could knit that.” Bonus points for mentally tallying how you’d tweak the design: “Oh, but I’d lengthen the sleeves, and pick a couple colors more similar to each other for a subtler effect, and ...”
What do you figure marks the point of becoming a knitter?
Tagged: chit-chat.
I think it's when you take the idea of a pattern but run with it in other directions or refine the techniques to make it please you.
» AnnP
It seems we’re in agreement, Ann: you’re a “real” knitter if you have the confidence in your skills to do things as you like.
» JC
The moment you become a knitter is when you realize your stash is bigger than the projects you have planned. I know this because that's what my husband told me :-p
» Babyboxermom
I think it's when you've got it figured out how to work the two sticks and string. Even if you're a beginner and don't knit well, you're still knitting. I taught myself how to play piano from books, and I've never played well, but if someone were to ask me "do you play piano?", I'd have to say "yes." I don't play well, but I know how. Same concept with knitting. I guess I've always considered myself a knitter from the age I learned (age eight), due to the simple fact that I could do it. It didn't occur to me to NOT think I was a knitter. Over the years, I've gotten better and have started thinking of higher concepts such as fit, design, color work, etc., but that just means I'm a BETTER knitter.
» Julie Nelson