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Re: Consider Knitting

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Post by KurSix »

bonki wrote: post #35
KurSix wrote: post #16

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The early stages of any craft can feel more like mental gymnastics than relaxation

Absolutely! The difference is that with other things the learning curve can be part of the fun while you are in the process of figuring things out. With crotcheting, it only really takes a couple of minutes to get going, but doing it fast and consistently takes time, but you aren't really learning anything new other than becoming faster, so the emotional return isn't as big compared to, let's say, learning a new lang…

It's more about flow than discovery after a point

Re: Consider Knitting

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Gigachad wrote: post #19
KurSix wrote: post #15

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There's something uniquely satisfying about making something weirdly specific that only exists because you made it

100%. There’s quite a few things I’ve got now which would be thousands of dollars to have someone else make for me but cost very little to make myself. Just requiring a few weekends of work. Stuff that feels quite luxury to own.

And bonus: no one else has the exact same version

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Post by dunham »

munificent wrote: post #128
dunham wrote: post #127

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Thanks. This has been on my todo list for a while. I've ordered some supplies and will attempt a dishcloth ( https://nimble-needles.com/patterns/easy-dishcloth-knitting-... ) and work my way up from there.

A dishcloth is a great place to start, and I've learned ~90% of my knitting from Norman. He's great. I will caution you that cotton yarn is definitely not the easiest yarn to start with. It has very little stretch which makes it hard to keep good tension and form stitches. Not impossible, just sort of difficult. It's very much like learning to play guitar starting with an acoustic compared to an electric. Everything…

I was impatient waiting for supplies and did a practice swatch with some cheap cotton string and take-out chopsticks (round, pointed, but not as sharp as knitting needles). That was more difficult than the real deal.

There were mistakes making the actual project, occasional extra loops that I eliminated by knitting or pearling two at once in the next row (wherever I thought it was a good spot). And I think I did a row K3, P2K2, K3 instead of K3, K2P2, K3. Some rows were off by one because of the occasional extra loop. (I should have been reading the previous row.)

https://imgur.com/a/ljHNNri

It has already been repurposed as a blanket for my five year old's stuffed shark. (She now wants a glove because all I have to do is "make one for each side".)

Re: Consider Knitting

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Post by munificent »

dunham wrote: post #143
munificent wrote: post #128

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A dishcloth is a great place to start, and I've learned ~90% of my knitting from Norman. He's great. I will caution you that cotton yarn is definitely not the easiest yarn to start with. It has very little stretch which makes it hard to keep good tension and form stitches. Not impossible, just sort of difficult. It's very much like learning to play guitar starting with an acoustic compared to an electric. Everything…

I was impatient waiting for supplies and did a practice swatch with some cheap cotton string and take-out chopsticks (round, pointed, but not as sharp as knitting needles). That was more difficult than the real deal. There were mistakes making the actual project, occasional extra loops that I eliminated by knitting or pearling two at once in the next row (wherever I thought it was a good spot). And I think I did a ro…

Congrats! For a first project, that looks great!

Re: Consider Knitting

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Post by contrarian1234 »

bonki wrote: post #47
contrarian1234 wrote: post #43

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Has nothing to do with anxiety or depression Multitasking is just a "personality trait".. and predominantly women are more able to multitask than men. You should simply ask around and see the correlations. Some of the happiest people I know can't multitask at all

I don't want this to sound derogatory but my experience is that simpler minds are generally happier in life, and I'd guess that this often (not always) comes with an inability to multitask, so I believe you are right. I had a friend in school (great dude, very grounded and happy person) who couldn't eat ice cream and walk at the same time (I swear I'm not making this up).

I've found the exact opposite. More intelligent people can't multitask. But they generally can think about things more deeply. People that can multitask literally are constantly thinking about several things at the same time.

Re: Consider Knitting

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Post by bonki »

contrarian1234 wrote: post #146
bonki wrote: post #47

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I don't want this to sound derogatory but my experience is that simpler minds are generally happier in life, and I'd guess that this often (not always) comes with an inability to multitask, so I believe you are right. I had a friend in school (great dude, very grounded and happy person) who couldn't eat ice cream and walk at the same time (I swear I'm not making this up).

I've found the exact opposite. More intelligent people can't multitask. But they generally can think about things more deeply. People that can multitask literally are constantly thinking about several things at the same time.

I don't find these to be mutually exclusive concepts.
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