 handy hobbies If you’re itching for a new creative outlet, consider taking up a constructive hobby, such as knitting, sewing, quilting, or weaving, or making personal-care products, such as soap and bath oils. Learning to make beautiful, useful objects for your own home and family and to give as gifts means fewer things to buy, and more control over the materials you’re bringing into your life and others’. Even learning to cook is inherently green, because it means you’ll rely less on takeout and dining out in restaurants. |
Monday, July 20, 2009
more to ponder!!
and the saga continues.....
found this post on my daily email calendar. apparently, knitting can now be called a 'constructive hobby' because we make useful objects! god forbid, we knit because we like it!!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
ponder this!
well...it truly has been awhile! isn't it amazing how time flies whether or not you're having fun?
basically, i have a good time most of the time as has been the case since my last note but i have been busy and frankly, i just don't know where the time goes - first, it's morning and then, kaboom, it's evening - another day!
so, in previous posts i have mentioned my new addiction to knitting podcasts. while listening to one such podcast, the caster (i guess that is what one would call the person who is doing the talking - i really don't know what the protocol is to address said person in the techno world!) called knitting a "gateway craft".
first, let me mention that in the real world this caster is a social worker by trade which leads me to believe that 'gateway drugs' are a discussion point that enters conversations she has with her colleagues. i'm sure that most of us have heard marijuana referred to as a 'gateway drug', i.e. a drug that opens the door to the long and ugly road of harder drug use.
when i heard her call knitting a "gateway craft", it set me to pondering, which i have been doing for the better part of the last two weeks!! is knitting really a "gateway craft"? does knitting lead the knitter down a long and winding road? can one simply 'knit' and not do more?
or....does knitting lead to spinning? or dyeing? or sewing? or crocheting? or weaving? or gardening or gathering (natural dyeing)? or animal husbandry (sheep, goats, rabbits, alpacas)? or goodwill or yard sale shopping (recycling old sweaters)?
i mean, really, the list goes on and on!! just ponder that for awhile!
anyhoo, let me leave you with this tidbit that a friend passed on to me! gotta love those non-knitters that understand your obsession and like to enable you!
here goes....
a highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway. glancing at the car, he could see that the woman behind the wheel was knitting.
realizing that she didn't see his flashing lights or hear his siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled, "PULL OVER!"
"NO!" the woman yelled back. "IT"S A SCARF!"
and since i know that you are dying to ask the question, my answer is: "yes, i do knit while driving but only while i am stopped in traffic." i find this much less scary than all the idiots that are driving at top speed while carrying on lively conversations on their cell phones! so, keep those needles moving rather than your mouth!!!
basically, i have a good time most of the time as has been the case since my last note but i have been busy and frankly, i just don't know where the time goes - first, it's morning and then, kaboom, it's evening - another day!
so, in previous posts i have mentioned my new addiction to knitting podcasts. while listening to one such podcast, the caster (i guess that is what one would call the person who is doing the talking - i really don't know what the protocol is to address said person in the techno world!) called knitting a "gateway craft".
first, let me mention that in the real world this caster is a social worker by trade which leads me to believe that 'gateway drugs' are a discussion point that enters conversations she has with her colleagues. i'm sure that most of us have heard marijuana referred to as a 'gateway drug', i.e. a drug that opens the door to the long and ugly road of harder drug use.
when i heard her call knitting a "gateway craft", it set me to pondering, which i have been doing for the better part of the last two weeks!! is knitting really a "gateway craft"? does knitting lead the knitter down a long and winding road? can one simply 'knit' and not do more?
or....does knitting lead to spinning? or dyeing? or sewing? or crocheting? or weaving? or gardening or gathering (natural dyeing)? or animal husbandry (sheep, goats, rabbits, alpacas)? or goodwill or yard sale shopping (recycling old sweaters)?
i mean, really, the list goes on and on!! just ponder that for awhile!
anyhoo, let me leave you with this tidbit that a friend passed on to me! gotta love those non-knitters that understand your obsession and like to enable you!
here goes....
a highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway. glancing at the car, he could see that the woman behind the wheel was knitting.
realizing that she didn't see his flashing lights or hear his siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled, "PULL OVER!"
"NO!" the woman yelled back. "IT"S A SCARF!"
and since i know that you are dying to ask the question, my answer is: "yes, i do knit while driving but only while i am stopped in traffic." i find this much less scary than all the idiots that are driving at top speed while carrying on lively conversations on their cell phones! so, keep those needles moving rather than your mouth!!!
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