Monday 4 April 2011

My Knitting Time - 2KCBWDAY7

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I'm a bit late with my day 7 post and a bit disappointed that this was the case. I had hoped to keep up with the week and post to the schedule. Unfortuantely the traffic on the A55 had other ideas. We spent the weekend with Mr NM's mum and his Nana in Llangefni, Anglesey and whilst our journey there was uneventful our journey back took 4 hours with a lot of that spent sitting going nowhere. As a result by the time I got home I was so tired I couldn't be bothered to even switch my laptop on, never mind construct a blog post. I didn't even knit!

Speaking of knitting, my knitting time and any rituals or routines relating to it I did have a good think about this. I read through the suggestions of what I might do but it didn't really fit. I don't listen to specific music or do anything particular in preparation for my knitting time, I just knit. I will knit just about anywhere, on the bus, on trains, in the doctor or dentists waiting room, at home, at my mum's home, at my in-laws home. I'm not fussy. I don't need silence to knit, there are some tricky patterns which much be followed carefully in which case I don't do anything at the same time as knitting but background noise doesn’t disturb me. Sadly I do pretty much all of the driving so knitting in the car is not an option, perhaps in future should Mr NM become a more confident driver.

Most of my knitting takes place whilst watching TV. Mr NM and I watch A LOT of TV and A LOT of films. There are rules though so I suppose there is some routine. I'm "allowed" to knit when watching lighthearted comedies and certain dramas but knitting during serious TV that requires undivided attention is NOT ALLOWED. If I dare to knit when watching a TV series such as Boardwalk Empire or a big film such as Inception I get the glare of death from Mr NM. I suppose I could still knit but I am happy with the rules and I couldn't possibly knit when watching True Blood because I might miss a moment of Alexander SkarsgÄrd's screen time and that just wouldn't do.

Thank you Eskimimi for organising this again, I only read last year but this year it has been a lot of fun to take part and also to read some blogs I hadn't read before and to think differently about my own blogging. It has been great fun.

7 comments:

  1. I also get shouted at for crocheting during shows like Boardwalk Empire and True Blood! It's allowed during Star Trek though.

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  2. Farm Boy only objects to my knitting during movies to the extent that it means I don't want to watch anything with subtitles!

    I also knit everywhere, but I love knitting and watching TV it is a great combination. Especially after a grueling day at work.

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  3. Because my boyfriend (I really should get him a nickname!) hadn't seen some of the TV shows I've been educating him with, but I have, I get away with knitting through them *laughs*

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  4. Neither Mr JK nor I are great TV watchers, so I don't get banned from knitting at critical moments! My knitting is never far from me!

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  5. I only really knit whilst watching TV, but as hubby and I don't really watch the same programmes, he doesn't mind.

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  6. Great work finishing out the blog week (I'm still working on it, LOL). Love the tv knitting. I can picture an evil glare from your Mr. - I'm guessing there can be a lot of who's that, why are they there type questions when you are knitting and miss something???

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  7. TV is great stuff for knitting :D currently I have to try and knit whilst watching my boyfriend play on his PS3...fun :P

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