If you have ever knitted while commuting or even just in public you will know what I’m talking about. It’s amazing the range of comments you get:
“Oh, my grandmother used to do that all the time”/yeah well do I look like your grandma?
“Is that knitting or crochet?”/yeah, bye bye
“Are you making a blanket?”/yes, for the skinniest person in the world
“That looks really hard, is that hard to do?”/yes, very hard, you shouldn’t even consider it
“That’s a dead art, don’t see anyone knitting any more these days.”/yeah, well you obviously haven’t been to the last sheep and wool festival
“How do you get the color to change that way?”/oh, I give up
It’s amazing how many people feel compelled to say something, anything when they see me knitting. And the lines above are just their openers – followed by a whole conversation along the same. Thankfully I’m a patient person and I see these opportunities as a chance to promote knitting in the world. And I make sure to tell people that actually there are a whole lot of knitters, with web sites, blogs, . . . there’s a whole big world of us!
And by the way, June 12 is the world wide knit in public day - see http://www.wwkipday.com/history.htm
