There is lots of talk about how much knitting time one loses when she welcomes a baby into her life. I'm trying to prepare myself for that reality, but it's a tough pill to swallow. What I didn't realize was how much doctor's-office-waiting-room-knitting-time would be thrown my way during this pregnancy. My once monthly appointments, mingled in with occasional ultrasounds and blood tests have now been bumped up to once ever 2 weeks and soon will go to weekly. This all adds up to hours of time spent sitting in waiting rooms. Fine by me! I've got my knitting. I look around and see all the other people reading gossip magazines or playing games on their phones and think how much happier everyone would be if they were just knitting. It makes the time spent waiting feel like time spent being productive.
These socks were knit over the last few months, most of the knitting was done in waiting rooms, and that's totally ok with that.
Ravelry project page here.
I was also pleasantly surprised by the amount of time I was able to knit while in my doctor's waiting room! Those socks are awesome -- what a great product of that waiting time!
ReplyDeleteI use my time commuting to work on the bus to crochet. It is time spend being productive! :)
ReplyDeleteThink of all the knitting-induced calm you're passing on to the baby, since you're not stressed out or bored while you wait at the doctor's! I always have some sort of project at hand, for all the times a mom spends waiting for a kid. True, you can't knit much with a newborn, but you can read about knitting, and you'll become an expert at doing a lot of things one-handed :-) And then before you know it, you'll be teaching the little one to knit ...
ReplyDeleteI totally agree, I used to knit all the time while waiting for appointments, especially ultrasounds- they seemed to have the longest wait times, and everyone else was starting at their phones. The socks look great!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if I'm alone here but my knitting time increased exponentially when Elsie was first born... I did more knitting while breastfeeding than I'd done my whole life! It's actually what led me to designing - I was just doing so much knitting it seemed only natural to make up my own patterns.
ReplyDelete...I totally agree about the doctor's office knitting. I find that as a knitter, I love situations that cause me to wait, it means I can knit!
Pretty! I love the little pop of green.
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