I knit daily. I like other crafts, but the only one I regularly practice is knitting. I decided to change things up a bit. Every Thursday I’m going to work on a non-knitting craft for at least 30 minutes. Today I spent my time sewing.
The first thing I did was mend two shirts. I had been putting off fixing them, but now that my serger is always out it was easy to sit down and fix them. It took about 10 minutes to fix them, which includes the time to rethread one of the needles.
After that I organized my in progress sewing and started working on an apron I started last year. It is a Halloween panel, and should not take long to finish. I was frustrated with the ties last year and put it in a bag and forgot about it. I finished the ties today and ironed the panel. With any luck I’ll finish it before Halloween. I could finish it tonight if I tried, but I would rather work on my Oxbow.
When digging out the apron I remembered that it also came with oven mitts. I am never going to make the mitts, but if one of my Halloween loving friends would like the fabric please let me know and I’ll send it your way.
Do you have trouble getting to other crafts because knitting gets in the way? Am I the only one that obsessed?
mildlygranola 
Same. That apron though. Ooh la la!
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Yup, knitting is my jam. I do try and pick up other crafts during the week. Yet, my needles will be in my hands before the end of each day.
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Knitting is so relaxing. Other crafts tend to stress me out.
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A woman can never have enough Halloween accessories.
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That’s a great idea:) I so rarely do anything but knit.
I love the apron. You should finish it tomorrow so you can wear it Saturday:)
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You talked me into it.
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Having everything out will help you do more of your other crafts. I have been trying to rotate my crafts for e past few years, and it is finally feeling like my normal, but it took years!
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I’ve now sewn two days in a row. I’m going to wait on other crafts until I get a new light for the craft room. I need a lot of light for fiddly crafts.
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I hear you on the light issues. I need lots of light it seems.
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Right there with you. Every once in a while I manage to make some stitch markers or do a little bit of embroidery or other craft, but I’d almost always rather be knitting!
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I really should get out my beading and make more stitch markers. The closest thing I do to embroidery is move my embroidery stuff around.
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When the time is right, you will do some of it. Until then, there’s always knitting!
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I’m getting like that with spinning. Everything else falls by the wayside. Accumulating handspan yarn than I really need to knit!
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I really want to learn how to spin. Of course I really don’t need another way to get more yarn into my house.
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Do it! KI also have too much yarn already but too late now. I’ve got the spinning bug! It’s teaching me a lot about yarn construction, and how the qualities of different fibres affect the final knitted product. I strongly recommend the Electric Eel Wheel as a cost effective and very compact alternative to a traditional spinning wheel.
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I like the ravens on the pumpkins in your apron. Did you have a pattern?
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It was just a fabric panel, so all I had to do was cut it out and hem around the edges.
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Yes, I realized that possibility after I wrote my comment.
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Well I am expecting my shawl pins tools tomorrow. That will slow down my knitting !!! Lately I don’t get to pick yup needles until after 9pm That s going to change! Noon zoom tomorrow if you want!!
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I’m in for zoom kitting! I can’t wait to see your shawl pins. What a cool craft.
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I am way more productive when my equipment is readily available. It only makes sense if you think about it. Happy sewing!!
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I’m so obsessed with knitting that it interferes with my reading — and that’s saying a lot!
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I fed my kids late and had them watch an hour of TV so I could finish Elin Hilderbrand’s latest book today. Luckily knitting hasn’t been interfering with my reading.
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Oh the 28 Summers one? Did you like it? I loved it.
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It was Troubles in Paradise, the final book in the Paradise trilogy. It was disappointing, as the first two were excellent and this one was kind of meh.
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Oh okay, I don’t think I read those for some reason. If I decide to try them, I’ll just skip the last one!
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I try to mix it up as you know. But currently packing up the house so, I’m sticking to yarn based projects that I quick, so that means the loom. Once settled again, I’ll get to making some stained glass window catchers to break up the yarn fest 😀
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Fun print. Those mitts are huge!
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