knitting block

On Jun 7, 5:42 pm, Spike Driver wrote:
It is summer time and fishing time, maybe a little gardening.

We just got our first snow of winter today so I'm right into knitting
warm things!
I wore my mittens over my gloves on the way to work this morning
(which was probably a slight over reaction) and DH thinks now that he
may like a pair of mittens to go over his too (so I know what my next
project needs to be!).

How about popping a sock into the fishing bag? -You never know when
the urge to knit may strike again and it would be a shame to let such
an opportunity pass.

VP

David R. Sky wrote:
Hi Dennis/Gail,

I don't consider it a block as such - I too put my crochet aside about
three or four weeks ago, my present creative outlet is writing sound
effect and sound generator plug-ins for a sound editor. I felt burned
out in October last year, I thought I'd never touch the programming
again. But here I am, almost finished two of them. :-)

And I'll come back to my crocheting once again at some point! - I have
found over the years that I spend several months to a year on one
creative area, then switch to another, and so on...

So enjoy your fishing! :-)

David


David,
I was an IT person for many years started out writing code on the old
cobalt main frames.

I will take your advice.
Dennis

Mary Fisher wrote:
"Spike Driver" wrote in message
...
I can not get into my knitting or crochet, I don't even want to pick it up
or look at it.

It is summer time and fishing time, maybe a little gardening.

Any one else?

My knitting was an excuse to sit down and listen to the radio play in the
afternoon. Recently I haven't cared much about either.

I've found an alternative - sitting for an hour before I go to bed, knitting
and being fed very good chocolates by Spouse :-)

Mary
Hugs & God bless,
Dennis & Gail


Sounds delightful Mary but, God knows I don't need the chocolate. Even
though I love it I will stick to fishing or light gardening.
Dennis

myswendy wrote:
On Jun 7, 5:34 am, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Spike Driver" wrote in message

...

I can not get into my knitting or crochet, I don't even want to pick it up
or look at it.
It is summer time and fishing time, maybe a little gardening.
Any one else?
I have discovered that every few years, I switch from one creative
endeavor to another, and that's not a bad thing. I always make my way
back to my other "loves". For example, I used to knit and crochet a
LOT. Went off that eventually, worked as a pastelist and often sold my
work, wrote a bit, gardened a lot, and am now back to knitting again
but giving myself more challenges this time around. My friends are a
bit confused by this behavior, but I'm not! Variety is wonderful for
the soul! So have no fear....you will want to knit again, when you're
ready.

Wendy
A knitting fool in Connecticut


Agree completely Wendy! You will find the hobbies a blessing as you get
older, keep on.
Denning

Madelaine wrote:
myswendy wrote:
On Jun 7, 5:34 am, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Spike Driver" wrote in message

...

I can not get into my knitting or crochet, I don't even want to pick it up
or look at it.
It is summer time and fishing time, maybe a little gardening.
Any one else?
I have discovered that every few years, I switch from one creative
endeavor to another, and that's not a bad thing. I always make my way
back to my other "loves". For example, I used to knit and crochet a
LOT. Went off that eventually, worked as a pastelist and often sold my
work, wrote a bit, gardened a lot, and am now back to knitting again
but giving myself more challenges this time around. My friends are a
bit confused by this behavior, but I'm not! Variety is wonderful for
the soul! So have no fear....you will want to knit again, when you're
ready.

Wendy
A knitting fool in Connecticut


I'm glad this came up--I thought I was the only one. I often drop
knitting entirely in the summer, and have sometimes dropped it for years
at a time. Lately I've been writing a lot for my creative outlet as
well as reading a lot.
Madelaine
Madelaine,
As we said above, it is great to have several hobbies.
Dennis

The Other Kim wrote:
Madeline wrote:

myswendy wrote:
On Jun 7, 5:34 am, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Spike Driver" wrote in message

...

I can not get into my knitting or crochet, I don't even want to
pick it up
or look at it.
It is summer time and fishing time, maybe a little gardening.
Any one else?
I have discovered that every few years, I switch from one creative
endeavor to another, and that's not a bad thing. I always make my way
back to my other "loves". For example, I used to knit and crochet a
LOT. Went off that eventually, worked as a pastelist and often sold
my
work, wrote a bit, gardened a lot, and am now back to knitting again
but giving myself more challenges this time around. My friends are a
bit confused by this behavior, but I'm not! Variety is wonderful for
the soul! So have no fear....you will want to knit again, when you're
ready.

Wendy
A knitting fool in Connecticut


I'm glad this came up--I thought I was the only one. I often drop
knitting entirely in the summer, and have sometimes dropped it for
years
at a time. Lately I've been writing a lot for my creative outlet as
well as reading a lot.

I think it could be due to the warmer weather. Who wants to sit with a
large warm object in their laps (other than a cat, that is g) when
it's warm?

I've noticed that my knitting changes as the weather gets warmer. I did
a bunch of sweaters in the cooler months and pretty much put socks on
hold, but now that the weather has been warming I've gone back to socks
and other smaller things.

I also abandoned knitting and crochet for a few years and focused on
counted cross-stitch. Once I finished the project I had started 5 years
earlier I switched back to knitting. This was 2 years ago. I haven't
had the urge to cross stitch since, even though I have tons of projects
I'd like to do.

The Other Kim
kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom


Agin, how blessed we are to have several hobbies Kim.
Dennis

Bernadette wrote:
The Other Kim wrote:

Madeline wrote:

myswendy wrote:
On Jun 7, 5:34 am, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Spike Driver" wrote in message

...

I can not get into my knitting or crochet, I don't even want
to pick it up or look at it.
It is summer time and fishing time, maybe a little gardening.
Any one else?
I have discovered that every few years, I switch from one creative
endeavor to another, and that's not a bad thing. I always make my
way back to my other "loves". For example, I used to knit and
crochet a LOT. Went off that eventually, worked as a pastelist
and often sold my work, wrote a bit, gardened a lot, and am now
back to knitting again but giving myself more challenges this
time around. My friends are a bit confused by this behavior, but
I'm not! Variety is wonderful for the soul! So have no
fear....you will want to knit again, when you're ready.

Wendy
A knitting fool in Connecticut


I'm glad this came up--I thought I was the only one. I often drop
knitting entirely in the summer, and have sometimes dropped it for
years at a time. Lately I've been writing a lot for my creative
outlet as well as reading a lot.
I think it could be due to the warmer weather. Who wants to sit with
a large warm object in their laps (other than a cat, that is g)
when it's warm?

I've noticed that my knitting changes as the weather gets warmer. I
did a bunch of sweaters in the cooler months and pretty much put
socks on hold, but now that the weather has been warming I've gone
back to socks and other smaller things.

I also abandoned knitting and crochet for a few years and focused on
counted cross-stitch. Once I finished the project I had started 5
years earlier I switched back to knitting. This was 2 years ago. I
haven't had the urge to cross stitch since, even though I have tons
of projects I'd like to do.

The Other Kim
kimagreenfieldatyahoodotcom

That sounds perfectly normal to me Dennis and I can identify totally
with what Kim says. Until just before Xmas last year I hadn't knitted
anything for the best part of 3 years. It had all been crochet and
before that cross stitch.

Once I have finished knitting Jim's sweater I think I shall go back to
crochet for a while again. I have a lace tablecloth to finish and a
couple of ideas for crochet bedspreads, one of which will be using that
square you posted the pattern for last week - thank you :-)

Bernadette

Bernadette you will love it, please post a picture. Yes you all have
made me feel a lot better.
Dennis

Katherine wrote:
On Jun 7, 5:34 am, "Mary Fisher" wrote:
"Spike Driver" wrote in message

...

I can not get into my knitting or crochet, I don't even want to pick it up
or look at it.
It is summer time and fishing time, maybe a little gardening.
Any one else?
My knitting was an excuse to sit down and listen to the radio play in the
afternoon. Recently I haven't cared much about either.

I've found an alternative - sitting for an hour before I go to bed, knitting
and being fed very good chocolates by Spouse :-)

LOLOL I am afraid that if I did that, I would soon not be able to fit
into
the chair! But I will admit that it sounds tempting!

Higs,
Katherine

Very tempting Katherine! I gain looking at the stuff.
Dennis

MSey wrote:
"Spike Driver" wrote in message
...
I can not get into my knitting or crochet, I don't even want to pick it
up or look at it.

It is summer time and fishing time, maybe a little gardening.

Any one else?

Hugs & God bless,
Dennis & Gail

I confess, I am weird. Summer is when I get the urge to knit. I can't tell
you how many summers I've sat in shorts and top, all super toasty under a
big blanket or sweater knitting like there is no tomorrow.

Maybe it's all the daylight that gets me going. ;-))

Murielle


It sounds just fine to me Murielle.
Dennis

Katherine wrote:
On Jun 7, 1:42 am, Spike Driver wrote:
I can not get into my knitting or crochet, I don't even want to pick it
up or look at it.

It is summer time and fishing time, maybe a little gardening.

Any one else?

I am not into it, mainly because I am too busy studying. I
am still working on socks, though, because I can pick them
up and put them down whenever I have a bit of unassigned
time.

Higs,
Katherine
PS But you enjoy your gardening and fishing. I am sure that
you will be back at yarn crafts in the fall.

I am sure our Daughter or Grand Daughter will ask for socks of another
color, I have been passed hints. I will do that like you said.
Higs,
Dennis