{"id":1358,"date":"2013-01-10T10:23:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T15:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/blog\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2013-01-10T10:23:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T15:23:42","slug":"not-a-real-knitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/2013\/01\/10\/not-a-real-knitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Not a Real Knitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I’ve been reading Knitting Rules: The Yarn Harlot’s Bag of Tricks<\/em>, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I am not a real knitter. I have a yarn stash, yes. It’s contained in one, one<\/em> bin in the bottom of my closet and is mostly made of leftover yarn from former projects. If I go to a yarn store, I know exactly what I need for my current project, and I buy exactly that. I do not fondle yarn. I’m not in love with yarn. While I do prefer 100% wool for my knitting, friends, Wool of the Andes<\/a> is my go-to yarn.1<\/sup> I don’t fondle the skeins and think about what the yarn “wants” to be. I think about what I want to make, then select the appropriate yarn. It’s not that I don’t love good construction materials. I live in Northern New England and there is a reason<\/em> I love wool!\n<\/p>\n

But apparently the real knitter has a stash that’s big enough to be embarrassing, but not so embarrassing that there isn’t a bit of brag going on. The real knitter hides how much one spends on yarn from partners. The real knitter could happily use the stash as a mattress. The real knitter is obsessed in yarn stores, fondles the different yarns and consults with it so that it is possible to discover what that yarn wants to be.\n<\/p>\n

I admit it. I’m not a real knitter. I just make sweaters and socks and hats with sticks and string.\n<\/p>\n

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1 <\/sup>It’s about as inexpensive as you can get and still be knitting in 100% wool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been reading Knitting Rules: The Yarn Harlot’s Bag of Tricks, and I’ve come to the conclusion that I am not a real knitter. I have a yarn stash, yes. It’s contained in one, one bin in the bottom of my closet and is mostly made of leftover yarn from former projects. If I go … <\/p>\n

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