I've always been a little envious of people who have movie socks or movie projects. I am completely unable to divide my attention between a new feature film and a knitting project--I have to be focused on one or the other. Then there's that whole knitting in the dark thing. Despite the fact that I've been knitting for five years now, I still have to look at it. I can't look away and keep going, or knit by feel.
My friend Sam was talking to me about knitting in the dark the other day (she can't do it either), and when she admitted this while taking a spinning class at our LYS, the other women there looked at her like she was crazy.
So, fellow knitters--how many of you can knit in the dark? Are we some kind of odd ducks who can't? Is this a skill I should have added to my repertoire ages ago?
I've been knitting for over 50 years and I still need to look at it. If I ever get too smart and try to knit without looking, that is when I make mistakes. I've seen lots of people though who seem to be able to whizz along without looking. I'll never be one of them.
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