Life before knitting...

[KnittyKitty]

do you guys remember what you used to do with your free time before knitting? I just can't seem to remember! LOL!! I have a big order coming from knitpicks (if you consider over USD$130 a big order) and I have nothing on the needles and just don't know what to do with myself! I have a few balls of austermann mayfair left but I only have straight needles sizes 6 and 8 so they are just sitting there. Now I don't know what to do to keep busy while waiting for my yarn and needles to come!

Lisa

[cozy]

I used to read voraciously. Now I divide my time between knitting & reading.

[knitaddict]

Like cozy I was an avid reader. I still am, actually. If I'm doing a simple pattern I will prop a book open on my lap & read while I knit. Other than that, prior to knitting I was addicted to counted cross stitch. I started that when I was 16. I hope I am as "in" to knitting in 17 years as I was/am cross stitch.

[janelanespaintbrush]

(if you consider over USD$130 a big order)

Yes, yes I do.

No place to buy a skein to hold you over under your order arrives? Maybe you can frog something and re-knit it! Or, just hang out here.

[stitchwitch]

I used to watch the stocks, still do but at least with knitting I'm not so wound up.

[janelanespaintbrush]

I used to watch the stocks, still do but at least with knitting I'm not so wound up.

I was addicted to CNBC for a while!

[mornnen]

Like cozy I was an avid reader. I still am, actually. If I'm doing a simple pattern I will prop a book open on my lap & read while I knit. Other than that, prior to knitting I was addicted to counted cross stitch. I started that when I was 16. I hope I am as "in" to knitting in 17 years as I was/am cross stitch.

Ditto for me-- I started Counted Cross stitch (CSS) and the end of high school and enjoy it, but now that I have learned to knit, I haven't touched one of my CCS projects since May. I still enjoy it, it's just nice to have a break. And I budget reading time too.

Julie

[EssenceRose]

I'm an avid scrapbooker and have spent many years taking heaps of photos (I love photography) then making scrapbook pages out of them.

I started knitting years ago, but gave up on it... then one weekend while on holiday I got bored and decided to give it another go (to have something to keep my hands busy). I finished my first real scarf in one weekend and after that I was hooked...

I haven't scrapped a single page in over a month! :O

[Lieke]

I also did a lot of scrapbooking before I started to knit. I've alway been creative, made cards (especially chrismas cards) and did lots of other things. But now it's mostly knitting, although in my vacation, I did a lot of scrapbooking again and also started on my chrismas cards. But I still prefer to knit.

[mamabeth]

Well, I read alot more... my poor pile of books is crying for attention...