As I was sitting in bed last night putting the final touches on my pocket for my bag, I took in the fact that I finished this accomplishment in one night. Only a few simple hours of my life was spent on creating part of a piece of art. I had never before finished a knitting project in one night. I really can knit and I can knit fast.
Today, while in a rehearsal for my class' senior class play, I was asked by a fellow techie to knit him a scarf. And I thought for a second. This kid isn't someone at all who I would want to spend the amount of time knitting a scarf for. It's just plain not worth it at all. There are so many other people that I'd rather knit for; my best friend or sister or mom or even my dad or brother. So, as I ignored his pleas and blocked him out as I knit away at my bag in the cement tech booth as the play's director tried to get everyone organized, I realized something. Never knit something for someone who plainly does not appreciate the amount of time it takes to knit such a thing. Or the amount of skill and trying patience that when you drop a stitch and have to go back and fix it all and rip it out. It just plain wasn't worth it. Knitting projects can come and go, but the real friends, those true friends who would appreciate all those beads of sweat knitting up the final rows on your scarf, will be around forever. <3
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