Worldwide Knit in Public Day

Went to my local SnB this morning--which in my case is in the chapel at my church--with several other church women such as myself. It started out last year as a "contemplative knitting" Bible study prayer shawl knitting class. That didn't last long. One of my friends there is making a baby sweater out of this incredibly soft cotton yarn, but did not have the ball band and could not remember the name.

"I'll bet that's Rowan Calmer," I said. She didn't know, though she thought it sounded familiar. She's going to bring the ball band next week, and If I am right, I am going to take that as a sign from God that I need to buy some Rowan Calmer. If I am wrong, I am going to take it as a sign that I need to buy whatever kind of yarn it is. So there.

Today, however, is the 10th. And yesterday, not today, was WKIPD.

Erm, can I be blamed for not knitting in public when I didn't actually go out in public yesterday? I stayed home and in my nightgown all day. No, I wasn't sick. I made breakfast, lunch, dinner, and muffins, and I knit. Got the first Socks that Rock sock finished.

(Ignore the weird stains on my carpet. I have a four-year-old. And a dog. And hey, I'm kinda clumsy myself.)

You know, I'm not totally loving the STR yarn. Not totally loving it. I don't know why. I think in part that it's the colorway combined with the fact that it's medium weight. The striping/variegation needs to look...smoother somethow, which isn't possible when the yarn itself is bigger. It's certainly an incredibly soft, cushy yarn, and softens up a lot with washing. I will make the other sock, and then perhaps use the rest of the yarn (because there will be much left) for a fair-isle sock or mitten project.

I am trying not to feel guilty about turning WKIPD into KIYNAHD (knit in your nightgown at home day). But then, I do a lot of knitting in public anyway. I knit during our last job candidate's job interview. I knit during parties. I knit during conferences. I knit, I knit, and I don't give a....

Well you get the idea. If I can listen and knit, I knit, if I can talk and knit, I knit.

I don't knit while I'm teaching, and I don't knit while I'm in church. But other than that...

I knit.