May 17, 2010
Ongoing Project List … and a CONTEST!
It’s time to update my lists. I keep adding projects. It’s not my fault. I have to walk by shelves and shelves of yarn every single day at work. It’s a job hazard. But I decided something. There are some single socks that are going to stay single socks for a long time. That’s just the way it is. I like having them up on display and if I make the match to it, I’ll just have to knit another single for the wall. That’s my theory. But there ARE some socks that I want to wear instead of having on the wall, so those are on my list.
Do you keep a list of ongoing projects or “soon to knit” projects? And do you update it? Mine looks like this:
Need to Finish – in no particular order:
1. Malabrigo Silky Merino Green Grey scarf
2. Shibui Knits Ivory Cable Rib Wrap
3. Schaefer Anne Girasole shawl
4. Noro Silk Garden Worsted sweater (just one sleeve left – come ON!)
5. Zoe Cardi in Universal Cotton Supreme (worked on it all weekend. Still not done.)
6. My Sunshine Socks in Lorna’s Laces Butterscotch.
7. Froot Loops in Spud and Chloe Fine. (I initially typed Froot Loopy – my fingers work independent of my brain sometimes and I think I’ve typed out “loopy” too many times…)
8. My second sock in The Sanguine Gryphon Bugga. (we have more of this yarn going up next week – another big order for you!)
Need to knit: 4 different yarn lines that I’m contemplating adding in at the moment.
Want to start, not necessarily in this order:
1. Tesni Shawl in …. undecided. Maybe the new Cascade Eco Duo?
2. Seaside Shawlette in one of our new Loopy Line colors (coming in June!)
3. Clothilde in a gorgeous skein of handspun that Lynn from Denver gifted to me at the Fling. (And she is the best spinner I know. I am tempted to just save that handspun skein and put it on a pedestal, but she made me promise to use it, so I will.)
4. Ishbel in Blue Sky Alpaca Silk.
(Please note that anyone with 8 things on the *To Finish* list and 4 things on the *Need to Knit* list, has no business coming up with a *Want to Start* list. I know.)
And this is why the quote above the Cascade 220 Wall is so appropriate for me. You, too?
Here’s the blog question for you to answer in the comments (to be entered into the contest. Prize? Wollmeise. Awarded? Next Monday.) When do you do most of your knitting? For me, I knit more on the weekends than at any point during the week. I’d probably double my output if I could find more time in the evenings to knit.
Just in case you need to add to your *Want to Knit* list, tonight’s update included: Cascade Eco Duo (new!) and 5 new Eco Alpaca Twist colors, new Cascade Heritage Solid colors, 8 more coloways in Madelinetosh Vintage (including Tart – your favorite), Sajou Scissor re-stocks, Dream in Color Smooshy re-stocks, HiyaHiya needle re-stocks, as well as more of those cute Puppy Snips, Needle Gauges, and Interchangeable sets, and finally, a re-stock of Marie Mayhew patterns, including a new Woolly Sheep and a new Woolly Sheep Kit. Enjoy!
Sheri myknittingprojectslistwilllookcompletelydifferentinaweek
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Cheryl said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:03 pm
I knit in the mor ning before the pets get up 3 dogs 2 cats….I then knit again during their morning nap
Mindy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:05 pm
I get to knit a lot at work. That’s the advantage of owning my own business!
Lois Yamada said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:06 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening with my long distance, BKB, while we are watching “our” favorite TV shows.
Ellen said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:07 pm
That’s quite the list you have there! I’m a fairly monogamous knitter and tend to grit my teeth and finish something before I cast on for something new.
I always knit in the mornings when I wake up. I have to sit for about 2 hours before my pain meds kick in, so that’s a perfect time for me to knit. I knit at night while watching tv, and then whenever I don’t have something to do during the day. I guess you can say I knit 24/7
Maria said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:07 pm
I do most of my knitting between 10 PM and 2 AM. And then I wonder why my brain doesn’t function!
Heidi said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:09 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings. I’ve gotten pretty good at splitting my attention between my wip and the baseball game I’m watching (but I’ve come to acknowledge that in the postseason, I’m just too tense to knit.).
Mary Anne said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:09 pm
I do most of my knitting in the car, driving all over Massachusetts and nearby states, to my daughter’s soccer games. No, that’s not exactly true. I knit only when I am a passenger in the car that is going to my daughter’s soccer games. I do not knit while driving. Honest.
Kim B. said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:09 pm
I knit in the morning before work — get up 30 minutes early to start my day the right way — Knitting! I also knit some in the evening and then before bed. With a puppy I’m not knitting quite as much as I did, but surprisingly I am getting more knitting done than I anticipated. I have to finish a pair of socks and I have several shawlettes in the works.
http://sockknitter54.blogspot.com
joyce said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:10 pm
Evening is when I knit most when there is something good on tv. And Sheri, you absolutely can not make the second sock to all your singles. Wouldn’t there be some color change due to light on the wall socks? You wouldn’t be setting a good example for us if you make mismatched socks.
Lynne E. said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:10 pm
Most of my knitting gets done in the evening, while watching television (prime time).
Jean said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:10 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening when watching TV.
Linda said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:11 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings while listening to t.v., but mine clutters up the couch most of the time, and I pick it up whenever I have a few free minutes to knit a row or two.
Rachel said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:11 pm
I do most of my knitting weeknights, after supper, while chatting with my husband, listening to music, and occasionally watching television. I almost never knit on the weekends!
Karen W. said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:11 pm
MI am an early riser. My favorite time to knit is between 5:00 AM and 7:00 AM. The house is quiet and I can really concentrate on those complicated lace patterns…
Dee P. said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:12 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings while watching TV. Other than that, my other times of marathon knitting are in the car on long trips when my husband is doing the driving. He claims he prefers having me knit since it keeps me from looking up and gasping all the time when he’s maneuvering around in heavy traffic.
Diane said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:12 pm
I knit in the evening after work, after dinner and the dishes are done. Sometimes I will knit a few rows before work, but most of my knitting is in the evening. That and Sunday afternoons.
Michelle said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:13 pm
My time to knit depends on the season – I knit through football season (rabid Sooners and Cowboys fan), but I also knit while watching baseball (Texas Rangers). Because I wake early, I often just turn on a light and knit a few rows around 4 am.
I also always have knitting for faculty meetings and workshops. I’ve learned to be very discrete with a sock under the table.
Windy Brown said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:13 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings while I am relaxing after a stressful day.
Kay said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:14 pm
Definitely over the weekend…I got to knit most of yesterday! Yay!
Cheryl said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:14 pm
There was supposed to be an advantage to being retired MORE TIME TO KNIT- What’s wrong with this picture. I seem to be knitting just about as much as I was before I retired. With evenings and week-ends continuing to be the best knitting times for me.
Michelle H said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:14 pm
I knit in the evenings while watching TV and at knit night on Thursdays!
Cathy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:15 pm
I like to knit in the evenings while watching hockey or baseball, but I usually get tired before I get very far! If I want to make progress on a project, I need to knit on the weekends! Lately, it seems I don’t have much knitting time at all! I need to get my knitting mojo back!!!
pattie said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:15 pm
I knit in front of the television, waiting (in line, at the dr’s, etc) and I’m lucky b/c I am retired-have a little more free time than I used to.
Kim said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:15 pm
I do most knitting and spinning at night when my kids have gone to bed. I have a 2 yo and 5 yo and both do not go well with knitting. I wish I had more time to knit and spin but they pretty much take up the rest of my day. Weekends I get some done since DH is around but we are usually out doing things as a family. Wish I could concentrate better in the car – then I could get a lot more knitting done!
Nancy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:17 pm
I knit the most when I visit my mom. While my fingers are busy, she tells me stories about her life as they leisurely come to mind. Two pleasures that enhance each other!
Hollis said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:17 pm
I think you my knitting soul sister. My list of WIPs is…long….very long. And I’m always finding new things I want to knit and new yarns to try. If only I had more time. Most of my knitting is done on the weekends but I do sometimes knit in the evenings if I’m not too tired. I’m on summer break from teaching right now, so I’m hoping to do a lot of knitting between now and September.
Kristie Hammond said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:18 pm
I am an evening knitter. I like to put a DVD in my computer and watch while I knit, or if it is an easy project I will read and knit.
Nina said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:18 pm
I knit the most in the evenings. My five month old baby nurses from 7-8 before she falls asleep so I lay her on the Boppy pillow on my lap and knit over her as she drifts off to sleep. Of course more recently she’s been showing interest in my needles. :p
Dorothy B. said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:18 pm
I have the most time to knit on weekends. I try during the weeknights, but I am frequently too tired and don’t get much accomplished, or worse yet. make mistakes I don’t catch until later. But if I take the bus to/from work, I always try to work on my knitting.
Linda said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:18 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening between 8 and 11 — on those rare nights when I don’t have some kind of project to prepare for work the next day. Best time of all to knit? In the car on a trip to visit family 700 miles away. Hours of uninterrupted knitting time once or twice a year!
Melissa said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:19 pm
In the evening while watching NBA basketball and/or crime shows. Saturdays. Sundays. At stoplights. Whenever I can get time!
Carolyn said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:19 pm
I try to knit a little every day, mostly at night while relaxing in front of the TV. I definitely knit more on the weekends though!
Pam said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:19 pm
I knit the most in the evening when watching TV after the kids go to bed.
CraftyLaDonna said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:20 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening while watching television. I manage to get some done at my Sunday knitting group. I also try to knit a few rows during lunch at work to keep myself sane.
Seanna Lea said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:20 pm
I knit in the morning and the evening on my commute, but I don’t do it every day. I also try to knit in the evenings while my hubby is watching TV. I don’t get much done then, so it is mostly the commute. I also try to do some knitting over lunch, but that only works when I don’t go to the gym. I’ve tried knitting socks while exercising, but the last time I did that I ended up starting over!
Kathy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:21 pm
I like to do most of my knitting during the afternoon when I watch ON DEMAND programming or DVDs that I recorded. I get all comfy in my knitting chair, the phone right there, the cat not far off, and all my knitting supplies.
Leslie in Maine said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:23 pm
Usually my knitting gets done in the evening. Somewhere between dinner dishes being done and bed-time outs for the dogs
Jeanne said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:25 pm
Most of my knitting gets during my morning and evening commute on the train.
noallatin said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:25 pm
I get the most done at knitting group night (Wednesdays). Otherwise, I knit on the weekends. I can only knit at work if I’m in a meeting, otherwise I supposed to actually be teaching high school English.
Molly said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:28 pm
I mostly knit at night watching TV. I try to knit on weekends, but there are usually too many other dumb things (grocery shopping and laundry come to mind) that I have to do!
Merna said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:28 pm
Much of my knitting is done watching TV in the evenings. I also knit at meetings — weaving guilds, Mac user group, lectures, etc — a satisfying way to use that time.
Vicki said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings while listening to audiobooks and podcasts, or watching tv. I also get to knit when we go somewhere as my WH usually drives!
Kym Hretz said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
Since at school I’m known as “the lady that’s always knitting” I’d have to say I knit any where, anytime. I’m always waiting for one or another of my kids at their practices and activities.
Beth said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
Yet another evening knitter. I can’t watch t.v. anymore without knitting in hand.
Ruth Ellen said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:31 pm
Watching TV or in meetings. Socks in meetings, bigger items when watching TV. Sometimes when I am visiting I work on the socks, too. They live in my purse.
Jenny said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:31 pm
unfortunately almost always in the evening and usually on Sundays – I hate to just watch TV, so I try to squeeze some in then.
Nancy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:32 pm
I knit whenever I get a spare moment, but if truth be told, mostly in the evening, sadly with the TV on. (INEEDNOISEBUTIALWAYSMAKEKNITTINGMISTAKESWITHTHETVONANDIWILLNEVER
LEARN.) Respectfully submitted
Julia B said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
I knit most in the car or at various places waiting on my children to get done with their many activities. I also knit in the evenings after the kids go to bed.
Cheryl said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
My knitting happens at odd moments, like with my first cup of coffee or tea in the morning. Maybe just a few minutes to get me going with something pleasant–if I have the time before work. Otherwise, it is after 8 or 9 pm when the kitchen is clean and maybe I get a walk in….otherwise, it is only in the car (my husband usually drives) so I get to do a lot then. Except I only do the easiest projects because our roads are bumpy and I don’t want to mis-knit. Car projects: baby hats or scarves, occasionally a simple shawl. I have LOTS of projects I would like to do, but I’m not very fast!
Joannah said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:34 pm
My “usual” time varies quite a bit. Often I’ll knit when I’m watching the News or some other TV program, so often I knit in the evening. But, then I’ll get too busy to knit at all. Once there is a lull in my schedule, I’ll treat myself to a knitting weekend. I love those weekends the best!
amy mac said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:34 pm
Watching sports: be it either child in action or on tv with my husband! I met one of my dearest friend at the karate school: I was knitting watching the kids take class, and she was watching her 3 take class: she noticed me, brought her own crochet then knitting. We started talking and comparing and the rest is history!
leah said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:35 pm
my main knitting time comes during tv time. That is one time I multitask well!
AnneS said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:35 pm
I knit during Sunday School & the sermon at church more than at any other specific time or place. However, lately I’m doing a huge amount of knitting in waiting rooms at hospitals & doctor’s offices because both my husband and I are having orthopedic problems
Cheryl said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:35 pm
Maybe if I watched TV, I’d get more done. I almost never watch TV unless it’s a movie (and then I can knit, too). My non knitting relaxation is reading, so I can’t figure out how to do that and knit at the same time.
Carolyn said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:35 pm
I do most of my knitting at night. It’s a great way to unwind after a long day at work, then coming home to feed the dogs and cat, go through the mail and make supper. It helps me relax and unwind after a long, hard day! Any other short periods of time I find usually merits a few rows getting done, specially when I’m trying to finish a project.
Tuesday nights is knitting night, sometimes more gets done than other times, depending on who else is there, and if anyone needs help.
Christel said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:37 pm
Evenings and Sundays, though its mostly Sundays these days. I’m tired when I get home from work and I make too many mistakes when I’m tired. Looking forward to vacation when I can knit while we travel!!
Susan said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:39 pm
I get the majority of my knitting done while waiting for my children at their various activities. The next largest chunks of knitting time are in the ‘between calls’ times of my EMS job.
Susan
Louise said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:40 pm
I wake up 50 minutes earlier in the morning to knit and when I am in the train to work.
Jen said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:40 pm
I knit right before bed or while watching some tv, with the exception of LOST. There is no knitting during LOST.
Melissa said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:40 pm
I’m kind of random with my knitting times. Sometimes I’ll get a few solid hours in after work during the week, and other times I’ll have a marathon session all day Saturday. Basically, I follow my “itch.” Of course, my itch has to compete with Ravelry. hehe
Angela said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:41 pm
I knit EVERY night while watching television. Sometimes in the afternoon too. Oh, and whenever I can on weekends.
Kathy D said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:42 pm
I typically knit a little in the evening … that is if I haven’t nodded off already. Probably my most favorite time is mid-morning, with a cat on my lap and a hot cup of tea.
Bre said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:42 pm
I knit mostly in the mornings or on Monday nights with my knittas!
Lauren said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:44 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings when I’m watching TV. But I also do some knitting during lectures at uni, some people laugh at me, but I can get quite a bit done sometimes!
Colleen said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:46 pm
By far, the most knitting time I get is on the weekends. But I like to spend my free time watching reality TV and knitting, this means I still get in about an hour of on and off knitting most week nights. And if I’m feeling really pressed to get something done (pressed = excited) I’ll knit a few rows during lunch at work. I’d love to spend more time knitting during the day, when the light makes the yarn look so rich and full.
Rhona said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:47 pm
Mostly in the evenings, and on the weekends…also early mornings before coffee – but with my new 3AM bags, I can take some sort of knitting with me everywhere and can catch a few rounds almost anywhere!
Micki said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:47 pm
I knit the most on my movie/TV nights with my new husband!
Adina said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:47 pm
At night, after the kiddo has gone to bed, and on knit nights. Sometimes, I get to knit during the day, but the 4 year old isn’t too keen on that most days.
Rachel said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:49 pm
Evenings and in the car. I think I need more long trips
Jean said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:49 pm
I knit in the morning before I go to work (so that is 4 am).
On my days off I knit in-between chores.
Sue J. said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:49 pm
I knit every day, starting at about 11:00 am, until about 4:00 pm. I do take frequent breaks to keep limber and get other things done around the house. All this knitting is the reason I am having my wrist operated on tomorrow. Knitters beware!
Mary R said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:50 pm
I mostly knit in the evenings. During baseball season, I knit a lot while watching the Red Sox play.
I also get to knit at work when it’s quiet. One of the perks of the job!
diane said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:50 pm
My knitting time is split between evenings (while listening to TV or music) and mornings at the Y, where I knit after I finish my workout while waiting for my DH to finish his swim and his coffee and newspaper. I’m trying to get in the habit of taking knitting with me and have found I can get a few rows done while waiting at the doctor’s office, etc.
Paulette said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:51 pm
I mostly knit in the evening, while watching TV. And much more so in winter (Loooong winters in WI)! I like to knit in the car, passes time quickly, or when my husband is in an antique store (I like to look, too, but he really likes to look!) You never mind waiting when you have some knitting along!!
Susan said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:51 pm
I have started knitting first thing in the morning while I watch tv and drink my coffee. It gets my day off to a good start!
Tracey said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:53 pm
i like to knit saturday morning while listening to NPR! and i get a lot of knitting in during the days that i stay home and try to work remotely, usually unsuccessfully.
Kitten With A Whiplash said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:53 pm
For a couple months I just couldn’t get satarted on anything while at home, but as soon as I hit the road for a day or two I’d be able to cast on. Now I’m back to normal, and knitting every evening.
Kathy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:54 pm
on subways, buses, at JiffyLube, during breaks on the jobs, and on rare lovely evenings ‘off’, w/a lapful of cat and mindlessness on tv.
allison said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:54 pm
I mostly knit on evenings while watching tv and the weekends. I should really cut down because of grad school, but I swear, knitting keeps me sane.
Lilie said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:54 pm
I get most of my knitting done in the afternoon after I’ve done my chores and in the evening while watching tv.
Diane said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:54 pm
I knit most in the morning – I’m up at 5:30 and drink coffee/eat breakfast on the sofa, where I have the current project waiting for me. I usually knit until 7:30 straight and then dash into the shower, dress etc and get to work at 8:30. Did I say that I live close to the office and have no children? Just husband, and he is retired.
Anyways there is always something in progress.
christine said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:54 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening – when I’m watching TV. Otherwise I feel totally lazy just sitting in front of the TV.
carol price said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:55 pm
When do I not knit? I knit in the morning, I knit in the afternoon, I knit in the evening, I knit in the car, I knit in the movies, I knit at the symphony, I knit at the botantical garden. The only place I have not been able to knit – yet is while I am peddling on the back of the tandem bike. I have asked hubby if he would mind if I pinned my pattern on the back of his shirt and have the yarn coming from my project bag hanging on the handle bars. Hummm, if I only use circular needles, this just might work.
Kim said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:56 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings after work.
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Crystal said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:57 pm
I knit in the evening while watching TV.
Elaine said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:57 pm
I knit during teacher meetings at school and while proctoring exams or problem-solving sessions. I can watch the students, think about the issues being discussed and even talk intelligently while knitting. I still accomplish a remarkable amount.
Jeanne said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:58 pm
I knit absolutely whenever and wherever I can…I’d knit at church if I didn’t think people would look at me funny!
But mostly in the evenings after a long day at school. It’s how I de-stress. But my favorite time is Saturday mornings sitting in the sunshine drinking my coffee and listening to public radio. Is it Saturday yet??
MicheleinMaine said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:58 pm
I knit mostly at night, but now sewing takes priority. So I knit even later! I also like to knit with my tea in the morning, before work, and sometimes I throw in a couple of rows when I come home for lunch. I knit while I wait for my daughter’s bus, and at her sporting events. I can knit in the car if someone else is driving. Basically, I just fit it in whenever I can! If I’m feeling really decadent, I knit with my friend and neighbor on Sunday afternoons over tea. But that’s a special treat.
Mary Beth said,
May 17, 2010 @ 7:59 pm
I knit when my little kids are napping, whenever I watch TV, while I wait in the car in the pick up line at my son’s elementary school, at night before bed, in the car (when I am a passenger only), and sometimes I’ll knit in the computer room when my kids are playing on the computer or in the toyroom when they are playing together.
Thanks for the chance.
Julie said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:00 pm
My knit time? Like many others, mostly in the evenings or on long car rides. Also, when attending the kids’ sporting events or practices.
Sarah said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:00 pm
With a toddler and a full time daycare infant, I get most of my knitting done when i SHOULD be sleeping! I knit during their daytime naps and late into the night. There is never enough time for knitting! I sure hope my daughter will like knitting when i teach her at age 2 (lol! and jk!…maybe i’ll wait until she’s 3).
Shannon H. said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:04 pm
I do most of my knitting at night, after the kids are in bed, sometimes after the Hubby’s gone to bed as well. Next closest would be the hour wait in the car when I go to pick up the kids from school.
April said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:05 pm
I do most of my knitting at two times: during travel for work (plane/train travel), which is frequent but not regular…otherwise, I always carve out an hour at night while my husband and I (well, mostly the husband) watch TV.
Beth Gray said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:06 pm
Lately most of my knitting time comes on the bus to and from work each day. Either that or in the car going to and from various places. And with a new puppy, I think my time is going to become even more limited….
Michelle said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:06 pm
I do most of mine during vacation, especially at my mom’s house.
marissa said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:06 pm
Evenings, after the kids go to bed…but it’s never enough time. I bring something to knit with me every time I leave the house, but really never get more than a row or two done. I need my ‘corner’ to get any real rhythm going!
Grace said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:07 pm
I am home all day so I get the most done from 12-5 or so and then again in the evenings for awhile I never have time in the morning unless its a weekend
Jane said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:07 pm
Mostly in the evenings on established projects but my Sock Lite yarn came Saturday so … I decided on the socks and I will do the shawl in some Caper from the stash. Weekends are always a good time to start a new project especially if it is raining or really too hot or too cold to go out or there is a movie to watch!
Cathy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:07 pm
I do most of my knitting on weekday evenings while watching TiVo’d llate night shows from the night before.
Alexis said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:07 pm
I knit most of the time in the evening, in front of whatever tv show or Netflix dvd I’m watching. Tonight it’s Doctor Who–the Third Doctor.
Tamara said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:07 pm
I do the most knitting on weekday mornings – between the time my daughter gets on the school bus and lunch time.
Diana T said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:07 pm
the bulk of my weekly knitting usually gets done at my Tuesday, Friday,and(or) Sunday knitting groups.
Patricia said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:08 pm
I have two blocks of time: 10-30 minutes in the morning before I go to work,
then in the evenings while watching TV or listening to books on tape/cd.
There’s the Sunday afternoon knitting group too, but I think I do as much visiting, helping out as knitting.
TMTTYRR said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:09 pm
I do most of mine while in doctor’s offices with my mom.
Or at night, right before bed. If I’m lucky, I get 15 minutes a day when I don’t fall asleep.
And trust me, your “To Be Finished” list and “Need To Start” list is short compared to mine.
Jeannie said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:10 pm
I knit on and off all day. I try to knit on the plain socks while my kids are doing lessons. In the evenings, I work on more complex patterns.
Melissa said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:11 pm
I do most of my knitting at home. I work from 6:00
AM to 2:00PM so I try to get some knitting in before making dinner and after walking on the treadmill. I knit while watching tv (or to be more correct – listening to tv). I knit in the car or while waiting for apointments. I knit outside while my husband gardens. When the weather’s bad (and I can’t walk at lunch time) I knit at work during lunch. Really a day without knitting is like a day without sunshine : – )
MARYLU said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:12 pm
I’m lucky that I get to knit in the late afternoons before the kids come home from school and then again in the evening before bed. I still don’t get everything done ;P There’s never really enough time, is there?
Shirley said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:14 pm
I knit in the evening, after supper and dishes and after work chores. It’s a nice way to unwind and relax.
Gini said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:14 pm
I love knitting in the springtime, summer, winter or fall , oh thats a song, I mostly knit at night or after breakfast in the morning. I have two dachsunds sitting on my lap so it does prove problematic at times, I also knit at the doctor’s office, dentist etc, time flies
Bonnie said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:15 pm
I knit while waiting. I wait to go back to sleep when I have insomnia, I wait for appointments, I wait for flights, I wait to get to a destination.
Knitting always makes the wait more pleasant and far less stressful.
BethL said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:15 pm
I knit any time I’m not at work or asleep, but mostly when I’m watching TV. I knit in the morning while watching the news and in the evenings after dinner while watching TV with hubby (same goes for the weekends). I also knit on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings with my knitting groups. Yes I am obsessed!!!
Brianna said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:17 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening, after running the dogs and making dinner with the DH. IF we don’t have anything else to do, we settle in to watch TV and I pull out the knitting. Unfortunately, that “if” is getting more and more rare, it seems…
Kate said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:18 pm
I’m probably too late, aren’t I? Oh well…..
I have three kids. So my time to knit is from when they’re in bed (bedtime for the oldest is 8pm – but turns out more often to be more like 8:30 after all the lights out shenanigans etc) until I have to go to bed (generally 10:30.) those are a precious, precious two hours. I generally try to get the dishes and things done first…..but save some time for me and my needles. Now I’m off to swatch for Harika….
Heather said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
I think I do most of mine in the evening, whilst watching tv in bed. Um, I also do a lot while teaching my kids (I homeschool).
Diann said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:21 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening. But I love to knit when I am a passenger in a car. Then I don’t feel guilty that I should be doing something else!
Ashley W said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:21 pm
I usually knit in the evenings or weekends in front of the TV. However, I’m quite happy to take it on the go and knit in airports or on trains!
Lisa said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:21 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening. I do try to knit for a bit on my lunch break too–it seems to help me get ready to go back to work, by destressing me.
Beth said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:21 pm
I do most of my knitting on the weekends and my lunch hour in my car.
Stephanie said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:23 pm
I knit on my lunch break at work; at my LYS on Tues, Wed and Thurs evenings for an hour or so after work, and at night watching TV. Of course, whenever I have a long road trip or a plane trip that is bonus knitting time (hasn’t happened too much lately, work….sigh!). In other words, whenever I can!
Andrea King said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:24 pm
I do most of my knitting on the ferry crossing Puget Sound (weekdays), occasionally on the bus (weekdays), and practically all day in various rooms or on the porch during the (much anticipated) weekend.
Melissa B. said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:24 pm
I find I knit the most in the van while waiting to take the kids to and from school. But I also find I knit more in the fall and winter than I do spring and summer. Not quite sure why that is.
Chele said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:24 pm
Hello! Love your blog! I do most of my knitting on the bus to and from work, and on Knit n Purl Wednesdays, a bunch of us meet in our work conference room to knit and motivate each other to try new patterns. Thanks for the entry.. enjoy your week! ~Chele
Julie in VA said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:25 pm
I do most of my knitting on the weekends and evenings. But if I didn’t have to walk my dog I could get so much more done (but that’s alright with me)!
Rich said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:26 pm
I’ll play. Most of my knitting is accomplished on the weekends; although, I do knit every evening (it’s how I unwind after work).
Rebecca Traum said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:26 pm
I generally sneak in a few minutes after my morning coffee has set in, but before my son is fully awake. Then I try to pick it up for a few minutes here and there during the day. The bulk of my serious knitting time is after his bedtime, but before my husband gets home for the evening. Daycare days are marathon knitting days!
Robin Pearce said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:26 pm
I get a lot of knitting done on Monday. I have knit night with friends and I always come straight home from work and knit a lot before, like I’m trying to make up for not knitting and then I knit more when we get together. I’d say I get more knitting done during the week than on weekends.
Lisa in Los Angeles said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:27 pm
I work on my Girasole shawl at 5 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays – the rest of the week, I’m supposed to be downstairs at the gym, working out on the stairmaster. Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights my husband Frank and I rent movies on Netflicks and I knit whatever I can, depending on the film. Foreign films with subtitles are not a good match with lace, for example.
I’ve got a sweater that just needs one more sleeve that’s been languishing for three years, so I hear you about UFOs. Sigh…..
Linda said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:28 pm
Honestly, whenever I can fit it in. It’s never the same time every day, and unfortunately it’s usually not every day. But I grab those moments when I can and make the most of them.
Also, I think that you should bump that shawl with Lynn’s handspun to the top of your list. It will be amazing, she’s the best spinner that I know, too. And a pretty good sister as well.
LInda said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:28 pm
I am a weekend knitter, for sure!
Melody said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:31 pm
I like to knit at school. Get one of those lecturers who don’t mind the visual distraction, knit something in garter or stockinette that you don’t have to concentrate too hard on, and voila: an hour and 20 minutes of knitting time!
Bonney said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:31 pm
I do most of my knitting at 4:00, spending one hour with Judge Judy then it’s onto dinner. After dinner is when I really do most of my knitting. Monday evening has become a bit of a problem because I have to check for the Loopy update!!
Susan said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:32 pm
Even though I’m officially retired, I still get most of my knitting done on the weekends. Volunteer work and chores get in the way during the week. Every once in a while I get in an afternoon of knitting and watching Jane Austen DVD’s and it is wonderful!
Debbie said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:34 pm
I knit at night after dinner. But, I work out the patterns in the morning with COFFEE!
Jill M in Ohio said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:34 pm
Ohhh…. Great question!!! If I can find time to knit in the evenings, I feel like I have accomplished something! Right now, I am casting on a second sock to a pair – althought blog reading and typing are getting in the way! lol But usually I find the most time to knit on the weekends. I wish it were the weekend right now!!!
Sharon said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:35 pm
I knit whenever I can! I work nights and sometimes I can squeeze in a few rows on a sock if the patients are co-operative…but that’s rare!
Joni said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:35 pm
It depends — some days I seem to have lots of time to sit and knit, but other days, life gets in the way and I can only get an hour or so in during the evening. Given that as of Thursday, my DH and I will have another house to work on (we fix up houses for “fun”), I know I’ll be having less knitting time for the next few months. So why is I’m so excited you are going to have more Bugga next week? Maybe because the socks I’m knitting out of Sooty Dancer are SO SOFT.
penny said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:36 pm
When? My morning commute (36 min on metro north into grand central) four days a week (I work at home on Fridays). we catch an express and we’re the first stop so the train often is early and I can catch a few extra minutes. The other time is at my numerous dentist appointments. we’re getting closer to finishing them all so i will soon only have to see them every six months like a normal person. I have one small thing to say to everyone: FLOSS ! Since we like strings and things this should be hard to do.
(I used to knit for two hours every Friday doing laundry in our apartment building. But we bought a house and now I don’t have to stalk the laundry room so no one steals my socks! (I do have to stalk the laundry basket when they’re done since my kitten has *REALLY* good taste in yarn) I’m happy that my quarters & time are now more free, but I do miss that knitting time.)
ABitterKnitter said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:38 pm
While I was in school, I got way more knitting done on the weekends than during the week. Now that I’ve graduated, this might change immensely… (until I get a job, that is.) I’m looking forward to a lot more time to knit. One of my first orders of business after graduation was to get all of my UFOs and WIPs together in one basket. There are 8 of them…
lori said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:39 pm
i get an awful lot of knitting done between 5am and 6am. weekends are pretty good too. but that early morning knitting does an awful lot for me beyond finishing a project.
MJ said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:39 pm
I’m an independent contractor so besides working during the day, I work evenings and weekends at home getting my work out. But I try to knit at least Friday evenings; and then there is our Wednesday night knitting group – I can at least guarantee I’ll get some knitting done then.
JenL said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:39 pm
I do most of my knitting at Tuesday night Knit Night or during long car rides. I really out to knit more often, I just don’t seem to find the time. Someday…
southparknitter said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:39 pm
I knit every day. I’m really sick if I don’t pick up my needles. I do most of my knitting on weekends. Sometimes if I don’t have anything happening Saturday, I get barefoot and bra-less on Friday about 1 and knit/weave/spin until Sunday morning with a couple of 8-9 hour naps thrown in. If I don’t work at the yarn shop or go there for Tuesday knit night, I go hang out and knit there on Friday afternoons.
Working at the yarn shop has added to my to-knit list. The owner received a shipment of Berroco Comfort DK one Friday and I pounced on it as soon as I walked in the door and before she even had it in inventory. When the restock came in, she laughed because I was digging around in the box checking out colors. (i only bought 3 skeins if restock because I didn’t buy enough of one color for project.)
Liz said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:40 pm
Mostly in the evening, with the occasional daily visit to the lys.
erica said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:40 pm
I knit during naptime, when I’m a passenger in the car, evenings when I can’t spin because the kids aren’t settling down. I try to capture any moment I can spare.
Janet said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:41 pm
I knit in the car when my husband drives. When ever I have down time. If I stayed off RAVELRY I would have more crafting time.
Melanie said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:41 pm
late at night – thus my Ravelry id, “NightOwlKnits”!
I love it when the world is quiet & i can be alone with my thoughts. Yarn and needles are all I want, or need..
Lauren said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:41 pm
I do most of my knitting while on the subway commuting to/from work or my boyfriend’s house (he lives about two hours away so I can get in lots of knitting).
That new Ysolda Red LL is gorgeous… I’m hoping it goes fast so I can save my wallet for now!
Whitney P. said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:43 pm
I do most of my knitting on the subway. It makes the commute go by so much faster.
Marnie J said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:43 pm
I knit whenever I get the chance to! I like taking projects to the doctor’s office or any other place where I know I will need to wait at least 10 minutes and sometimes for longer for an appointment. It definitely makes waiting easier now that I know how to knit.
Deb in central CA said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:45 pm
Yay Melissa, glad to hear I am not the only one who knits a few stitches at long stoplights. also while waiting in the drivethrough, at the DMV, doctor’s office, etc. Most of my knitting is done just before I go to sleep. I work nights and I often use my knitting as a way to wind down so I can drift off to sleep in the morning. I was doing so much knitting in bed that it became difficult for me to knit sitting up at knit group! LOL
Ellen said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:45 pm
after work and on Sundays…..
Marcia said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:46 pm
I knit in the evenings listening to TV.
Lori said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:49 pm
In the evening for the most part. Although while I was laid off over the winter it was any time during the day. Usually it involves me watching a DVD or TV.
notsocrafty said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:49 pm
I do most of my knitting on the weekends too – there just isn’t enough time in the evening after work. On the weekend, I usually have a new DVD from netflix to watch, so I pop that in and get some quality knitting time in!
Erynn said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:50 pm
Mine is mostly done in the evenings or when I’m at one of my jobs by myself.
Bobbie said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:50 pm
I knit after finishing my homework (I’m the teacher, but I sometimes seem to have more homework than the students), or 5 to 5:30 am. I knit on car trips if I’m not the one driving!
I hope to do lots of knitting this summer. I do have a class to teach and a class to take, but will still have some extra time!
Carla said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:52 pm
I don’t work on Friday’s so that is my big knitting day- I also knit a lot at night or on the weekend if not working-
Dottie said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:53 pm
I usually knit when the kids are sleeping or at extra-curriculars like dance class. I get a little knitting done during homeschooling, while I’m encouraging my kindergartener to concentrate on her work.
kerri said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:53 pm
I knit at work a lot… I work at my university’s museum at the desk and have lots of nothing-to-do time. and other than that, pretty much at any point i have free time, watching television, reading, etc.
elise said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:54 pm
I’m a weekend knitter too. And holidays, I get so much knitting done when I take a vacation or over Christmas or Easter vacations. I think that is what I will spend my memorial day weekend doing.
Conchita Newman said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:54 pm
I knit (or spin or dye or anything else…) in the evening when my two year old is in bed. It’s not much time, so this is why I have very few finished objects!
Dana said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:55 pm
I do most of my knitting at night after the kiddos are in bed. I have little ones who go to sleep by 7:30pm and since I can’t really go out after they are in bed I watch TV with my husband and knit. Now I can’t really watch TV or a movie without knitting or my hands are fidgety!
Emily said,
May 17, 2010 @ 8:57 pm
I mostly knit in the evenings when my husband and I watch a TV show (or two), but also whenever I can squeeze it in on the weekends (sometimes there’s lots of time, other weekends not so much).
Angela said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:02 pm
Evenings and Sunday afternoons while “watching” NASCAR…don’t know how that started, but it worls for me…one rainy Memorial Day I knit through a NASCAR race AND the Indy 500! Now THAT’S some quality knitting time!
Megan said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:05 pm
I knit mostly at night. I’ll maybe knit for an hour during the week, but I do the majority of my knitting during weekend nights.
Mag said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:05 pm
Every night, after I’ve cooked dinner, done the dishes, cleaned the kitchen, I plop down off my feet and enjoy a couple of hours knitting time while watching TV shows or movies.
How was that for a run on sentence? I tried to make it as long as I could but ran out of steam. It’s knitting time right now.
Bertha said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:10 pm
On my lunch break at work during the week and on Saturdays when were driving around doing errands (since my husband is doing the driving!)
Brittany said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:11 pm
I do most of my knitting late at night when I can’t sleep. So, any time after 10 pm usually.
Kathy Dailey said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:14 pm
I knit a little in the morning – goes great with my coffee.
Most of my knitting is in the evenings. Don’t get much done on the days I work, but I do try to knit at least a few rows every day.
Carol said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:14 pm
I knit while watching TV in the evening. My dogs are worn out and my DH has retired to the bedroom.
Eunice said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:15 pm
I knit most on Monday nights and Thursdays when I knit with friends.
Lynn E. Bruff said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:16 pm
I always plan on having major knitting time over the weekend. It hardly ever works that way. I do most of my knitting in the evening, after supper, dishes, laundry.
Lynn
Josiane said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:16 pm
Lately, most of my knitting has been done in odd tiny moments, a few stitches here and there, usually while waiting for my gentleman friend to get ready for the next thing we have on our schedule – though since he usually waits for me more than I do for him, he gets to do more reading than I get to knit!
Jenn said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:17 pm
I try to knit everywhere and whenever I can – while the kids are playing, waiting for things on the computer to load, but really naptime is the winner!
Hariamrit said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:19 pm
I knit any free time during the day. Sometimes that is a few minutes and sometimes a couple of hours. I also knit while watching TV at night and also when I can’t sleep at night. Some weeks I get to knit a lot and others not so much, or so it seems. But it never seems to be enough time.
Marsha said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:19 pm
Most of my knitting happens in the evening. Weekends are good too. I’ve tried early morning knitting but my brain just doesn’t function as well then.
Chi said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:20 pm
Anytime, anywhere. A few stitches here, a few stitches there and all of a sudden, a FO pops out!
Diane said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:23 pm
I knit a lot in the evening while my better half watches television. And a little in the morning while I eat my oatmeal. And a bit in the car while I’m waiting for the flagger to let me through construction. And just about every other spare moment I have.
But I mostly knit in the evening. =8D
kelly-ann (on ravelry) said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:24 pm
Great question since I have been trying figure out why I have less knitting time over the past year. I used to knit while waiting for the kids at school or activites. I still bring the knitting with me, but I just don’t pull it out for some reason. Therefore, I have been knitting after the kids go to bed…but sometimes surfing Ravelry wins out.
Kelli said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:24 pm
I knit most when I shouldn’t be knitting. The more pressed for time I am, the more I manage to knit.
Alicia said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:24 pm
I knit the largest amount on the weekends, especially on Fridays at knit night. But I also knit on my traveling socks whenever I’m stuck waiting someplace.
Becky said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:25 pm
I knit in the morning and in the evening. And all day over the weekend if left to my own choice!
Jane said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:25 pm
On weekdays it’s usually 4:00 – dinner, then after dinner – bedtime. On weekends it’s 2:00 (after my nap) to 7:00. But some days I knit much less or not at all. I have to remind myself sometimes that it’s not a job!
Kristi said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:26 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings or weekends when my husband is playing video games. If I’m home alone and have some spare time, I’ll knit while listening to an audio book.
I always take my knitting with me in case there is some time to kill. Best to kill it with knitting.
Chris said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:35 pm
I knit alot in the evenings in the winter. In the summer it is in the early morning or anytime wheni t gets too hot to be outside. I knit whenever I get the time!
Amy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:36 pm
I knit during naptime! I have a 21 month old and a 7 month old, and I look forward to naptime all day long.
)
Sarah said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:37 pm
I knit in the evenings, or early mornings on the weekends, and I always have a SIP (that’s a sock-in-progress) with me wherever I go.
I really have to watch how much time I spend on Ravelry, otherwise I never get a stitch done.
Ann Liebert said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:38 pm
Most of my knitting is done in the car or truck. My husband drives, I knit, and we both listen to an agreed upon book on CD.
yarnpiggy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:38 pm
I try to knit in the morning, before I go online, because once I’m on Ravelry and/or going through all the knitting blogs in my reader, it can be tricky for me to log off. There’s a reason I’m the Queen of the Pre-Process Knitters!
Yvonne said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:38 pm
Well with my work schedule I knit at different times. But generally, in the evenings and if I am off for a day I knit all day. My knitting is a sanity thing for me. Mostly socks but other stuff is knitted.
Lani said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:39 pm
I knit mostly in the evening while listening to books on CD or knitting podcasts.
Lynnita said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:40 pm
I knit on weeknights while watching TV…I plan to knit when I’m on plane flights but never seem to manage it.
Jennifer said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:40 pm
I do most of my knitting between 10 and 4 or so. after that I actually have to pretend like I am productive.
Patty said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:41 pm
My schedule is wacky so I knit when 2 essential elements are present:
1. time & 2. energy
and the presence of both is not as frequent as I would prefer.
Emily said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:42 pm
In the morning, when the girls are at school and I don’t have to be at work. It’s also my chore time, but sometimes knitting feels better!
LittleWit said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:43 pm
I knit the most while watching tv and sometimes on business trips when there isn’t much to do after work. but sit in the hotel room and knit!
Jan Johnson said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:44 pm
I knit during my commute on the ferry. It’s a wonderful way to pass the time.
Nancyk said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:44 pm
I love to knit at all different times of every day! It make the day special and less stressful.
Shanna said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:46 pm
I knit every night after my kids go to bed. That usually means 1-2 hours.
Nancy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:54 pm
I knit every evening. I have one day a week when I knit with friends all morning. I usually get an hour or two in either the morning or the afternoon except for the day I work all day. Then it is only in the evening.
Cindy K said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:55 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening as a way to wind down the day.
Kristin said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:56 pm
I knit anywhere I can find time. I like to knit in the car (when I’m not driving). A lot of little things get knit there. Most of the knitting gets done at night while I am watching TV. My hubby falls asleep, and I knit.
JaneB said,
May 17, 2010 @ 9:59 pm
I do my knitting any time I can. Lately that is mostly at night and weekends as my days are filled with my granddaughter and my paying part-time job. Once that eases up, I’ll be able to knit some in the daytime on some days too. Oh and I ALWAYS knit during meetings.
Lindsey S. said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:01 pm
I do most of my knitting once my husband gets home from work and I can escape upstairs for some quiet time after dinner. And, failing that, in bed after everyone else is asleep.
Phyllis said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:07 pm
I’m retired, so I can knit anytime – morning, afternoon or evening – on any day of the week when I don’t have something scheduled on my calendar. I LOVE IT!
Carrie said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:09 pm
I like to knit when I get off work at 2:30 in the afternoon. I work at an airport and it helps to decompress when I get home. I knit and catch up on my hulu queue before starting dinner for my husband when he gets home at 6. I also tend to knit a lot during our knit nights!
Allison said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:10 pm
I knit mostly while watching Netflix Instant on my laptop, so usually at night, but more recently its been in the afternoons.
Beth said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:15 pm
I retired last spring from teaching high school orchestra for 29 years, and find that I don’t have a particular time of the day or week that I get more knitting done – I can knit whenever I want now! I do tend to knit most evenings as a winding-down activity before bed, though. I also knit whenever we are on the road, as my husband really like hand knit socks, and socks are the perfect travel knit project.
LaLa said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:18 pm
I do most of my knitting in any down time I can find. I was at a jewelry party tonight and one of my coworkers commented that if I’m sitting, then she expects me to have knitting.
kelsey said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:18 pm
I knit most on Sunday evenings. Something about the end of the week makes me feel inclined to, um, unwind with a ball (hank?) of yarn.
madonnaearth said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:18 pm
I think I get most of my knitting done at home on weekends. A close second is in the car during lunch (coming to an end due to hot weather though. Too bad I can’t eat and knit at the same time-indoors-lol).
Eloise said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:20 pm
Most of my knitting is accomplished in the evenings, when I’m done with classes and work and can put on some music or TV.
Martha said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:23 pm
Most of my knitting time is done after dinner. Sometimes I can knit after work (I get off mid afternoon) and knit until my husband comes home.
Crystal said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:23 pm
I squeeze in most of my knitting while on the train, 7-8 and 10 – 11 pm.
Jody said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:24 pm
Probably after dinner during the week, or on Sunday afternoons at my LYS sit & knit if I don’t end up helping a lot of people with questions/project issues.
cheri said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:25 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening while watching tv. Sometimes I get side tracked by Farmville on Facebook. I need to get more focused on what I already have startred instead of all the news patterns I find.
Lael said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:26 pm
I probably do the most regular knitting in the afternoons waiting to pick my son up from school. But once in awhile I get lots of knitting done while watching TV in the evening – or during Packer or Brewer games, depending on the season.
Catherine Ristola Bass said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:27 pm
Mostly while watching tv in the evenings after the kids go to bed, but I also like knitting in the car while Andy drives.
Jayne said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:28 pm
Most of my knitting occurs at night while watching TV – surprise surprise. And then weekends are for tivo’d shows and DVD marathons combined with knitting. Although I have now discovered that knitting during my niece’s dance recitals can be extremely productive as well!
Jordan said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:30 pm
I do most of my knitting on weekday evenings. I don’t get more than a row or two done on weekends.
Adrienne said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:30 pm
I do most of my knitting with friends, either at knitgroup or just hanging out in someone’s living room. When group knitting is sporadic, then I do most of it while watching TV shows/movies on my computer.
Jessica said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:30 pm
I mostly knit in the evenings and on weekends. I get more time to concentrate on the weekends though. During the week is best for mindless knitting.
Kristi ~ Ohio said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:31 pm
I knit for about 2 hours in the evenings a few nights a week and on the weekends.
Wendy Gomez said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:32 pm
I knit whenever I can! Mostly in the evenings when I get home from work, before supper, and then of course after supper….whenever the TV is on, I’m knitting.
Amy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:34 pm
My knitting time tends to be at night, in my room when I have something big due for class or finals while watching something or listening to podcasts. It tends to come and go really – atm, I just have to finish some icord straps for a cami and I don’t want to do that right now and I’m itching to start something new.
Lynn said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:38 pm
Yay! I’m so excited you’ve picked a pattern for the yarn. I love it!! That will look amazing in handspun!
I do most of my knitting and spinning on the weekends, but it seems I’m finding less time for that lately (on the bright side, that means I’m getting out of the house more!). And now I’ve taken a weaving class so I’ll be weaving in all that extra free time I have. Sigh. A girl can never have too many hobbies, right?
Celeste said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:38 pm
I knit at night while watching tv. It’s my way of winding down after a long day at work, and relaxes me enough to sleep
claire said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:39 pm
Mostly in the afternoons and evenings. Unless I get a day off from window-cleaning jobs, then more. I love watching Netflix and knitting.
MsVicki said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:40 pm
I try to knit at least a little every night … most nights I can do an hour or even two!
And then whatever time I can grab on weekends, that’s for knitting, too.
danielle said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:41 pm
The main time I knit is when watching TV – especially since I rarely, if ever, get to choose the program or get my hands on the remote! Also in the car when I am a passenger and we are doing more than in town errands!
kim in oregon said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:42 pm
I knit for about an hour (at least) every evening…if I don’t, I’m cranky the next day!
And on a rainy Oregon weekend day, knitting and reading is my preferred activity.
Linda said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:44 pm
Most of my knitting is done in the afternoon and/or evening. I try to do any “pay close attention” kind of hard project in the afternoon before my husband gets home from work and the busy time of walks and dinner, dog feeding, etc.
I have projects to do while watching TV that are easy and I can pay attention to the show and my knitting
I haven’t been knitting to much lately. I’m in a slump, but I do look at the patterns I want to start.
Linda
Dr. Jackie said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:53 pm
Most of my knitting is done in the evenings…between 7 pm and midnite. Especially if there are a bunch of crime shows on TV!
cindy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:55 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings, while watching tv and hanging out with my husband and the kids. A lot gets done on the weekends too, but weekends can get pretty packed with kids’ activities!
Kim said,
May 17, 2010 @ 10:56 pm
Most of my knitting gets done whilst waiting – at home, in the car, in lines etc. I also can get a nice whack of knitting done when I am on holiday. I try to take holidays that involves planes and trains and having to stay in a seat. It’s easy to knit when you are trapped!
Amanda Cathleen said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:01 pm
I do most of my knitting at night during the week, after I put my kids in bed. While watching tv. But I do also knit while watching sesame street with my 3 year old.
Linda Shields said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:02 pm
First thing in the morning – - cup of coffee, birds chirping in the trees, sun just thinking about coming up, quiet house. My mind can wander, think about the recipient of my knitting, plan my day, time to myself before I think about “chores” or meet my class full of kids.
salam wa sa’aadah Linda
GinkgoKnits said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:06 pm
I do most of my knitting after everyone else is asleep. I was born a night owl and I can’t reform my ways since I’m rarely too tired for “one more row.”
Sadly, my knitting list (I made one just the other day) looks just as full as your’s. Plus, little of it is for me so all I really want to do is cheat on the other projects by knitting on my latest sweater project instead.
Lisa B. said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:07 pm
Evenings are my prime knitting time!
Theresa in Italy said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:11 pm
I do most of my knitting after lunch or in the evening, depending on when we have dinner. I’ve got a big armchair by a west-facing window and the light is best in the afternoon. Lately I added a lamp but it’s more difficult to knit in the evening because I can’t always get to my chair before someone else claims it!
Karen said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:19 pm
I knit mostly in the summer when I’m off. Christmas and Easter vacations too. I do take classes occasionally during the school year, but I’m not very productive. I knit maybe once or twice a week in the evenings.
Lori said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:23 pm
I do most of my knitting on the weekends in the mornings. I work nights and I love a quiet Saturday/Sunday morning with knitting and coffee while the family sleeps!
Sara said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:24 pm
I do most of my knitting in stolen moments, like waiting for my boyfriend to pick me up from work or while waiting for something to finish cooking or while reading. Right now with grad school, it seems hard to focus on just one thing at a time. Maybe this is why I knitted the sleeves on my sprossling too long or why I was trying to make the gusset for the medium size on the size small pair of socks I’m working on…
Gina said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:24 pm
I work second shift so I spend each glorious morning knitting before I go in!!
Kathleen C said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:25 pm
I LOVE your wall of Cascade – I wish I lived closer. Such a yummy color selection!
As for the contest, I knit when I can. Several nights a week, I watch TV with my mother and I knit. I knit in the doctors’ waiting rooms as I take Mom back and forth to the multitude of doctors she need to see right now. AND, when I get to work, I knit for one hour a week at lunch with my knit group.
Unless the TV watching with Mom happens on the weekend (and it often does on a Sunday), I knit mostly during the week, during the times mentioned above.
Jaimee said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:26 pm
I get most of my knitting done during long phone calls at work and during my lunch and breaks. At break time, I put up a little break sign on my desk and turn away and knit. My favorite bonus knitting time is when the husband drives on the weekend.
Vonda O said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:27 pm
I knit at night while watching movies with my husband. Sometimes the movie has too much going on and I don’t get much knitting done.
Meg said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:29 pm
I do most of my knitting at night while I watch TV or movies… and some in the car while I’m waiting for kids…
Jaime said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:29 pm
I usually knit evenings and weekends in front of the TV. Althought I do have to be careful about how distracting the show is…lol…
Sue said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:30 pm
Two years ago I had my appendix out and then, a few weeks later, developed a hernia that caused a bowel obstruction. Two hospitalizations, two surgeries and a total of almost ten weeks of being off work and devoting myself to recovery. Once I was off the big time meds, I took to going down to Starbucks after my son left for school and spending a couple of hours there most mornings. It kept me away from daytime TV, kept me from taking too many naps and definitely kept me from doing things like housework, which was not on the approved list of activities. (And don’t I wish I could figure out a way to make that a permanent injunction??) I mostly spent that time at Starbucks knitting & have continued to do so most Saturday and Sunday mornings for an hour or two. I don’t get interrupted much and can work on stuff that requires a little concentration. Plus I’ve come to love the people at my local Starbucks (they loved Sheri’s Oreo-like cookies!).
Bubblesknits said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:33 pm
I do most of my knitting at night before bed. It’s when the house is quiet, everyone is asleep, and I have a little down time all to myself.
Carla in Mt said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:33 pm
Well, it is a toss-up between… car trips (not often enough), early afternoon, and Sunday night Bible Study class (helps me listen & pay attention).
Robin F said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:40 pm
Most of my knitting is done either at knit group meetings(3 per week) or doctor’s waiting rooms- not as often but longer waits! I have 3 projects on needles, 4 on to do list and hundreds of want to do someday! And the yarn to do them all but it never stops me from getting more!
Susan Ipavec said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:44 pm
I get most of my knitting done either at night or right after I pick my son up from preschool, as he likes to play with his train set::-)
Mags said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:51 pm
If I don’t have classes to go to, I’m perfectly happy to knit my way through the day. And I have, on occasion. It’s fun! When I do have classes, I leave the knitting at home. It used to be that I took it all along, but I never had time to pull it out, so I stopped bothering.
Vanessa said,
May 17, 2010 @ 11:56 pm
Knitting is the most portable of my fiber hobbies, so it’s the one I do when traveling (yes, sometimes even while driving, but only at long stop lights or in slow moving traffic jams) or when visiting family and friends. If I’m not working on an embroidery or bobbin lace project, I also knit in the evenings, with or without the TV.
My need to finish and want to start project lists are at least as long as yours – and I have similar ones for each of my other hobbies…
Bettie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:05 am
I do most of my knitting in the evening while watch-listening to a Netflix movie —unless it’s foreign with subtitles.
Anoriell said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:06 am
In the car. Whenever I’m not driving. With a newborn at home and a 5 year-old … I just can’t get more than 5 minutes here and there. And in the evening, I crash. Perhaps when the baby is older, evenings would be the best time. But for now, gotta go with travel time (which is usually by way of car).
Let’s not get into “to finish” and “want to start” project lists. Though I can’t knit while feeding the baby or changing her diaper … I can dream of future knitting projects. Plenty of them! ;o)
katfish said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:07 am
I knit and crochet first thing in the morning-just a wee bit to gently get the brain and fingers going. And, sadly, that is sometimes the only time I get to fiber all day.
I do my most fiber stuff late at night once every dog, lovebird, husband and chicken is asleep (well, just one husband-the rest are multiples)
I went to an anime convention this past weekend and taught my son’s friend to knit (in the downtime of the convention). I got some fiber work done there, and got a small Japanese ball-jointed doll to knit and felt clothes for.
Jean said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:09 am
I get most of my knitting done while my fiancée is playing video games. Which is a lot! LOL Really though, I probably do more knitting in the evenings during the week than onthe weekend. In the evenings after dinner is made and cleaned up, we either watch our tv shows or he plays games, and I knit through both.
Sharon said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:17 am
I’m another evening knitter, though I do always have a sock in my purse to knit on, and that adds up over time.
Thank heavens for such a portable, sociable obsession!
Gladys said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:20 am
I have a loong commute to work, so I get a lot of knitting done there — just over an hour a day, as long as I can get a seat. Great contest!
Eleanor said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:24 am
I generally do most of my knitting during the evening. I get home, do chores and stuff and then knit knit knit. I do reserve Sunday afternoon as well, but that can be negotiable.
Steph said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:38 am
Like so many others, I do most of my knitting in the evening while watching tv. I also knit while on the phone.
Joan Callaway said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:39 am
Since my retirement and partial disability, I knit in the morning after my workout at the therapy pool, and then after I’ve had breakfast and checked my e-mail, while watching programs I’ve Tivo’d the preceding day; also in the afternoon, in the evening until 9 o’clock or so when I switch to reading for a couple of hours. I’m primarily a sox addict, short term projects, mostly gifts for my grandchildren, adult children, friends.
It’s a rare day when I do NO knitting. Today was one of those days…
Lynn said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:40 am
In the evening, after work, dinner & cleanup. Usually after 10pm.
Dawn said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:21 am
I do most of my knitting in the evening after the kiddos go to bed.
Malin said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:50 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings when the kids are in bed and DH is watching boring TV. I sneak off to my room and knit knit knit and listen to knitting podcasts. I also knit on the bus to and from work most days. Of course I try to sneak in more knitting in the weekends, but garden season has started so there is not much time right now.
Alison said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:28 am
Evenings, though not so much lately.
suzanne said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:35 am
if i worked all day i knit at night while watching tv..if i didn’t work i knit at random times during the day. i just got a spinning wheel and now my time is really broken up.
Beth said,
May 18, 2010 @ 4:09 am
My husband is obsessed with our firepit lately and cooks dinner on it almost every night. I have been getting a lot of knitting done in front of the fire!
Sarah/Scienceprincess said,
May 18, 2010 @ 4:39 am
I squeeze in my knitting time these days . . . A few minutes while students are doing an assignment in class, a bunch of sock knitting during my grad school lectures (I’m almost done with that pair — plain 2×2 ribbing so I don’t have to concentrate), a few minutes in the evening after dinner before bed. The most knitting, though, and the most complicated stuff, happens on Sunday mornings. I get up a few hours before anyone else, and that is my favorite quiet time for the week, and let me swatch for a sweater this week . . .
Kristin said,
May 18, 2010 @ 4:48 am
I meet up with knitting friends at our local yarn shop each Thursday night. I try to knit a little during the week, but as a teacher I often have papers to grade or plans to work on. I definitely try to knit on weekends also. I usually have an easy project such as socks or a scarf for car trips, especially to see our older daughter in college. But to be honest…I can’t wait for summer and some more time to knit!
Kt said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:01 am
I knit mostly during the evenings, I plan to knit at the weekends, but things tend to get in the way!
Kim said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:32 am
I try to knit for an hour at night before I get too tired. My best knitting time is during the weekends when I plop myself on the couch and catch up on all of the shows I DVRed during the week. That way I feel like I am not wasting time watching TV since my hands are busy!
Ellen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:41 am
In the car. On the way to visit my in-laws, to my son’s football games, running errands – and obviously, my husband is driving! And the roads need to be somewhat smooth since the hills take over my stomach.
Cynthia G said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:43 am
I do most of my knitting during the evenings while listening to podcasts. I never seem to be able to find time to knit during the weekend.
Jackie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:46 am
During the week, I do most of my knitting at lunch. Which is just sad. Hands down, most of my knitting gets done on the weekends. If I’m going somewhere long distance in the car, I tend to get a lot done then. I need to work on carving out more time during the evenings.
Deirdre said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:50 am
During the day, I knit for clients, so most of my personal knitting is done in the evenings, watching TV with my kids. Lately we’ve been watching past seasons of The Office on DVD, and if I don’t know what time it is, I can go till the wee hours without getting tired! I will occasionally shut it down on the weekend and give myself a chunk of knitting time, but I’m usually doing too many things during the day…
Robin said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:52 am
Most of my knitting gets done in the evening, while “listening” to TV, and during my lunch hour at work. I have a work project and a home project. If I were smart, my home project would be the mate to the sock that is my work project!
Bonnie H. said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:07 am
I knit in the evenings while we watch TV and, if I take my lunch or grab lunch in my car (sitting at the Sonic, for instance) I get some knitting time then, too. On the weekends I tend to do more of my counted thread embroidery. A lot depends on how much brainpower I have to offer!
Patti said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:08 am
I knit in the morning when the light is better. I set the timer cuz if I don’t nothing gets done all day!!!
Kim Bradley said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:16 am
Evenings, and anytime I’m in a car but not driving. (Knitting and driving is a bad idea!)
Betty said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:26 am
I knit on socks in the AM between 5 and 9 and other stuff in the evening while watching tv
Kelly S said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:37 am
I probably do most of my knitting in the evenings, but I try to sneak it in any time that I can. I use knitting as a stress reliever…so any time that things get a little crazy, I try to pick up the knitting needles and feel normal for a couple of minutes.
Teri said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:39 am
I do most of my knitting in the evening so that I can unwind from work. This is usually a solid plan unless I screw up a complicated lace pattern – then I get all wound up again. I do a lot of knitting on the weekends, but usually not during the day. Wow, I guess I’m a nightly knitter. Now if I could just knit faster, I might complete the several projects I have including two garments that only need seaming. But I just started Milkweed with some String Theory Caper sock (love, love, love) so Multnomah in the same yarn will have to wait for awhile. Sigh…
Beverly said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:39 am
I definitely knit more on weekends than weeknights too. The weeknights just get so busy with grading papers, fixing dinner, etc., that so often, it is almost time for bed before I pick up the needles. It’s frustrating! (School’s almost over though….so FREE TIME is on the way!)
buttercup said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:40 am
Mine is divided pretty evenly-big or complex projects mostly in the evenings, traveling socks on the bus every day. Its always a great stress-reliever, especially on the way home from work.
Shannan said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:43 am
I get a good bit of knitting time most week nights. Weekends would be the perfect time, but it always seems like something is going on and I don’t get as much knitting time as I would like.
Tammy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:44 am
I knit a lot at night, but since hubs and I work for the same company, I consistently get to knit on the drive to and from work.
Wanda in AR said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:54 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings from about 6 pm to 8 pm. Hubbie switched to Swing shift for a while and therefore it is just the dogs and me in the evenings. On the weekends, I knit early in the morning because I’m an early riser and hubbie likes to sleep in.
Sarah said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:56 am
I do most of my knitting after dinner in the evening, except for Thursdays, when I have choir rehearsal. On weekends I sometimes knit in the afternoons as well, depending on what else is going on.
Linda said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:57 am
Most of my knitting is done all day long, can’t put it down, other than to go and make some meals.
mellenknits said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:57 am
My knitting to-do list changes all the time too! Right now several baby things have jumped to the top of the list – it seems everyone i know is having babies…
I get most of my knitting done in the evenings, while my husband and I catch up on TiVo’d programs. But if I’m lucky enough to have time to sit and watch a baseball game on the weekend, that’s a great time to get knitting done too!
Rachel said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:00 am
When my kids are at their lessons! I’m pretty sure this is why kids’ lessons were created- to provide perfect little pockets of time in which parents need do nothing but sit back and watch! No distractions, no little tugs at the conscience that maybe dishes or a paper should be worked on instead. Just knitting and a eye watching for the perfect handstand to comment on once the lesson is over.
Amy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:04 am
Most of my knitting is done on my van pool commute to and from work. Everyone else seems to sleep or stare into space!! I would hate to waste this precious time!
Michelle said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:04 am
I’m an afternoon/after-dinner knitter. Mornings are for dog walking, internet and chores and then in the evenings hanging out with the hubby and dinner. Though lately there’s been so much packing that no time is safe for knitting/crocheting!
Heather said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:06 am
I knit whenever my kids let me, usually during nap time or after they go to bed. Though my four year has suggested she’d like it if I knit more instead of noticing when she’s getting in trouble.
Sydney said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:06 am
I get a lot done at lunch at work, a ton done while dinner is cooking but the most done in front of my computer waiting for it to get to another site! I am on dial up and have 3 “computer” projects in front of me right now.
JulieM said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:07 am
Right now, because of being laid off from work, I am doing most of my knitting during the day when my son is at school.
Ali said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:08 am
I do most of my knitting at lunchtime in work. It keeps the co-workers wary when they see me with pointy needles and a look of concentration.
Steven said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:09 am
I become a knitting fiend on the weekends but I usually pick up my knitting for a little while when I get home from work.
JoAnn-WI said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:14 am
Most of my knitting is done at night, when I can finally sit down and relax after working all day and cleaning up in the kitchen after supper. I wish I had more time.
KatherineR said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:16 am
Complex lace/chart knitting during the afternoon daylight hours, then basic knitting during night TV time.
Karin said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:16 am
I knit mostly during the afternoon, before the kids come home from school. I do volunteering and chores all morning and run kids around most nights. Sometimes I can squeeze a little TV watching in and of course I’m knitting while doing that.
Kate said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:20 am
I accomplish most of my knitting while watching TV, that was BEFORE the birth of my son two months ago. Now, most of my knitting is still accomplished while watching TV and while he is sleeping. However, there are no longer hours of knitting that get accomplished, mainly minutes at a time!
Meredith said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:31 am
I get up very early and so I do most of my knitting in the early morning before work.
Kate said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:33 am
I do most of my knitting right before heading to bed 9-10pm… if only there were a way to knit while on the treadmill then I wouldn’t have to choose! There are just never enough hours in the day!
Frances said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:33 am
I knit mostly on the weekends. I try to knit at night, but there’s always something that needs to be done.
Marjorie Hartnett said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:33 am
I knit constantly all during the day and evening. I will pick a project for housework or laundry, etc. and then “reward” myself with an hour of knitting time. Another project, another hour. Truthfully sometimes my hour stretches out into more time. I seem to zone out while I knit and not keep track of the time. Sometimes I have “knitting days” when I plan to knit and not accomplish another thing!! Great for my spirit!! As you can probably tell, I’m retired and enjoying the easy going pace. I have so much yarn, and so many ideas for projects that I will most likely l ive to 100 trying to get them done. We are going to Maine for the summer and I have to pack up my yarn and needles to take with me. I fill up most of the back of our van!! Don’t know why…….there are so many great yarn shops with hand spun yarn in our area.
Andrea (@shutterbitch on twitter) said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:43 am
I do a little throughout the day, on my breaks and lunch at work, and then for about a two hour stretch in the evenings. Weekends, I barely touch it because we’re so busy running everywhere. Unless we’re traveling, then I knit in the car.
Barbara said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:47 am
That’s simple – if I’m sittin’ I’m knittin’. I get in 45 minutes at lunch and then an hour or 2 each night. Weekends are a bonanza – usually 4 to 8 hours.
Iris said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:48 am
At this time of year, it seems I knit mostly at end-of-the-school-year concerts, awards ceremonies, and so on. At other times, it is mostly while watching TV shows we’ve recorded to watch ‘later’ – sometimes much later. We’re way behind on 24 and Lost.
JoAnna said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:49 am
I too get most of my knitting done on the weekend, but I’m always surprised and delighted to see how much I can get done in little spurts – a row on the shawl in the evening or a few rounds in the car on the way to work (as a passenger – I carpool!)…and pretty soon a project is nearly done.
Barbara said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:52 am
Since I am confined to my apartment, I usually knit a little bit in the morning hours,
then do the chores that I have to take care of and knit a little in the afternoon.
Since I am home, I really can knit whenever I want. However, even I can’t knit
all day everyday. It has to be broken up with something else.
Megan said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:54 am
I do the most knitting when with other knitters. I go to knit nights on Thursdays, Fridays, and Sunday afternoons.
If I have something with a pattern too complicated to do while talking, I tend to knit it in the evenings with a background of horrible tv shows, movies or audiobooks.
Diane said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:55 am
During the week, I knit on my lunch hour and then in the evening…on the weekends I try to knit on Sunday afternoon…
And walking by that wall of yarn would be very difficult for me as well…..just looking at the Cascade wall in a photo makes me want more…..
Lisa said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:58 am
I knit every morning between 4:30 & 5:30 a.m. I try to knit a little at lunchtime, but usually get stuck working instead. I squeeze in some time after dinner and on the weekends. Basically, whenever I can!
Pam said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:01 am
I get the most time to knit on the weekend, but there is usually a little time carved out during the week in the evening, once my taxi duties are complete!
My “want to knit” list is so long sometimes I don’t know what to CO next!
Kathy Meehan said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:05 am
Most of my knitting is done over the weekend. I get a few rows in during the week, but nothing substantial.
Holly said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:06 am
I do most of my knitting while watching tv, and most of my spinning while listening to podcasts. Usually when my brain is too dead to do anything else, or when I need to think about a paper and staring at a blank screen doesn’t work.
Mim said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:07 am
In between things. lol In between Dr’s appt., in between games/track meets. I don’t seem to get a lot of sit down and knit times. There is too much to do I guess. Sooo, I knit in between.
Karin said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:07 am
Mostly in the weekend and sometimes in the evening.
Linda O'Brien said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:09 am
I knit the most in airports and doctor offices. I tend to be a bit nervous in both and it helps pass the time better.
Nancy W said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:11 am
I am retired and can knit most anytime I want to but really do it mostly in the evenings when my husband is watching TV.
Nadine B said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:12 am
I knit mostly in the evenings and especially at my knit night. The weekends are usually too busy to knit.
Angela said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:15 am
I knit every night after my 4 year old is asleep. It’s only about 2 hours a day but slow and steady seems to be my best way to relax and knit up some nice things. I try to knit on the weekends during his nap but that never works out to be much time.
Sue said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:23 am
I mostly knit on the train. It’s the only time I have some time to myself. However, this limits my projects as a full sized blanket just wouldn’t work in those small seats. My commute of about an hour each way isn’t really enough but like Angela said “slow and steady”…
Carol D in Zion, IL said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:25 am
Sheri, at least you should take credit for listing your projects… My friends “joke” with me that I suffer from ADHD of the knitting type… I like to start projects, but I’m not so good at finishing them. I do most of my knitting at night during TV hours. My danger hours are early AM when I wake up and discover that what I did at night wasn’t as good as it should be and start frogging….
Sue Apple said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:25 am
I make time for fiber everyday. The first thing I do after a stressful day at work is sit and knit for a bit – sometimes the bit turns into all evening. I get alot of knitting done on Sunday afternoons while my DH watches NASCAR. I recently learned to spin with a spindle and the last few weeks I seem to be making more yarn than using it up. Yet another fiber addiction for my DH and kids to roll their eyes over!
Amy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:26 am
I knit mostly at night while watching TV and during the weekends when hubby has to work.
Abby said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:27 am
I do a ton of knitting on the train and bus. I take the train into Chicago from the burbs everyday for work, it give me about 2+ hours of knitting. Then I do a lot of my knitting at a social knit night. I actually get knitting done most nights.
Mary said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:28 am
I usually knit in the evening while I watch television.If I am watching something particularly exciting,I often have to un-knit on the following evening.Sigh.
Erin said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:28 am
I knit almost everyday during lunch time at work – I’ve taught several colleagues how to knit, and we have our own little group now! I also knit during all my son’s little league games – a sock is perfect ballpark knitting. I wish I could find more time in the evenings, but something else always seems to need to get done.
Robin said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:29 am
I knit mostly while watching TV at night and on the weekends. I have gotten to the point if I am sitting down I am usually knitting. I can’t just sit anymore.
Ardosa said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:29 am
I knit in the evening to unwind and the weekend… i get the absolute most knitting done when i have to go away for conferences and there are no kids or animals (not to mention i learn better with busy hands so i knit during the lectures).
Jen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:30 am
Most of my knitting is done on weeknights and weekends. I wish I could find a way to squeeze in knitting at work too.
Joyce said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:34 am
I knit on weekends and in the evening, and while waiting on my Father…
Debby said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:37 am
Most of my knitting is done in the evenings while watching TV. I always try and have a small travel project (usually socks or a scarf) in a bag, ready to go. Then when I am running the kids to various activities I have time to knit while I wait for them.
katie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:44 am
I knit in the evenings or waiting on children in the car
Pam said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:47 am
Now that it’s baseball season, I knit mostly during Cardinals games. I have a goal of finishing a sweater for my husband before the post-season!
Toria said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:49 am
I knit at my lunch hour almost every day, but then I knit like a fiend on the weekends. I always keep a sock in my purse, so I think I get a lot done in line or while waiting because it’s always on hand…
Laurie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:49 am
I carve out a couple hours in the middle of the afternoon for knitting. I’m working on several lace projects right now, and I need QUIET for those. Romeo has yet to figure out that “I need quiet. I’m concentrating and counting stitches carefully” does NOT mean…”Yes, but it’s okay for you to come in and tell me the latest MLB news or that your band has another gig or ask me where I want to go to dinner Saturday night”. That said, if it’s a non-heavy-concentration project, I’ll work on it in the evenings when we’re watching baseball or something.
Janie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:51 am
I try to do 30 minutes before I go to work in the morning and then, if I’m lucky, another 30 minutes at lunchtime. Evenings…maybe an hour or so but that’s usually kind of iffy.
Martha in Dc said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:51 am
Hi Sheri,
I knit after dinner during the week and then on Sat and Sun while watching Golf Tournaments on TV. I guess timewise the most would be on the weekends.
BTW, I got my Sock club lite kit last night and it is fabulous and I could not wait to cast on for your scarf. I love the yarn and the color and with the cashmere in the yarn I could not see doing socks, It just has to hang around a neck. Love your pattern. I’ve done the first repeat and can’t wait to go home and work on it some more.
Great Job Sheri.
Martha
Heather said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:53 am
I do my best knitting when I know I shouldn’t BE knitting. Like the night before a final exam. I tend to knit a lot at work over lunch too, despite the “Heather, you seriously need a boyfriend” comments…
Channon said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:54 am
I knit when I can, but that’s mostly in the evenings and on weekends. Here lately, I’m just not knitting much for some reason!
sairy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:56 am
Most of my knitting happens when I’m home in the evenings, on the weekends, and during the second half of my lunch break at work
Pamela Graham said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:58 am
When do I knit? Always! I always have a project with me. I knit on my lunches at work, I knit when I get home, I knit in the evenings, I knit on the weekends. With all of that knitting you would think I would be more productive
. My “to finish” list is embarassing lol!
Natalie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:01 am
I get most of my knitting done on my commute to and from work. The best argument ever for public transport…
lisa said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:05 am
I do my knitting in the car while I’m waiting for the kids to get out of what ever activity is going on at the moment i.e ballet, play practice, soccer etc. I’m glad I’ve got knitting to keep me company while I wait!
Lucy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:09 am
I knit mostly in the evenings between 7 and 9:30pm. I always have the TV during this time. I’m not watching, just listening. I think I’ve just re-invented radio!
Erin M. said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:09 am
late evenings when catching up with my shows.
Rasa said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:10 am
I knit everywhere – in the car, at meetings, with friends, while my husband watches TV – basically whenever and wherever I can….wollmeise is my favorite yarn to knit with!!
Kelly said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:12 am
I don’t really care to watch TV every night, but my hubby does. So I sit with him and knit. I also usually bring my knitting with me whenever we go somewhere in the car too.
Word Lily said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:17 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings.
Rosann said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:21 am
I do most of my knitting early morning/later evenings.
Ellie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:23 am
I knit at night when the kids go to bed but lately I can’t because I have a newborn attached to my chest
BethC said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:25 am
I have three prime knitting times… Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday I have morning duty so I knit for 30 mins while monitoring about 100 5th and 6th graders. Everyday at the end of the day we have carpool where the kids wait for their names to be called, I get in another 30 mins or so then. Finally, I knit before I go to sleep, although these days I have been so tired that not much knitting happens!
Marion said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:27 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings after all the kiddos are in bed. I squeeze some in during wait times in the carpool lane, dancing classes, etc. And at least once a month I try to spend one day of the weekend mostly knitting. Now that summer’s here, I hope I have more time. So much to knit, so little time…
Joyce said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:27 am
I do most of my knitting in the early evenings, while my husband is in the kitchen making dinner….I am so fortunate to have a wonderful husband who cooks and cleans up after himself while cooking.
Vickie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:27 am
I knit every day, whenever I can. TV time is always good, I always take a project with me when not at home, in the morning at work before I get my client up…. My goal is to be able to knit while walking the dog. The leash goes around my waist & off we go. My last project was a cardi & it was too heavy to knit & dog walk.
Deborah said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:35 am
I knit most evenings and on the weekends as well. The weekends give me big blocks of time when I’m not so tired, but guilt about other things (like dreaded cleaning and paying the bills) sometimes gets in the way of weekend knitting. Found time is lunch and coffee breaks over the weekends, when lingering seems OK without guilt, and flying time which I have virtually every week.
Doreen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:38 am
Most of my knitting is weeknights while watching TV. I always think I’m going to get a lot of knitting time in over the weekend but never seem to be able to fit it in. I’m always busy doing the things I should have gotten done during the week instead of knitting and watching TV.
Debbie in Kirkland WA said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:38 am
I do most of my knitting in the evening after work and after working out and eating dinner. I am usually pretty exhausted by then, so it can’t be something too complicated. When the knitting takes more thinking, I work on weekend mornings while drinking my coffee!
Helene said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:40 am
I knit mostly in the evenings when I watch TV. Since I am totally addicted to tv,, I watch a lot but the knitting needs to catch up. I also knit at meetings at work (my boss is onethe phone since he lives in Minnesota, or a book club meetings (I belong to 2) or any other meeting I have to attend.
Jocelyn said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:41 am
It depends on what time of semester is it. A lot of the time, it’s evenings that I get most of my knitting time (watching TV), but there are points in the semester when I have meeting after meeting, and that gets me hours of knitting time during the day. Then, during soccer season, Saturdays become my most productive knitting day — as long as it’s knitting I don’t have to look at!
Christa said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:41 am
I knit mostly in the evenings after dinner–on the weekends there is too much to do around the house so I somehow don’t get to knit much on the weekends.
Patricia said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:42 am
I get the majority of my knitting done on Saturdays while the Brit coms are on TV. I have found that I really cannot knit if there is someone for me to talk to which counts out meetups or car trips.
Nessa said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:44 am
most of my knitting happens on the couch in the evening watching TV with the hubby after the kids go to bed. My hubby loves that I am now knitting while watching TV, i am less restless sitting next to him on the couch
Much knitting also gets done at my girls softball practice and games. The weekends get so busy, that i hardly have a chance to pick up my needles!
Deborah VonBrutt said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:45 am
I do most of my knitting at work. I dispatch for a security company and knit while I make calls and leave messages. I am very fortunate that I can do this (I work from 9:30 PM to 6:00 AM) as it helps keep me very alert.
Dawn Draper said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:48 am
Most of my knitting happens between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. while I watch TV. Most of the time I can follow the shows and knit at the same time. When I’m watching Lost or Fringe, though, the needles have to go down. Even garter stitch is impossible to follow during Lost!
aknitontheside said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:01 am
When do I NOT knit is more appropriate – in the shower, during housework, when driving and when sleeping. At those times, I’m thinking (or dreaming) about knitting!
Michelle said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:08 am
I get most of my knitting done on the weekends too. I try to do some after work during the week but usually end up falling asleep on the couch.
Christine said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:10 am
I knit mostly in odd moments. While sitting in meetings at work, while my husband drives, waiting in a doctor’s office, watching soccer practice, watching TV at night.
Sidney said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:10 am
Here and there throughout the day mostly. The knitting comes out for grocery store lines, waiting rooms, bus rides, and really long red lights. I also knit in the evening at home, but think these stolen moments throughout the day add up to more time.
Wendy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:11 am
I do my knitting while sitting at martial arts classes and in the evening after everything has quieted down for the night. I also knit in the early morning before the others get up for some “me” time if I am not already busy.
Helen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:14 am
In the evening when I am helping with homework or watching late night television
Lunchtime during the week is runner-up. Weekends are too busy.
Anne said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:17 am
Most of my knitting gets done at night – somewhere in that 9-12 area. And Sundays, there’s nothing better than a Sunday when I don’t have anything to do but knit.
Liz in KY said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:18 am
I do most of my knitting in the mornings on weekdays. I’m a morning person – my stagecoach turns into a pumpkin after dinner and after 9 p.m., don’t even ask.
I also do lots of knitting in the waiting room at the vet clinic – I’m there at least twice a week with regular pet appointments. I always get lots of questions about my socks, especially since I use 5 DPNs.
jody said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:20 am
I do most of my knitting at baseball fields and watching sports on tv
Megan said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:24 am
I do most of my knitting after the kids are in bed and I am ‘watching tv’. I also try to fit some in over my lunch break. I call it the knitting diet ;o)
Jean Ashley said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:25 am
I don’t let myself knit until I have all of my “chores” done, which on any given day includes everything from my Monday-Friday job, to housework, to taking care of a new puppy, etc., so most of my knitting happens weeknights between 9-11pm. Recently, however, I started getting allergy shots. I get one every week at my allergists’ office, and since they make you wait for 20 minutes after getting your shot (to make sure you’re not going into anaphylactic shock) I have 20 blissful minutes in the waiting room where I have nothing to do but knit! It’s really sad to be excited to get a shot, but when you get to work on your Ishbel in a well lit room in the middle of the day–that almost makes up for my allergies!
Margo D. said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:27 am
After 8 p.m., after the boys are asleep – so I can concentrate!!
Kristi said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:29 am
I do most of my knitting in the evening
Janet said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:29 am
At night while we watch TV and in doctors’ waiting rooms.
Sharon said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:30 am
I knit at night. Usually about 2 hours if all things fall into place. And that is inbetween homework and baths for my girls. Bring on summer! no homework means more knitting!
Helen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:32 am
I always have some kind of knitting with me and I knit whenever I can–on my lunch hour at work, at the bus stop, on the bus, on long drives (my husband loves to drive and I hate it!) sitting in the garden on the weekend and in the evening of course, while watching TV and clicking around Ravelry–all at the same time!
Ruth said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:32 am
Most of my knitting is on the weekends. Sometimes, especially in winter when there is less daylight, I knit in the evenings too. Car knitting is good. I like that and have two special pairs of sunglasses just for this purpose (one sunglass readers and one sunglass bifocals).
Diana said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:36 am
Evenings and weekends, especially Sundays when no one else is in the house and I can watch what I want to watch on tv. I also knit in the car on long trips (when someone else is driving, of course).
kitrin said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:43 am
I do the highest percentage of my knitting at work, before my shift and during breaks. For some reason, the place that I sit is the most comfortable place to knit, even though it is an old bench seat out of a passenger van. It beats out my couch because I seem to slouch more on my couch and it makes it not very comfortable for knitting. Besides it freaks out my boss when I’m knitting and my only other co-worker is crocheting.
christen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:43 am
most of my knitting gets done on the weekends, but I knit at least a few stitches every evening
Tami Thurston said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:45 am
I’m lucky enought to knit almost constantly. I’m semi-retired. My best knitting time depends on which project I’m working on. Sometines I’m able to make the most progress on simple knits while catching up on blogs & podcasts.
It’s nice for me to see that I’m not the only one with a completely out of controll project plan. Thanks Sheri
Kjirsten said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:50 am
I do most of my knitting on the weekend. I can sometimes get a little knitting time in the evenings, but not much…I love to get up early on the weekends and knit all morning!
Mary said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:57 am
I have two little ones so most knitting is done after their bed time. My husband just started his own business and has to work lots of nights. We put a big comfy armchair next to his desk so I could sit there and knit and keep him company.
Paulette said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:58 am
My knitting is usually at night and weekends. Lately, it hasn’t been much at all with yard work and other things getting in the way. Maybe this weekend will be better!
Annette said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:02 am
I knit the most in the late afternoon, evening and weekends. If I have a deadline for a gift, I’ll knit every chance I get! I do this anyway, but late in the day seems to be when I chance appears most often.
Nancy Streicher said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:04 am
I’m an evening knitter myself, no kids, so when hubby wants to watch TV, I whip out my WIPS!
Maria said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:07 am
I try to knit for an hour or two every night. Now that I am getting into lace knitting it is hard to combine it with TV watching.
Heather N said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:09 am
I do most of my knitting… when I had time between classes (ie a few hours to just chill and listen to podcasts).
But now that school is over and I have Fall Semester off (Will apply for Teaching Credential Program again in January), I will be at home more often! So more knitting time!
I am very excited about that.
Ann H. said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:13 am
Knitting on the plane used to be very productive but I am retired now and would have to say that the evening listening to music is my best time. BTW I am happy to know that I am not the only one who cannot resist adding a tempting project with scrumptious yarn to my long list!
Dan said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:16 am
I get most of mind done in the evenings whilst watching TV, but have been known to sneak in some knitting during the day when I should be working, as well as at weekends if the weather sucks.
Kristy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:17 am
I knit mostly in the car while DH is driving us to/from work (we work together) or other car trips. With two kids under the age of 3 I don’t have much free time at home. I look forward to knitting in the evenings again once they are a little older. Thanks for the giveaway!
Bev said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:29 am
I get most of my knitting done in the evenings watching tv with my son. I try to get some done on the weekends, but the grocery shopping and cleaning get in the way of knitting time!
Donna said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:29 am
I do most of my knitting at night while watching TV.
Debbie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:29 am
I knit mostly on the weekends and in airports when I travel, but one of my favorite times to knit is during long conference calls at work. The knitting keeps me alert and able to pay attention to the call, even when the call is going on and on and on…
Linda said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:38 am
I knit while my husband watches sports on TV, sleeps, or works, and then when I can’t sleep in the wee hours of the morning. I knit when I should be cleaning house … and use ravelry to manage my knitting and stash lists. I never leave home without knitting in my purse.
I enlarged the picture to read the saying above the Cascade wall and couldn’t help thinking that if heaven has a yarn shop, it would surely look like the Loopy Ewe – it looks like a heavenly place to work unless the loopy groupies have crashed the website or burned out the label printer. All of you do a fantastic job of keeping us in yarn.
Valerie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:39 am
I think my most consistent knitting time is at work during lunch break. I have a knitting coworker, and we take knit-breaks together. I only rarely have enough energy to knit in the evenings, but I knit a lot over the weekends. I’ll take any carpool assignment that involves sitting and waiting. Then I’m the good-guy for driving, plus I get knitting time.
Karen in Toledo said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:39 am
I do most of knitting while watching TV and while waiting on my daughter at softball practices and games. Right now she has softball 4-5 days a week… so why am I not finishing anything?
Suzanne said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:48 am
I knit mostly in the evenings after dinner in front of the TV. But I’m not a fast knitter so even though I knit almost every day….. it still takes a while to complete a project.
Vicky said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:55 am
Mostly I knit or crochet in the evenings with a cat or two or three in my lap. Sometimes, if I’m lucky, out on the sun porch on the weekends.
Sarah R. said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:55 am
I knit mostly at night while watching a little TV but occasionally take a weekend day to really make some progress on those UFO’s!
Sue H said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:57 am
Knitting happens in the evening while the males of the household are each on their computers and it’s quiet.
Michelle said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:58 am
Hmm, I knit when I can. Although, I have found lately it is mostly waiting at dr’s apt. or when watching a movie.
Rachael said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:59 am
I knit in the afternoons, while I catch up on prime time tv. I have better things to do in the evenings, and only work two days a week (12-hour shifts, though – gotta pay for the yarn somehow!), so the other days I sit and work on my knitting between laundry and dishes and other chores.
Joanne said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:02 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening after dinner. I’ve started to alternate nights now with spinning, though!
Suzie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:03 pm
I knit in the evenings when I watch tv, mostly. I always keep a project in my purse, however, in case I get stuck waiting somewhere. I hate to bored and just sitting!
Heather said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:06 pm
I am the complete opposite of you, Sheri! I knit mostly in the evenings while watching TV. On the weekends there are too many errands and fun outdoor things to do. I also recently have been knitting on the train into work in the morning and home at night. I’m knitting a cabled scarf right now to match a hat I made. It should be ready by the time it gets cold, even though I am a slow knitter! In the evenings I knit on more complex things like Jeanie (hanging reversible cables shawl) in Dream in Color’s Starry!
Debi said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:07 pm
I knit whenever I can. Mostly in the mornings though.
Jean said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:18 pm
I knit in the evenings. I also like to knit in the car while my husband drives. I get nervous while traveling and knitting keeps me from “helping” him drive. =)
kelly said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:20 pm
i knit after the kiddo goes to bed, usually in front of the tv
Mel said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:20 pm
My boyfriend was living about 2 hours from me, on the Olympic Peninsula west of Seattle (he’s in the Navy). So I would knit on a 45 minute bus ride, then get off the bus, and knit while I waited for the ferry to arrive, then knit on the hour ferry ride over… and then keep knitting if he wasn’t home yet from the shipyard… and then knit the next morning since I am an early riser…
However, since he is currently stationed in Japan, I tend to do most of my knitting during teleconferences at work (I am an engineer). Soon, I will have many opportunities to knit during flight testing, while sitting aboard a new airplane and making sure the engines behave! (Looking forward to the knitting time, not the 14 hour days
).
Les McBride said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:28 pm
I do a lot waiting on children.
Either on the bus rider, or during Scout meetings, etc.
Sometimes in the evening, after everyone else has gone to bed.
Cindy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:31 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening but pick it up a good bit during the day and in the car (while DH drives)
Dawn said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:32 pm
I knit in the evenings. After the kids are put to bed, lunches made, dishes done… then I sit down with my knitting and usually a glass of wine to knit, watch TV, and finally unwind
Wish I had more time for knitting during the day! I’d get sooo many more WIP’s off the needles!
Tiffany said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:32 pm
Most of my knitting is done on the weekends as well, although I try to include some weeknights in there as well. I work in theatre in addition to a full-time job, so when I’m working on a show during rehearsals, I’m not home until late during the week and there is no time for knitting. Thankfully, some shows provide me time to knit during the actual performances. When I’m stage managing a show that doesn’t have a lot of cues, I can work on a simple project as I run the show from the booth. These usually have to be straight garter stitch projects though so that I don’t have to concentrate on the knitting.
I’m also in graduate school (yeah, I’m kind of busy!). It’s online, so I can knit while watching lectures or class sessions on the computer. I find that the knitting really helps me concentrate. If I’m not knitting, my mind will wander, but the repetition of the knitting helps me to stay focused on the material and not get as bored.
Amy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:37 pm
I keep my ravelry up to date with my need to finish and want to do projects and it changes all the time.
Contest question: From 9-10:30 pm just about every night… and if I am honest, when I am on long conference calls at work
Lyn P. said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:42 pm
I do knit some in the mornings but I get the majority of my knitting in during mid to late afternoons.
Kylene said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:46 pm
I get most of my knitting done while the kids are playing in the backyard, mid-afternoon and early evenings. I do get a lot more done in summer than winter!
Theresa P. said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:51 pm
Definitely evenings. For some reason not much knitting gets done on the weekends, although I would like to change that.
Elisa said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:52 pm
I knit whenever I can get any time to do so, but usually in the evenings and sometimes on the weekend…at lunch if I can swing it too!
Stacie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:57 pm
My most consistent time for knitting is during lunch.
Kathleen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:57 pm
I knit anytime I have a moment to pick up the needles. That means that most knitting is done in the evenings and on weekends. My most productive knitting time is on long car trips.
Phoebe said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:58 pm
I’m like you, Sheri and most people and knit over the weekend and during the evening. SInce that is not nearly enough time to get UFOs completed and start on the must knit list, I also try to get in at least 30 minutes during my lunch hour…more if I eat fast
Gavi said,
May 18, 2010 @ 12:58 pm
In the evenings after my little one is asleep.
turtle said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:03 pm
that’s it on your knit list? Not bad really!
LOVE the quote!
I tend to knit mostly in the evenings, hubby will be near on his pc, we may pop a movie in, or he is off playing xbox as is daughter dear, so i get to knit with the cat. Sometimes though when i have a short to do list for the day i get to knit in the morning as well while watchinng the news and drinking my coffee.
Alexis said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:06 pm
most of my knitting time is…whenever. If I’ve free time I’m typically knitting. At school, the rare times I’m in front of the tv, listening to music, playing computer games, eating, during the week and weekends…really, whenever I can.
…which is probably why I have tendonitius now and can’t knit for a few more weeks. Typing doesnt help either. alas.
Heather said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:08 pm
I do most of my knitting at during the weekdays at night. It is so hard to get any knitting done over the weekend with so much going on then!
Michelle said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:11 pm
Most of my knitting is done on Sunday mornings when I’m serving at church (production room). I get more comments when people see me without my knitting those mornings!
Kay said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:13 pm
If I’m not sleeping or actually working at my desk at work, I’m knitting! I knit early in the morning with that first cup of coffee. I knit during breaks and momentary pauses at the office. I knit in the evenings while watching TV and playing fetch with one of my cats. I knit until I’m falling asleep. I’ve nodded off in mid stitch. I even knit if I wake up during the night and am perked up enough to pay attention for a half hour or two. Never not knitting!
Marsha said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:14 pm
I knit every afternoon after lunch, when I visit my folks in the nursing home, and in bed at night listening to audible books on my iPod. I haven’t found anyone I know who knits lying in bed, but it works for me, except when I fall asleep before putting my knitting away!
Judy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:14 pm
I do most of my knitting late at night and early morning as I do not sleep at night and I am usually wide awake at those hours. I do knit during the day also, but most of the time I fall asleep while knitting and drop stitches which I don’t like to do.
julie Z. said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:18 pm
I like to knit in the morning with my coffee, and again in the late afternoon. Or any time I am waiting–I always take a project with me.
Stephanie K from MI said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:21 pm
I knit at naptime (mid day….halftime…whatever you call it!) and after the kids go to bed while hubby watches tv. I can stay close to him, watch if I like or tune it out and knit some serious lace
Thanks for supplying us with such great yarn to ‘use up’ while we knit along
Wendy Wadge said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:27 pm
I knit between 10.00am and 11.45am – that’s my quiet time, my ‘me’ time; my time to ignore the chores and the laundry. It’s quiet because my 5 year old twin boys are in pre-k four mornings a week.
I also knit in the evening, if the Lupus fog hasn’t descended and left me witless! It’s always after the boys have gone to bed, and if they fight it and use numerous delaying tactics it does cut my knitting time down, last night I only got three rows done!
I always think I will do more on a Sunday, but there are so many other things to do it rarely happens!
reluctantMANGO said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:34 pm
With a 2 year old in the house, it’s not surprising that most of my knitting gets done at my weekly knit night or during the late evening hours after bed time
Rachael said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:41 pm
I do almost all of my knitting in the evenings while watching TV or movies. Our weekends are just too packed full of activities to settle into my knitting chair!
Deb in CT said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:42 pm
When do I do most of my knitting? Easy, in the evenings while watching tv with hubby.
Deb in CT
Barbara in NH said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:47 pm
I’m one of the lucky ones who gets to knit during meetings at work. I always give my boss a pair of socks for Christmas to “encourage” this! I also love knitting during my younger son’s baseball games, in the evenings at home watching the Red Sox, in the car on my way to work (my husband drives – no DWK here!). I knit wherever and whenever I can!
Jessica said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:49 pm
Most of my knitting is done in the evening after work while watching TV or a movie.
Jen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:50 pm
I do most of my knitting in transit to and from work. It’s equally as good as starting conversations with people as it is a way to keep from having to talk when you don’t want to!
Misty said,
May 18, 2010 @ 1:57 pm
I do most knitting while traveling; on the plane, train, or in the car.
Megan said,
May 18, 2010 @ 2:04 pm
I get most of my knitting done in the evenings, while reading or watching tv.
Karen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 2:09 pm
I need mostly in the evenings. I work long days and after dinner during the week, I am not the least bit interested in cleaning house…so I curl up and knit :^)
Karen
Laura said,
May 18, 2010 @ 2:10 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings while watching tv.
Amy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 2:21 pm
I knit mostly in doctor’s offices, waiting in line, waiting in the car, whenever I have a moment.
Katy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 2:36 pm
On the couch in the evenings while the TV is on, and at my Friday knitting group at my favorite LYS.
Katy from Texas
Allison said,
May 18, 2010 @ 2:36 pm
I like to watch tv and knit at night, but I fit it in whenever I get a free moment!
Melissa (mom2legomaniacs) said,
May 18, 2010 @ 2:39 pm
Afternoons and evenings. Really, whenever I can.
colleen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 2:41 pm
the bulk is done while waiting for the boy to finish up karate/lacrosse/soccer/scouts/etc. the rest in the evenings
Wasie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 2:41 pm
I knit in the evenings to relax. But I also like to knit at swim meets in between events especially at those marathon 3-day meets!
Lisa Greenburg said,
May 18, 2010 @ 2:50 pm
I keep a project stashed in my purse at all times – why? Because when I don’t bring anything, a perfect opportunity always presents itself!
But mostly, I knit early in the morning when my daughter and I are awake before my husband. I also knit in the evening when she goes to sleep. Anything I try to work on during the day – well usually I find that I have to tink it because I can’t really focus. Oh well, I love to try regardless!
By the way, what a generous prize – Wollmeise – wow!!!! How does one go about acquiring a skein if we don’t win????
Good luck everyone!
Lisa
Mette said,
May 18, 2010 @ 2:52 pm
I usually knit the most when I watch TV, but right now before exams I knit alot more. I almost have my sweater finished…..
Jan said,
May 18, 2010 @ 2:54 pm
I’m afraid to list all the WIPs I have, and I do want to get rid of them, generally by finishing them. But I have a well-developed case of startitis, and that combined with ever-new needs (babies, new homes, charity knitting projects) keeps me wanting to buy new yarn and patterns, and start new things. Most annoying!
I knit on the train, when I can stay awake, but mostly in the evenings at home, when I can stay awake. Charity knit-out usually makes for some progress, but only on charity projects.
Thanks for another contest!
Lauren J said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:10 pm
Late nights. After dinner, chores, errands, and everything else, I always leave a little time for some knitting & time to myself.
Good luck getting through all of your lists! Experience has taught me that they’ll never quite go away though….
Charlotte said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:13 pm
I do most of my knitting either while waiting for people I have taken to medical appointments or after supper. There is never enough time to knit, spin & weave!!
Debra I said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:18 pm
I’m a night knitter, though I knit weekends, too. But nights I’m usually too tired to do anything more taxing than laundry, so that’s when I sit & knit and watch TV. I need to be doing *something* other than being a couch potato!
As for your “lists” — I started one, once, and it got way out of control. So now I eschew lists and just look through my project boxes (yes, BOXES) for the unfinished ones. That does not preclude my casting on something new. I was good — I cast on a Vernal Equinox Shawl with some stash yarn last weekend. Good for Me!
Good luck with completing your lists!
Maureen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:20 pm
I do most of my knitting listening to the radio on weekends, if all the errands and to do list items get done during the week. Sometimes knitting before bed helps me relax and sometimes I must knit two rows before bed because I must see what the pattern looks like. I usually bring my knitting on planes when I travel, a couple of people said “they knit more when captive” and I agree. I ask for more elbow room and sometimes I get it on flights because I knit! I do seem to knit more during the winter months than summer. I did a lot of knitting during the Olympics, especially the curling events! LOL!
Diane said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:24 pm
My knitting time is mostly an hour or so on weekday evenings while the kids are watching TV.
Cindy in Happy Valley said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:33 pm
I’ve been knitting mostly on my lunch break. I sometimes knit in the morning while waiting (and waiting) for hubby to be ready to leave. But most of my progress has been in the middle of the day. And lately I’ve not been getting a regular lunch hour….no wonder my projects are not progressing….sheesh.
Michelle said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:36 pm
I actually make it a point to knit every day. Many days its just a few stitches. The longest stretchs of knitting at a time are car trips of course. Second would have to be in the eveing. For as long as I can keep my eyes open before nodding off.
Lisa said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:40 pm
I knit anywhere and anytime I can. If I have 5 spare minutes, out come the yarn and needles but the bulk of my knitting time comes in the evenings after my kids go to bed.
julie said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:44 pm
Between work and the kids and their activities predictable knitting time is hard to come by – so I knit whenever I get the chance!
Aurelia said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:47 pm
Weekends. I work a crazy amount of hours and then go to the gym, so the weekend is my guilt free knit time.
Diane Vanderwerff said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:50 pm
I try to knit every evening – at least a couple hours between work and bedtime. Then several more hours on Saturday and Sunday. (Yes, I know, I did not mention housework in there – I try not to do much of that – hahaha!). And, of course, I would do most anything to have that Wollemeise come live with me!!!
Jenly said,
May 18, 2010 @ 3:56 pm
I knit every moment after work and every moment on the weekends. I am lucky we have no kids, and my husband is not totally disgusted with me yet!
Mary A said,
May 18, 2010 @ 4:10 pm
I knit most anytime, in the car it needs to be simple or I will be doing it over.
Christine said,
May 18, 2010 @ 4:11 pm
I missed the puppy snips again!! I hope you can get more!!
Kay said,
May 18, 2010 @ 4:16 pm
Oh, such pretty shawls on your list!
I knit just about anytime I feel the urge or need. That is one of the benefits of retirement that I find the most enjoyable! When the weather is bad and I can’t be outside I knit on and off all day (and evening). When the sun is shining, I’m puttering in the gardens during daylight and knitting at night.
Doris said,
May 18, 2010 @ 4:19 pm
I get most of my knitting done in the evenings, although some days there is no brain left to use. I also knit when I am the passenger in the car on a decent length trip. Weekends seem to get eaten up by the needs of others (and by housework, when I can find the time for that).
Catherine said,
May 18, 2010 @ 4:29 pm
During the week I have no free time, so I stick to the weekends or when I am traveling.
Janet C said,
May 18, 2010 @ 4:34 pm
I have two times of day which are productive times for knitting: Early mornings before the rest of the family is up, and evenings while everyone is watching TV.
In the early mornings, our two adult daughters like to sleep in, and knitting keeps me quiet. This is the time when I work on complicated patterns, as no one is talking to me to distract me. In the evenings I do lots of the “mindless” knitting that I do like making washcloths, or working on “straight knitting” on in-the-round sweaters. You know the stuff: those miles and miles of yarn that get knit up into garter or stockingette stitch to make the body or sleeves of a plain sweater with a fancy yoke! If I try to do the complex patterns, I end up frogging–and cussing, which costs me money!
jc
Oraxia said,
May 18, 2010 @ 4:35 pm
I knit mostly during “in between” times, like if I’m a passenger in a car on a long car ride or if I’m watching TV or have been put on hold on the phone. I guess my most purposeful time is when I’m plunked on the couch on weekdays–my hands seems to need to be moving most of the time, but the rest of me can sit stone still. (For my health, I wish the rest of my body were often as antsy as my hands…)
Geraldine Scott said,
May 18, 2010 @ 4:36 pm
In the evening while watching TV! Keeps me awake until bedtime…
Lisa Kay Wilson said,
May 18, 2010 @ 4:38 pm
I do most of my knitting in the morning before I leave for work!
Happy Knitting,
Lisa Kay
Robin said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:05 pm
I knit on the weekends and in the car while running errands (someone else drives).
Janet B said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:15 pm
I knit in the late afternoon and evening, while watching TV, listening to audiobooks, or watching a movie. I also knit at meetings, book club, in doctor/dentist waiting rooms, and of course with my Thursday afternoon knitting groups. I always have something in my bag to knit.
Betsy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:16 pm
I do most of my knitting on the weekend, and a little on weeknights after work, dinner, shower, ravelry, knitting blogs…
Robyn said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:18 pm
I seem to do most of my knitting these days in meetings and conferences. Otherwise usually in the evening.
susan said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:20 pm
I knit the second half of my lunch break at work, in the evening while *watching* TV, and on the weekends. My free time is usually spent reading or knitting.
Melissa said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:23 pm
During the week I knit during breaks and meetings at work and any tv time in the evenings and during the mornings on the weekend while watching dvds
lisa oberteuffer said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:26 pm
I knit nearly every night for a few hours after the kiddo goes to bed …. ahhhh … better than a glass of wine. but pretty good with a glass of wine!
Jennifer in SC said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:37 pm
Weekends! Kitties don’t like it much when I try to knit at home, so I have to go to the yarn shop to knit. Yeah, like THAT’s a problem!
sue said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:50 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings and on weekends. Work isn’t conducive to knitting, so I generally knit while watching TV.
Alisa said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:54 pm
I knit mostly in the early evenings, although now, I knit in the hour before I start classes since my husband drops me off early. (Hey having one car isn’t such a bad thing!!!!)
shadkitty said,
May 18, 2010 @ 5:54 pm
Honestly…any chance I get. In the morning before class, at the gym, in the evenings after dinner and homework. Actually, I knit less on the weekends than during the week because I am usually trying to get (other) things accomplished then. Knitting fits into any niche in my life.
Julie Wilson said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:04 pm
I ride a bus to and from work – a total of about an hour, 15 minutes . . .that’s my knitting time!
Jennifer K said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:05 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening while watching TV or at a movie theater.
Suzanne said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:06 pm
I knit an hour during my lunch Monday – Friday at work. I knit usually an hour a night, Monday – Friday. Weekends, I think I will knit a lot and it ends up either being an hour a day or maybe 2 hours but never what I think I am going to do.
Denise said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:13 pm
Best knitting time is summer,Summer,SUMMER! AKA after school is out. Can’t happen soon enough this year.
Gwen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:13 pm
I knit every chance I get! Seriously, in addition to knitting every evening, if I’m going somewhere with someone else, I try to get the other person to drive – while I knit! ; )
Gwen
Zardra said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:20 pm
I think the majority of my knitting gets done on the weekends because those are the days that the husband and I spend catching up on Tivo’d shows from the week. I also sometimes go out to knitting group or to my LYS where more knitting gets done. While I like knitting in the evening, there has been many the night where I’m just too tired and worn out from the day to try concentrating on stitches.
mustanggirl68 said,
May 18, 2010 @ 6:25 pm
Like most, I do my knitting in the evenings while watching TV. Every 2 weeks my girlfriend and I get together for a knit and movie night. We get a lot of knitting in then!
Jenn said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:02 pm
I do most of my knitting on the weekend – sometimes in the evening during the week I can work on a plain sock, but weekends are my time for lace.
Vicki Heidy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:03 pm
I do most of my knitting on the weekends, and I usually get up early enough to knit for a few minutes before work – coffee and knitting – best way to start the day! Weekends are especially producive knitting time during football season! Best time of year!
Tanya said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:24 pm
Total weekend knitter, with Sunday being my heavier knitting day. I usually am lucky if I have time to squeeze in a row before work, but I try to sneak some in at lunch, at a WW meeting, etc, and more after dinner.
Kathleen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:32 pm
I do most of my knitting while at my son’s sporting events.
Samoofish said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
Most of my knitting is done while traveling. In the car, in airports, on the plane. And if I’m not too tired at the end of the day, on the couch at nights.
Michelle said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:34 pm
If I have a deadline for a knitted gift, then I knit every spare second that I have… and I will often come up with knitted gifts so that I can knit guilt free all day long…
However, most of the time I have chores and family to take care of, as well as a dog… so I try to get all the chores done in the morning, leaving an hour or so before I go to pick up the kids that I will use to knit.
I also knit while the kids are in piano lessons, dance and track meets. I knit in the car while DH drives, and on the weekends while watching TV..
IOW, I try to knit as much as possible… It keeps me out of trouble…
cate said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:44 pm
At night when I’m watching TV. Or when I’m watching my kids play outside.
Arlene said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:45 pm
I usually do most of my knitting in the evening. lately I’ve been able to knit outside while my 3 year old granddaughter, who I look after every day, plays with the little boy across the back yard. The weather has been beautiful lately and it is so nice to just sit there and listen to them play while I knit away.
Denise Lindstrom said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:51 pm
I have an hour commute each way to work, and I don’t have to do the driving – so, knitting time for me! Woo hoo!
rohanknitter said,
May 18, 2010 @ 7:52 pm
Usually in the evening I can knit for an hour or two……Sunday afternoons are a good time too. And often I’m knitting in public…waiting at karate classes, orthodontist appts, little league games…..
Joy Linn said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:05 pm
I read this to my husband who snickered at first…I know that his answer to this would be that I knit whenever I awake. However, if this were true…I’d have a lot more to show off than I do! In all honesty, I knit mostly on the days that I don’t work (because I work the MN shift) and then in the evening after my 3YO DD is asleep. The other time that I get quality knitting time is when I drive my DH to the doctor’s office and DD falls asleep in the car…bummer I have to do something, so I knit!!
AJ said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:06 pm
Definitely weekends for me too. And long weekends are even better – more knitting time! (Especially rainy long weekends, and it looks like we have one of those coming up.)
Lynn said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:07 pm
Most of my knitting is in the evening–after my 7-year old twins are asleep.
Cathy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:25 pm
I have 4 little girls (9 1/2, 7 , 2 1/2, 10mths) and I homeschool. The only time I get to knit is at night when they are all tucked into bed on their way to dream land. I have on occasion tried to pick up my knitting while the girls were awake and that always turns into a big, fat, mean joke! So, I wait patiently all day for the final bedtime hour to chime and then its Needle TIme!
Kathryn Sigman said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:26 pm
I do the majority of my knitting in the evening while watching TV on my computer.
I also knit in faculty meetings
Cindy said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:36 pm
I knit in the evening and on my lunch mostly. And sometimes in the morning if I have time before work.
LeslieD said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:50 pm
I knit almost every night either with the radio/computer on, or listening to the tv. The only time I don’t knit in the evening is when I’m super tired from work. I try to knit during the day when I’m off work, but I have so much to do usually, that I can’t get to it. I make time at night, for sure.
Lauren said,
May 18, 2010 @ 8:54 pm
I also do most of my knitting on the weekend. I usually try to knit something simple in the evenings after work, since I’m usually tired. I really like to knit in the morning, I’m not a morning person at all…but if I’m knitting I like mornings.
Bridget said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:03 pm
My lunch hour at work is guaranteed knit time for Monday through Friday. I knit in the evenings and belong to 3 different knitting groups. I knit as often as possible.
Denise V said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:12 pm
Now that it’s nice out, I love to sit on the deck in the afternoon. I get a little Vitamin D and listen to the boats go by on the lake while I knit yet another sock or wrap. The morning is also a good time before anyone else is awake.
Lisa said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:20 pm
I do most of my knitting in two and a half hours a week at my knitting group on Tuesday night. I like to always do some kind of hand work while watching TV. Have not done any of that lately.
sarah said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:20 pm
I knit the most at work( 12 hour graveyard shifts are great for that!
Jan said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:39 pm
I knit in the evenings while watching TV, on long car trips because my husband prefers to do all the driving, and at my knit group every Friday. I almost never knit on weekends unless we stay home to watch a movie.
Allison said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:47 pm
I knit in meetings, while giving tests (I’m a teacher), and while on dorm duty (I’m a teacher at a boarding school.) I also knit while watching baseball with my husband, which makes him happy because he feels like we’re sharing his hobby, when actually I’m mostly indulging in mine! I get almost no knitting done on the weekends because we’re running around with our kids. In the summer I do lots of knitting on a bench at the local playground.
Lisette Luchini said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:47 pm
I knit always in the evening,usually my husband has on basketball, baseball, football or whatever sport is on TV. It keeps me focused on my projects. I have way too many going on at once and am to embarrased to count the number of unfinised items I have left to do.. Should go and write them down and then, maybe I can get some of them done.
catspaw said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:49 pm
Boy, that’s a hard question. I do a lot of knitting after I get home from work to wind down, I knit when I’m a passenger in a car, I knit during church, but my favorite time is Saturday afternoons while listening to the Met opera broadcasts. No opera? I play one of my CDs, get out my needles and am following my bliss.
Anna said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:54 pm
I do most of my knitting when I’m studying, or when I’m supposed to be studying, which is usually late at night. I always have intentions to sit down on the couch with a cup of tea and knitting so I can knit and watch something, but it never quite ends up happening that way!
Leigh Ann said,
May 18, 2010 @ 9:55 pm
Probably in the evenings, while my husband and I unwind with a movie or a show. I get some done on weekends, but since I usually end up doing other things, not as much.
Amber said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:13 pm
Being in grad school = very little time to knit
So these days it mostly happens on Sundays when we deliberately take a break from the school work. If I know I’ll be in the car for a little bit then I’ll try to squeeze some in while I let my husband drive.
Ringer said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:20 pm
Mostly I knit when I’m too tired for all the things I “should” do, ie after 9pm, and when someone else is driving — thank goodness DH likes to drive on the long trips
Kerry said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:26 pm
I do most of my knitting at night. After the kids are tucked in. After the housework is (mostly) done. I also get loads done in the car when I let my hubby drive. This is a huge thing for me because I’m a very nervous passenger. I started knitting in the car when my first born turned 16 a few years ago and was learning to drive. I needed something to soothe my nerves. It worked! Now I sometimes actually ask my husband if he wants to drive so I can knit.
PlazaJen said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:31 pm
Most of my knitting is in the evening, when I’m ‘watching’ tv. I do watch some of the show, but rely a lot on audio. Sometimes my husband has to prompt me to rewind something, because I’ve missed a choice visual!
Sarah F. said,
May 18, 2010 @ 10:32 pm
Weekends!!! Sunday mornings especially!
paisleyapron said,
May 18, 2010 @ 11:06 pm
I knit when my kids are doing their schoolwork or playing, and need my supervision but not involvement. I knit an entire pair of knee socks just waiting in lines and at appointments last winter.
Angie Daggett said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:01 am
I knit in the mornings after taking th kids to school and waitng for my best friend in the office. i also knit in the eves after dinner some times i knit in to the night, on the weekends i knit after i come home from work and shower. to relax.
Donna said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:07 am
I knit during games – mostly football and baseball, but will watch others to give me more knitting time.
Mary said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:17 am
I knit whenever I sit down to watch tv. I also just sit down to knit whenever I feel like working on the current project.
Angela said,
May 19, 2010 @ 1:39 am
Knitting is tough with a two year old…I knit for one hour after I get him off to sleep on the couch before my eyelids sag shut. And for one hour while watching Ellen at midday if I can get him down for a nap. Otherwise it is “No, mama, no!”.
Genny said,
May 19, 2010 @ 4:54 am
I knit during my lunch break at work, unless I have errands to run. I also knit a lot at the weekend – I have projects that I can only work on at home, because they’re big, fiddly, complicated, or all of the above! And I spin on Wednesday evenings when the other half is out at fencing practice.
Gina said,
May 19, 2010 @ 5:54 am
I knit whenever I can…waiting at appointments, watching TV at night, and sometimes in the afternoon if I need a break from the chaos of the day. Knitting is what keeps me sane and if nothing else the last year has proved the value of knitting in my life!
Elizabeth said,
May 19, 2010 @ 6:56 am
I used to do most of my knitting in the car while waiting in the car rider pick up line, but since my kids are now bus riders, I mostly knit on the couch for about an hour before they come home. Same time, different location. Guess I programmed myself! And then at night in front of the tv on the nights I feel like watching.
Holly said,
May 19, 2010 @ 7:01 am
I do most of my knitting when I am outside with the kids.
Kelly said,
May 19, 2010 @ 7:20 am
I mostly knit in the afternoon while my babies are napping and in the evenings after they’re in bed. <3
Barbara Berliner said,
May 19, 2010 @ 7:29 am
I knit in the afternoon when my grandson is napping; then again after the grandkids have gone to bed.
Laural said,
May 19, 2010 @ 7:35 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings, after dinner and before bed. Depending on the weather, I also knit on the weekends. However, now that it is getting so nice, I like to spend weekend out in the yard if I can, so I haven’t done much weekend knitting lately.
Sharon said,
May 19, 2010 @ 7:45 am
I knit most evenings for about an hour. I also knit in staff meetings and trainings, and get lots of easy sock knitting done then.
Maryanne said,
May 19, 2010 @ 8:01 am
I knit mostly in the evenings, some on weekends, and some on other stolen moments: waiting for the kids, riding in the car, standing in line, etc. I definitely wish I had more time.
Heather said,
May 19, 2010 @ 8:10 am
I knit most in the car. I live forever away from everything, and my husband usually drives. I knit the time away, since otherwise, I’d just fall asleep.
Connie G. said,
May 19, 2010 @ 8:23 am
I LOVE reading your lists and often go out and check on the patterns to add to my list
I knit whenever I can. Now that I’m retired (early retirement just so you know), I find that afternoons are quite productive for me.
Robin East said,
May 19, 2010 @ 8:43 am
I do my knitting mostly at night while we watch TV. Sometimes I knit while I work, but not often.
Kay said,
May 19, 2010 @ 8:46 am
Most of my knitting is in the evenings, though I go to an awesome knitting club on weekends.
Karey said,
May 19, 2010 @ 9:02 am
Now that is a list
I am afraid to start my lists. My favorite time to knit is in the car on road trips of course someone else is driving or watching tv.
Melody Bryan said,
May 19, 2010 @ 9:09 am
I knit a little almost every night but I try to devote large chunks of time to my wool rug hooking because it’s a lot of junk to drag out and set up and I rarely feel like doing that at night after work. Knitting is so much more portable and time snippet friendly.
I don’t make lists – I just work on what is calling me the most and I have zillons of WIP’s UFO’s and stash for future projects.
My needlework pursuits are my own and i don’t abide by anyone’s else’s rules – if I finish something – great ! if I just jump from this to that – oh well – It’s the journey that counts to me. Melody
Marilyn said,
May 19, 2010 @ 9:11 am
I knit in the evenings. And a little while we are traveling somewhere.
Christine said,
May 19, 2010 @ 9:25 am
It seems like lately I’ve been popping up in bed and knitting a few rows while my husband is in the bathroom and before he comes out (could it be that I’m feeling guilty for all the time I spend knitting??). Actually, I don’t knit as much as this sounds, but when I’m on a learning jag of a new technique, I knit constantly, to get the technique down….all those little moments of knitting possibilities. Also, when I go upstairs to bed, very tired, all of a sudden the walking up the stairs wakes me up and I knit a few rows in bed before going to sleep (for me, like reading a book).
While driving the 2.5 hrs to visit son at college, my socks were sitting next to me and I was tempted to knit and drive…ok, NOT! I put that out of my head real fast, as I would like to be there for any future grandchildren!
Barbara said,
May 19, 2010 @ 9:30 am
Whenever my husband is able to take the kids to ANYPLACE away from home for an hour or two. And after I finish my ‘important’ tasks. Then I sit and knit until they return and the chaos resumes…
Cindy said,
May 19, 2010 @ 9:41 am
Surprisingly, I do most of my knitting in the car. The ‘vanilla sock’ that I carry in my car always gets done quicker than anything else that I’m working on.
Cherie said,
May 19, 2010 @ 9:44 am
Now that spring and gardening season is here, in the evenings. During the winter, its during the day and the weekends. Once the garden is in, maybe during the day in the garden!
Carol said,
May 19, 2010 @ 9:51 am
LOL – I knit pretty much every opportunity I get. But my favorite times are:
1) In the car on the way to and from work – I commute with my husband, since we work for the same company. Bless him for loving to drive – I get to knit!!
2) In the early hours of the morning on weekends – This is my favorite time for complicated knitting. Since I’m a morning person, I’m alert with all cylinders firing pretty much the moment I get up. So – if it’s early in the morning and I’m the only one awake, it’s undisturbed knitting time – which works out really well for complicated knitting and/or sticky error correction.
Melissa said,
May 19, 2010 @ 9:52 am
I tend to knit later in the afternoon and in the evening for an hour or so after we finish supper.
Rebecca said,
May 19, 2010 @ 10:06 am
I knit for at least two hours every weeknight. I get crabby if I’m robbed of this time. It also helps me to work my way through my Netflix queue.
Ginny said,
May 19, 2010 @ 10:14 am
I knit at lunch at work since it is a wonderful way to decompress. I knit on road trips to my son’s doctors appointments and no, I am not the one driving!
I knit in the waiting room for said doctors’ appointments. I knit on regular road trips. And if traffic is heavy, I admit to knitting at red lights when I am the one driving.
Rachel said,
May 19, 2010 @ 10:39 am
I try to knit at work everyday during lunch, and more when I get home. My husband and I watch a lot of movies, so if the project is not too complicated, I can get some good knittin’ in during that time. Also, on the weekend where ever I can fit it in around house cleaning/errands
Alex said,
May 19, 2010 @ 11:02 am
I knit small projects on the bus during my morning and afternoon commutes. Larger projects are for the evenings after dinner.
Jenn Jacoby said,
May 19, 2010 @ 11:17 am
i do a lot of my knitting in the evening, watching movies & my favorite tv shows!
Tracy said,
May 19, 2010 @ 11:22 am
I knit in the mornings, after the kids are off to school, while I watch my favorite shows on the dvr. It’s my favorite time of day.
Sue said,
May 19, 2010 @ 11:31 am
Evenings are my knitting time. I might get a couple of rows in in the morning (but I value my sleep). Weekends are good times too – when I get to sit down.
Rita said,
May 19, 2010 @ 11:50 am
After dinner, if I have time. The cats usually demand attention, play time, or something, so knitting is secondary to them. Lately, it seems like I only knit on the weekends, starting Friday night.
Samantha M. said,
May 19, 2010 @ 11:51 am
I tend to do most of my knitting during basketball season while my husband is busy watching his team. It isn’t my favorite sport to watch on tv so knitting makes it more tolerable. Plus, I know he won’t be interrupting my count to ask questions if he’s busy watching a game.
Off-season I just try to fit some knitting in during the evening if we’re watching something I’m not particularly interested in.
Andy said,
May 19, 2010 @ 11:53 am
I do most of my knitting after dinner while watching television (either things on the TiVo or Netflix movies).
Larissa said,
May 19, 2010 @ 11:54 am
In the evening, while watching (listening) to the TV.
JoAnn A said,
May 19, 2010 @ 11:55 am
Knitting in the evening works best for me. It is great when I can begin before 9pm as 5:30 am rolls around very quickly.
Dawne said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:07 pm
Knitting sometimes happens in the evenings but more often than not i tend to fall asleep face-down in my yarn
My big progress takes place while driving (as a passenger of course!) I need to plan more road trips!
Jeannette said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:09 pm
I knit at night while everyone is watching TV.
Denese said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:14 pm
I do some knitting in the afternoon between when I get home from work and when my husband arrives (while also catching up on some of the shows that I’ve recorded.)
Projects that require more attention seem to turn out better when I save them for a quiet weekend morning.
Debbie M said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:16 pm
I do most of my knitting watching TV in the evening.
Kat Jorgensen said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:17 pm
I knit at night while I listen/watch tv. And weekends. Weekends are when I can really get some knitting done.
We won’t even talk about the list of need to finish projects. And the list of want to do projects is huge.
Add to that that I’ve just started spinning and have a whole brand new addiction – ahhh. It’s all good.
Julie Poole said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:28 pm
I can never convince myself to wake up early, so I mostly knit on weekends and in the bed at night instead of reading (unless I’m into a really good book or playing a silly fish game on Facebook)
Clare said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:30 pm
I knit every evening for at least an hour – I need it to relax at the end of the day. I also enjoy knitting in hte car when DH is driving.
Clare
Suzanne said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:40 pm
I knit at night while watching TV and on the weekends and I occasionally get to knit while sitting through Continuing Professional Education sessions. Somehow I don’t read as much as I did before I started knitting.
jackie said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:45 pm
I have a standing rule that I try to adhere to – everyday at 3:00 pm I sit down and knit for an hour. I started doing this over the past winter, so its been a little harder since the weather is getting warmer. I also knit in the evening while watching TV.
Becki said,
May 19, 2010 @ 12:51 pm
My knitting time is 1st thing in the morning and/or last thing at night while watching television before bed. We are pretty busy on the weekends but I usually bring my knitting along where ever we go!
Suellen said,
May 19, 2010 @ 1:00 pm
My knitting time is almost exclusively in the evening after all the after-work work is done, the family is fed, laundry is done, and on and on and on… Not nearly enough time, I must say. Weekends I get a little more time in – sometimes Saturday morning.
Some day I’ll have more time and I’ll buy so much delicious yarn… Some day…
Katie said,
May 19, 2010 @ 1:14 pm
DEFINITELY in the evenings!! I usually manage to squeeze some in during the day too, esp. as the boys get a little older. But at night I settle right in and get to “work”. It’s my decompression time!
Grace said,
May 19, 2010 @ 1:23 pm
I am definately a weekend knitter…although I do get some done on my commute (love taking the train!) during the week. But I also like to read during that time, so I mostly knit on the weekends. During the week, if I am going to be doing some marthon tv watching (like tuesday nights–American Idol, Lost, HOCKEY (go Blackhawks!)), I do like to knit then, too.
Jenna said,
May 19, 2010 @ 1:37 pm
At night, while watching TV. Sometimes I can get in a half hour/hour of knitting if my son takes a nap during the day.
Holly H said,
May 19, 2010 @ 1:37 pm
I am so lucky to be a stay-at-home-parent! I knit any chance I get during the day, but mostly after a work-out or a run (a great motivator!). I try not to knit too much when my daughter is home from school — she sometimes catches me and asks me why I knit so much!
Cindy B said,
May 19, 2010 @ 1:38 pm
I knit in the early morning and at night while watching television.
Shannon said,
May 19, 2010 @ 1:46 pm
I knit in the late evenings before bed to relax as well as on Wednesdays and sometimes at work to help me relieve stress.
Janna said,
May 19, 2010 @ 2:00 pm
I do most of my knitting during my lunch breaks at work and in the evening during the week. Sometimes I can get in an hour or two on the weekend.
elizabeth said,
May 19, 2010 @ 2:00 pm
I knit in the morning after my youngest has boarded the bus & also in the evening after dinner. Other times I can fit a lot of knitting in would be when I am at my children’s sporting events-lacrosse, field hockey & horse shows(they are the best because there is LOTS of waiting time-especially if it is more than a one day show!)
Knitting comes with me to the doctor’s/dentist’s offices-also grocery stores. I get looks while waiting in line at Walmart or Sam’s Club but it’s worth every stare.
Sheri said,
May 19, 2010 @ 2:01 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings durning the week. I work on the weekends.
Sheri from KY
Momasly@yahoo.com
Jody said,
May 19, 2010 @ 2:17 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings during the week, first thing in the morning on weekends and on the subway to and from work.
Natalie said,
May 19, 2010 @ 2:18 pm
I do a majority of my knitting on the weekend. I am a school nurse and I do have most of my summer off and I do a lot of knitting then also. My goal is always to start and finish Christmas presents during the summer, but I always find so many other items to knit. I do a lot of knitting in the car also waiting to pickup/deliver my children to marching band, football, basketball, camps…
Erin said,
May 19, 2010 @ 2:31 pm
I’m another weeknight, movie watching knitter. And my knitting group meets Monday and Tuesday evenings (we kind of bifurcated last year so now there’s a choice of days), so I usually get a solid couple of hours one of those days. I’ll do a super long movie/ knitting marathon on weekend days when I have the house all to myself and no plans (which hasn’t happened in a while).
Vicki said,
May 19, 2010 @ 2:33 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening and in the car. Recently had a 1,800 mile trip in the car — lots and lots of knitting!
Ginny said,
May 19, 2010 @ 2:59 pm
I knit whenever I can, usually afternoon and evenings. Now that I’m retired, I have more time but I still seem to not have enough. I love to knit while listening to books on CD or while watching baseball games.
Melodie said,
May 19, 2010 @ 3:00 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings while watching tv. Too bad I can’t knit at work during the day.
Mary said,
May 19, 2010 @ 3:32 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings when I’m winding down or when I’m taking a break from studying.
terry littman said,
May 19, 2010 @ 3:43 pm
I should do most of my knitting at night, but as I pass by a project in the morning, and the light is just so, I find myself sitting down and picking up; “just to get a few repeats in”. So, if the light is good, and no one is looking; I like to knit anytime. :>
Joline said,
May 19, 2010 @ 3:44 pm
I like to knit while my daughters nap. Unfortunately, my four year old is finally giving up her nap so I’ll have to make time in the evenings. I also like to knit on my lunch break at work.
Meghann said,
May 19, 2010 @ 4:02 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening after the kids are in bed, though I do knit off and on during the day. Depends on how the baby is sleeping:)
Mizzle said,
May 19, 2010 @ 4:03 pm
I used to knit during my lunch break at work, but I think it would look unprofessional in my new job… So now I knit during the evenings, and in the weekend, mostly on Sunday. It’s a great way to ‘rest’.
Teri said,
May 19, 2010 @ 4:22 pm
Most of my knitting is done during the week-nights after dishes and before bed & while watching TV (what will I do without LOST??).
I’d get more done on the weekends, but I feel too guilty knitting in the middle of all that mess!
Nancy said,
May 19, 2010 @ 4:25 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening while I “half watch” tv.
Tara said,
May 19, 2010 @ 4:59 pm
I intend to do most of my knitting once the baby goes to sleep each night, but a lot of times I’m so tired that it never makes it off my lap and into my hands. Most of my knitting actually gets done either on the weekend when hubby is home to watch the baby during the day, or 24 hrs before a project needs to be done – whichever is at hand.
valerie said,
May 19, 2010 @ 5:08 pm
i knit when i’m not working. my weekend is usually wed, thurs, fri. also, i usually get up around 4 am and go to sleep at 8, so there’s that as well.
Maartje said,
May 19, 2010 @ 5:48 pm
After my daughter is asleep, or if my husband is entertaining the kiddo, otherwise my yarn ends up in a tangle. My 15 month old is worse than a cat!
JoanC said,
May 19, 2010 @ 5:52 pm
My best knitting time is when the house is still asleep — mostly Sat and Sunday mornings but also some weekdays. This is also the time I use to exercise so I am constantly battling the “I really should exercise but I want to knit” demons in my head.
Sherry said,
May 19, 2010 @ 6:07 pm
I knit almost every evening with the TV on.
BFF Liz said,
May 19, 2010 @ 6:17 pm
On the commuter train. Sometimes on the bus, too.
DebbieO said,
May 19, 2010 @ 6:55 pm
I do most of my knitting between 10pm and midnight which is not ideal, but it is when I actually have some “me” time. I also squeeze in knitting whenever I can — waiting rooms, swim lessons or gymnastics, a smidge before heading to the office… If only I had more hours in a day!
MAKW said,
May 19, 2010 @ 7:39 pm
if I haven’t collapsed at the end of the day, I usually knit then.
Becky said,
May 19, 2010 @ 7:47 pm
I knit a lot during my kids’ naptimes. I’ve got two little ones, 3 years old and 1 year old, and they both still take a good nap during the day (praise the Lord, they still nap!). I try to get in a few rows then, and then I knit a lot after they go to bed at night, much to my husband’s chagrin.
Cheryl Walsh said,
May 19, 2010 @ 7:57 pm
Waiting in carpool pick-up. I have two schools that I need to pick up at and that gives me quite a bit of time. Looking forward to summer and being able to start knitting more.
Lynnette said,
May 19, 2010 @ 8:01 pm
I knit mostly on weeknights after the kids go to sleep. I DVR Judge Judy and People’s Court (Yes, sad life, I know) and watch them and knit. It’s my “me” time.
Kim said,
May 19, 2010 @ 8:11 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings and at night, after I get the kitchen cleaned up after dinner. I go to “my chair”, which is surrounded by my latest and greatest projects, pick one up, and start in. I take breaks to deal with my youngest daughter who will want dessert around 8 PM then goes to bed at 9:30 PM. Then I have a couple hours before I’m too tired to knit any more. I’d love to be able to knit all day and all night, but if I want to keep a roof over my head something’s gotta give
Jenny T said,
May 19, 2010 @ 8:34 pm
I do the most knitting waiting for my kids while they’re at piano lessons, tennis lessons, sports games…I think I’d go crazy if I had to sit through their activities without anything to keep my hands busy.
lisa33 said,
May 19, 2010 @ 8:42 pm
The majority of my knitting is done around 9pm – 2am. I’m a late night person!
Lynn said,
May 19, 2010 @ 8:51 pm
I keep my knitting bag of projects in the car. It is always on hand while I’m waiting in the carpool line.
Lee said,
May 19, 2010 @ 10:10 pm
Morning, noon and night !
Beverly Shaw said,
May 19, 2010 @ 10:24 pm
I knit on breaks at work and on some evenings at home, but I do the most knitting at my kniting groups on Thursday nights and Saturdays. I sometimes also go to knitting on Tuesdays. Do I sound obsessed?
Kathrin said,
May 19, 2010 @ 11:03 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings any day that I am at home. I always have a project with me in the car too – just in case I find time at work (not really) or take a break at the coffee shop.
ikkinlala said,
May 19, 2010 @ 11:33 pm
I knit on weekends (or other non-work days) during the day, mostly. I do like to have a simple project to work on in the evenings, but the lighting in our house isn’t so good.
Melissa Harnack said,
May 20, 2010 @ 2:15 am
I usually knit the most at nights during the week, either at the bookstore or while watching TV.
gerri said,
May 20, 2010 @ 3:29 am
I do most of my knitting when I am with my knitting friends. When we get together as a group or just one or two of us. We chat and knit and help each other over rough spots and mistakes.
Dixie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:45 am
The real question is “when don’t I knit?” I knit in work (I work for my LYS!), I knit while gaming with friends, I knit while watching TV. I knit while reading. I knit on the bus. I knit while waiting for the bus. I knit in queues. I knit while teaching.
It’s a little ridiculous.
Wendy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:12 am
This last week I had a dentist appointment and I HATE going to the dentist. I took my knitting along to see if that would help to calm my nerves. (Very traumatic childhood experience). It is a good thing I did, I ended up waiting in the waiting room and then spent a lot of time waiting in the chair. I almost finished my sock! It helped though. I know that I would have been a basket case just sitting there with nothing to do.
Arlene said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:21 am
I’m so lucky – I’m retired, kids are grown and gone, so I can pretty much knit whenever I want to now!
Andrea said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:25 am
I have to knit early, early in the morning because once the day starts, look out. No time for knitting then. At night, I try, but it’s usually a stitch or two and I’m off to the land of nod.
Kathleen said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:10 am
Being a student I do most of my knitting while trying to figure out ALGEBRA!
Irma Keller said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:36 am
Do most of my knitting on weekends and at night. My husband loves sports and he thinks I love them too. I do love knitting while watching them. Next week is the French Open Tennis T. and it goes on all week so will get a lot of knitting done.
NewJerseyLaura said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:48 am
I knit while watching tv in the evening
lynn said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:08 am
I knit mostly in the evenings, but occasionally on Sundays. I like to knit with sports on the TV. I can contribute to both at the same time.
Bonnie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:02 am
Mostly in the evenings while watching a favorite on TV but I always have the knitting bag with me so I can use those odd moments that come along.
Eileen said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:27 am
I knit in the evenings during TV time mostly and on my commute, but do try and throw in a couple of hours each weekend too!
Joan said,
May 20, 2010 @ 1:09 pm
Most of my knitting is done waiting for the kids. At there appointments, lessons or activities. I also get regular knitting time on Fridays with my friends at Panera,
Emily said,
May 20, 2010 @ 1:44 pm
Most of my knitting is in the evenings after dinner, or on car trips. I try to always have at least a sock with me, so I’ve got some knitting to do if I need to wait somewhere. I typically have some knitting (again, small like a sock) with me in my work bag. I like knowing it is there, but of course I have never knit at work. It’s just in case!
Cherie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 2:18 pm
I mostly knit in the evening – listening to podcasts while my husband watches TV.
Kathryn in Minnesota said,
May 20, 2010 @ 2:36 pm
I mostly knit in the evening too. It’s great during the NBA postseason! I have trouble knitting during Packer football games, because I care too much about the outcome and sometimes inadvertently change gauge when it’s a close game. Seasonally, I get tons of knitting done during the Tour de France. We [heart] Lance. In fact, I think I need to knit him some bright yellow LiveStrong wrist/arm warmers. (Is there a Cascade 220 color that matches his LiveStrong yellow?)
Kathy Sue said,
May 20, 2010 @ 3:12 pm
I knit when I watch TV; or, I find TV to watch while I knit.. The day seems wasted if I haven’t knitted for a couple of hours. All I will say about next on my list is that I must make a helmet liner for my brother the motorcycle rider. I made one for his son, and now he is jealous! And I just missed his birthday! Bad sister, I am. I only work 4 days a week, so I get a lot done during the day on my days off.
Jennifer said,
May 20, 2010 @ 3:13 pm
I knit my lunch hour but primarily after work on week nights. I’m even lucky enough to have bosses that think me knitting in seminars/ mtgs is acceptable and quirky. (I figure it shows I’m resourceful with my time:) )
Ashley Gibbons said,
May 20, 2010 @ 3:21 pm
I do most of my knitting during the week and most of that time knitting is when my kids are doing homework. See I find 1st grade and kindergarten homework (and believe me they get tons every day) a little stressful so knitting while helping them with homework really helps me keep my sanity. Other than that I bring my knitting everywhere and try to do it with any spare time I have, when I am not surfing Ravelry that is! lol
Melissa said,
May 20, 2010 @ 3:47 pm
I guess it depends on how you measure it. Weekends are the most concentrated time. I generally get 2-3 hours/night on most weeknights as well. Plus when I am obsessed with a project that is portable, I get some done at work (waiting for the computer to boot in the morning, at lunch, etc).
Bev said,
May 20, 2010 @ 3:51 pm
The weeks that I don’t have to preach! I preach every other week so that week that I don’t, I get much more knitting time done UNLESS I’m at a conference and then I get a lot of knitting done (like today!)
Caro said,
May 20, 2010 @ 4:27 pm
I have a number of evenings where I get knitting done, because there are certain programs I will knit while I watch, but won’t do anything else (web surf, etc.) Day that routinely gets the most knitting done, though? Sunday. A sock or other small project usually goes with me to church, then I curl up on the couch much of the rest of the afternoon if we don’t have other plans and just knit. Makes a find day of rest.
There will be much knitting tonight, though — finales for Bones and CSI!
CarrieM (Caam) said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:27 pm
Hmmm, when do I do most of my knitting? In the car waiting for the kids! Also at night right before I go to bed–if I am really sleepy, I come up with some interesting results!
Karen E. in PA said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:29 pm
I mostly knit in the evenings while watching TV. More in the winter than in summer.
Anita said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:35 pm
I snatch a few rows here and there while being a busy SAHM during the day (my kids have got used to me saying “wait until I just finish these stitches/row/bit of pattern”) and a little in the evenings before I crash into bed. On the weekends whenever I can while DH has the kids.
Would love more time to knit but am lucky to be doing what I’m doing!
Elaine said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:37 pm
I knit on the way to work on the “EL”, sometimes at lunch, then again on the way home from work and in the evenings. I really knit alot if I have a lot on my mind and I don’t want to think about it; example like when my sister passed, i crocheted two afghans in a week. At the same time, when I want to relax, I knit.
I agree with Caro, there will be quite a bit of knitting this evening, Grey’s Anatomy, Bones and The Mentalist. yoohoo!!
tami said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:38 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings and any time I have 10 minutes or so to sit down.
It pretty much depends on the complexity of the project and if I can do a row or 2 in 10 minutes.
ARLENE MCNALLY said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:38 pm
I knit in the evening when I get off work, it helps work off the stress.
Linda Allen said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:42 pm
I like to knit in the morning with my first cup of coffee… and again in the evening during the News. And sometimes, during the afternoon while listening to mhy talking books. Linda
Amber Miller said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:43 pm
I knit usually in the evenings in the last half of the week (Thurs-Sunday) when my fiance is at work. He works nights and when he is home, I would rather spend that time with him so I do most of my knitting when he is gone at work.
vthuskies said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:45 pm
I get most of my knitting done in the evenings in front of the tv. But I also always have knitting in my work bag, so I knit while waiting for meetings and appointments.
Jen said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:46 pm
Far to often I think. I have a 30-45 minute train ride to and from work so this is probably when I get most of it done but also at lunch and in the evenings watching TV as well.
Thanks for the info on the scissors, I have my grandma’s 90th birthday coming up and these would be lovely.
Veronica said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:48 pm
I knit throughout the day, between tasks for my kids. I knit while doing my oldest’s homeschool lessons. I knit while cooking dinner. A better question is when *don’t* I knit.
Amanda said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:48 pm
I knit the most in the evenings when I get home from work; I like being able to sit down with something that isn’t going to talk back at me
Evie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:49 pm
I carry my knitting bag everywhere but it seems I do most of my knitting in the evening in front of the tv. There are a few work meetings at which I can knit, but not many, unfortunately!
Anne said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:50 pm
I do a lot of knitting in the evenings in front of the tv and on Sundays when we’re hanging out with the family, but get the most done when we go away to relax for the weekend.
Heidi said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:50 pm
I knit most in the evenings, on weekends, and in doctor’s office waiting rooms.
Suzanne said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:51 pm
I do most of my knitting 1) at night while watching the news and 2) at faculty meetings
Ha! Several male colleagues have said they’re jealous, but I just volunteer to teach them to knit….
Sherri said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:55 pm
I knit every day during my lunch hour at work – sometimes if I am ready for work early enough I get a few minutes in in the morning. Weekends are sporadic – some it’s all-knitting-all-the-time and some I don’t have a chance to even fondle my yarn!
Lynne said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:58 pm
I do my most knitting in the car while my husband is driving. It is amazing how much I achieve.
Cheers
Lynne
Terry said,
May 20, 2010 @ 5:59 pm
Right before bed and over the weekends. I also do quite a bit of train knitting.
Stephanie (brianbabymama on rav) said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:04 pm
I knit in cycles I will knit furiously for a few months and then won’t touch my knitting for the next few months.
Michele Goodson said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:05 pm
Since I stay at home and home school the kids, I squeeze in a little knitting here and there whenever I can…a little in the morning, a little in the afternoon, and usually in the evenings.
Peggy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:08 pm
I do most of my knitting while I am waiting for my son’s therapies to end. He has OT and speech weekly and I carry along my project of choice and start knitting.
Of course, I also do it at night.
Wish I could have more projects to show for it – I am a S L O W knitter
BlueMoonArtistry said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:08 pm
Eek! Somehow my NAME showed up on the last comment, which was not intentional on my part…my hubby doesn’t like us using our names online for security reasons. If you have the power to change it to my user-name “BlueMoonArtistry” I would really, really appreciate it!
Erin said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:11 pm
I knit while my kids are in school and after they’ve gone to bed at night. My favorite knitting spot is under renovation this month, so I’m feeling a bit out of sorts. I like to curl up in my favorite comfy chair and watch old movies, but until the floor is done that room is off limits.
Jessica in CT said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:11 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings, but because I wake up at 5:30 for work, I don’t stay up very late during the week! So Friday and Saturday night are my prime-time knit times (and spinning too)! Thanks for the opportunity
-Jessica
Linda said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:13 pm
The weekends are when I get to knit the most.
woolstock said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:13 pm
My best time to knit is a day when I don’t have to go to work. heehee I love to park myself in a comfortable chair and knit for a few hours but this doesn’t happen often. I also get lots of knitting done when I visit my mom. We sit and talk and knit away. I was in a little group that got together to knit every week and that was so fantastic. But, one peson opened a yarn shop and another person fell in love so it sort of fell apart. I can knit all day and be very happy.
Susan C said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:16 pm
Evenings between 7 and 9:30pm. I have to cut myself off at least a half hour or so before bedtime, or else I wouldn’t stop in time to get any sleep!
Deborah said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:25 pm
I knit everyday during my lunch hour at work, and also during the evenings while watching TV with the spouse. It’s odd, but I don’t seem to have time on the weekends to knit, despite normally being home most of the day :^)
Jen said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:25 pm
I do a lot of knitting in the evening while I watch tv, after the kids are in bed. I also like to knit in the afternoon and watch my soaps (I’m terrible, I know lol), but that doesn’t happen as often. Can I knit instead of doing housework or watching the kids? lol
Cyndy Harkins said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:26 pm
I think I knit mostly in the evening during the week, at least during prime time TV season. I have quite a few shows I like and knitting gives me an excuse to watch “too much” TV. If weekends aren’t busy, I can get quite a bit of knitting time in then as well.
Stacey said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:28 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings and some AM or during the day whenever I find the time; usually daily.
I have so many things I want to knit in my queue, it is almost like torture in my mind. I usually only have 1-3 projects going on at a time.
I hope to win the giveaway. Otherwise, I don’t know how I’d ever get my hands on Wollmeise.
Glenda Watts said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:28 pm
I knit when my grandkids are drag racing. It’s a long day between those 10 second races, so I make socks!
Jenny said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:29 pm
With a busy household of 6, I have to catch knitting time in bits and snippets. This works just fine for me though. I have chronic fatigue syndrome so when I run out of energy and need to sit for a bit, I pull out the yarn and crochet or knit
Jamie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:29 pm
With a full-time job teaching, and a very active 2 year old daughter, most of my knitting gets done after bedtime–sometimes hers and mine!
alysha said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:32 pm
I just bought a bike trainer — I put my bike on it, put my yarn in the basket on the front of my bike, and knit while exercising. If it’s mindless knitting I’m doing, I will also listen to an audiobook at the same time and indulge 2 of my 3 favorite lazy hobbies (knitting, reading, and board games) and 1 of my active ones (dancing, snowboarding, and cycling) simultaneously! I work full-time and am also a college professor, so multi-tasking is a necessity!
Anne said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:32 pm
I knit every night in front of the television, because after all, most television doesn’t need my whole attention!
Cindy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:33 pm
I do most of my knitting in my living room, sitting in my emerald green La-Z-Boy, while watching TV with my husband most evenings.
As far as keeping a list, I’m starting to use my Ravelry queue to keep from forgetting which patterns go with which yarns! But I have a VERY LONG way to go before my Ravelry queue shows all the projects for which I’ve already bought yarn :@)
Barbara Hahn said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:34 pm
Morning, Noon and night. I am retired so can pick up thoses needles whenever the urge hits me. Usually in the afternoon and evening, I am soooooo lucky.
ginni said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:34 pm
All day long – I’m home by myself & knitting keeps me occupied.
Debbie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:35 pm
Most of my knitting is done in the evenings in front of the tube, or on Sunday afternoons when I hang out at my LYS. I think I have 8 projects on needles right now….eek!
taelixev said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:35 pm
At night after dinner.
Cheryl said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:36 pm
I have many WIPs that I knit when I was a left-handed knitter. Melissa Leapman convinced me a couple of years ago at a class that my knitting life would be much enhanced if I switched to being a right-handed knitter. I can finally call myself a right-handed knitter. And she was right, knitting books and charts are definitely written for right-handed knitters. So now I have a whole slew of WIPs I started on my own or in classes that I took as far as I could when knitting left-handed and set aside. I don’t want to confuse myself now that I have my head wrapped around this right-handed thing so I’m contemplating frogging all of them this summer. This will seriously enhance my already awfully large stash, but that’s okay.
I made the Nora Sweater on the cover of the Winter issue of Interweave Knits in a lovely Cascade heather green. I love it so I plan on making another in a burbundy Malabrigo before fall. And I love making toe-up socks.
Now that I am retired, I find myself knitting at all times of day in all kinds of locations. I particularly enjoy knitting o the boat while my husband fishes and with my girlfriends at our LYS or on retreats. And any night my husband and I are home in the evening watching TV, my needles are always in my hands usually with a cat in my lap and another looking over my shoulder. Everyone is a critic!
katiedo said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:36 pm
On our way back & forth to the lake or in the afternoon when all 3 grandkids are napping. If Sofia sees the knitting needles then we sit & knit for awhile in the morning.
Jen said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:36 pm
WOW — so many knitting addicts like me!! I am amazed, after reading many of the previous posts at how many knitters are just like me — trying and trying to squeeze in the knitting whenever and wherever they can. I knit mostly in the evenings — late , when everyone else is asleep. Then I pay the next day by being exhausted. I also try to squeeze it in on the weekends when hubby can take over with the kids. And that makes me feel guilty of coarse. Right now I am working on my speed. I feel like if I can knit quicker, I can do more in the limited time I have to knit!!!
Teri Casteel said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:37 pm
WOW,
RETIREMENT IS SWEET for sure. I get to knit whenever I feel like it. No schedules or meeting or kids events to go to. Just my time, OH, wait a minute, I do have to share with you all that my husband is RETIRED as well, and you all know what that means RIGHT?
Honey can you get me this, OH honey can you do this, Oh by the way can you pick up this at the store, OH, no I am out of my pills can you go get them, and the great ones also What’s for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. So with that girls, RETIREMENT is not what you think it is these days.
Now to share a moment of quiet and alone time I have to close myself into the bathroom at times just to work on a piece that needs my undivided attention without ANYONE (husband) bothering me and making me mess up. You know what happens when you mess up, YEP, another was will start OH for at least a couple of hours and then back to HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY !!!!.
Now with all that behind me I do get to knit whenever and used to do a lot of that when my daughter was in the hospital for so many times and would have the room door open just enough to have some light and let her rest and I would knit by the dim light. Then when my little girl wanted to come home to pass I would sit there and be her mother and caregiver and would knit away. Memories will be there with Love of my daughter and the knitted items I finished.
Thanks for reading and hope all your knitting will be happy memories whatever they may be.
Teri in Cotati, Ca
LisaPB said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:38 pm
After supper is cleaned up and my walk with my husband is done, then it’s knitting time.
Gretch said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:38 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings, watching or listening to baseball games. The Brewers are making it especially trying this year so far. I also like getting up early in the summer and knitting on my balcony with a cup of coffee and the light getting gradually better and better as the sun rises.
But I’ll take any excuse!
Rachelle Crosbie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:38 pm
I do most of my knitting in the mornings while both children are at school, I also tend to get some done on Wednesday night as it’s my night off work and I have friends come around to knit. I love seeing projects grow.
annabella said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:38 pm
If I could only choose the time to knit, but alas, between kids, housework, job, husband, I have happily settled for always having a knitting project with me, so any idle time gets put into stitches of some sort. Perhaps that is why I knit lots of socks since they are so portable!!!
Judy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:39 pm
I knit in the evenings, in the car (as a passenger!), standing in line (anywhere), in the airport, on airplanes, at meetings or conferences, in the backyard (unless it is snowing), in coffee shops, restaurants…basically anywhere and anytime I can get the needles and yarn in my hands!
Patricia M said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:44 pm
I do most of my knitting keeping my husband company at night while hw is watching tv….some times during the day too, I travel with a pair of socks at ALL times.
Jani said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:44 pm
I knit the most during my Friday afternoon knitting group, oh, and in the car (only while others are driving, of course!
Thanks for the contest!
Marie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:45 pm
Evenings are when I make the time. It is a great way to melt away the stresses of the day.
Trisha W. said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:45 pm
As a homeschooling mom of 3 children 15, 10 and 8; I do most of my knitting in small stolen moments throughout the day. While I am giving my children a spelling test, or listening to them read aloud to me, waiting at a music lesson or ballet. For a few minutes after lunch or before dinner prep needs to start. I find spending a few minutes here and there I am able to get a good little bit done during the day. I often knit in the quite of the morning before the children get up. My evenings, after the children are in bed, are for a little time with my wheel.
latifa said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:48 pm
I knit when ever I can but tend to go in spells. Love to knit at home at night watching mindless TV with my dog snuggling me on the couch! I always carry knitting just in case. Today I spent 2 plus hours at the tire dealer waiting and KNITTING
latifa
Kathy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:49 pm
Anytime I can find! I get the most done in airplanes or car trips when it’s not my turn to drive. I also try to do at least a couple of rows/rounds on the multiple projects I have going at least once a day.
Davida said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:49 pm
I get up an hour early in the morning to knit. With my coffee and the radio, it’s my favorite time of day. I always have my knitting with me (just in case). Since my three kids take over the tv in the evening, I get lotsa knitting done. I can interact with them while I’m doing something I’m interested in. They know the golden rule: “Never touch mama’s knitting!” My 7-year-old daughter will knit with me sometimes (love it)!
Shirley Ryan said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:50 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening in front of the TV…but when I’m machine knitting, I do it during the day….can’t see those little stitches at night!
Heather said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:50 pm
I usually do most of my knitting on the weekends, unless i’ve had a particularly stressful day at work and need my therapy!
Betty Henderson-Sparks said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:52 pm
I do most of my knitting on the way to & from work on the Light Rail and at lunch. I generally do some in the evenings too. we have a kntting/crochet group at work on Tuesdays at lunch.
I keep at least two projects in my back pack and I have several at home. I just work on whatever I feel like at the moment.
Sue said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:52 pm
I do most of my knitting when the family is watching TV, that way I am part of the gang, but don’t have to actually watch. My husband works night shift, so I like to pull out the needles and yarn after he leaves. Probably do most of my knitting after midnight…
gretchen said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:54 pm
I knit the most in the evening when I’m relaxing watching TV. If I’m on a long car ride, my boyfriend drives so I can knit, but that doesn’t happen as often.
Franni said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:56 pm
I knit every chance I get. In the morning, before I’m even awake (frog much?). In the afternoon, in between cleaning critter cages (I have 11 critters). In the evening after dinner, sometimes while dinner is cooking even. I knit at the ballpark (GO CARDS!), I even knitted while waiting for the Red Carpet Parade during the All Star game to start (And I met a NICU nurse that I make preemie hats for now).
I knit in doctors office waiting rooms. And in the exam room while waiting on the doctor. I knit in the car while on road trips. I knit when I’m camping. I knit in the car while waiting for my kid to get out of school. I knit while watching movies. I knit in bed…much to the displeasure of my partner.
Pretty much, if I don’t have knitting in my hands when I don’t have anything pressing to do, I go nutty. Wait…I’m nutty anyway!
Barb in MA said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:56 pm
evening is “my” time, when I can relax and take care of myself. I now knit sitting at the desk with the dazor light attached, the computer in front of me, the TV to the side, and all the kitties have been fed and stay away for a bit . that is the place for lace knitting, so I don’t make any mistakes.
I usually keep some knits in the car, being the car-driver here, there are times when I wait while my son is at a video store, or the movies and I can work on a hat, or two. I tried knitting at the movies one time, and only that once, dropped stitches everywhere in the dark. – Barb
wendy wheeler said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:56 pm
I do lots of knitting in meetings. The nursing faculty has 2-3 day long meetings about 4x’s a year. It is a case of “I knit so I do not kill”. I also knit on long road, plane trips and on all our motorcycle trips (Not when I am driving!!). I am usually able to knit each evening for a couple of hours as well. I have even knit in ER waiting for pain medication for a severely fractured ankle.
Lynn ann Lassen said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:57 pm
I knit in the evening/night before going to sleep. No interruptions and it calms me into good dreams.
michelle said,
May 20, 2010 @ 6:58 pm
I do most of my knitting after dinner while watching TV, it’s great I can keep up with most shows and get some solid knitting time in there too.
Sandy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
I knit about 3 hours every evening, several hours on Friday at my LYS during the morning coffee and knit time, when I teach on Sat. at the LYS, and whenever I am in the car (not driving!).
Brooke said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:02 pm
I knit after my kiddos go to bed, or during the day when they are otherwise occupied
mtlaise said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:03 pm
Knitting is so social for me… I tend to knit more on sunday evenings when a few friends come other than I do for the entire rest of the week.
Katherine said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:03 pm
I knit when I get home after work, to relax and take my mind off my day!
Nancy McMullen said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:03 pm
I knit in the morning with coffee and right after dinner, often listening to a book on tape.
Kelly said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:05 pm
These days I do most of my knitting in the car, perk of living in the sticks having to drive a bit farther to get anywhere. Otherwise its a row here and there throughout the day.
Mary said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:05 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings after my son goes to bed – especially if it is something where I have to keep count!
Monkeygurl said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:06 pm
Strictly t.v. knitting (at night, after Wee Monkey is fed, homework is checked, animals are tended to, etc.) And at lunch on work days – we have a lovely park between the three buildings, and there’s sunshine, trees, birds, a nice breeze… Sometimes it’s really, really hard not to fall asleep.
Even today, as I was doing the last 100 cast off stitches on my first lace (like) shawl.
Amy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:07 pm
I do most of my knitting while my youngest son is napping or has fallen alseep on me. I have mastered the art if nursing a baby and knitting simultaneously. It’s a necessary skill to keep me sane!
Katie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:08 pm
I do most of my knitting at night after my 2-year-old goes to bed. I knit while watching tv and try not to mess up too much when I get wrapped up in my favorite shows.
Laura - TinkerTots said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:08 pm
I knit after I work out at the gym. I have an hour after a good workout before I can pick up my daughter from her preschool. It’s the perfect time to wind down a bit and get something done just for me (as a reward for working hard!)
nikki said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:08 pm
I work in a tattoo shop and when we aren’t busy I knit/crochet A LOT. Other than that wee hours of the morn when I can’t sleep or in line or at doc appts.
Lisa Downey said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:10 pm
I try to knit every evening before bed, but I get the most done on Saturdays or Sundays. I have at least one of the two days for me and I can get the whole body of a sweater done if I concentrate.
Kate Hamm said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:11 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening after my daughter is in bed. Most nights when I climb into bed I knit until 11:30pm on my “night stand” socks. But sometimes I spin instead of knitting. And I usually have anywhere for 5-10 projects on the needles at any given time so depending on my mood I can find something to keep my hands busy.
It is nice though when I am caught up on chores and my daughter is actually taking a nap to snag a hour or two to knit in the afternoon on something that requires discipline ( like lace…).
Brynna said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:13 pm
I do most of my simple knitting watching hockey on tv. I can’t do anything too complex while I’m watching a game — those patterns are saved for knit nights over coffee usually, or long car trips — but I can whip up socks and anything that doesn’t require huge amounts of counting.
seedless grape said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:13 pm
I knit mostly on the weekends, although I manage to squeeze in 20 minutes on the subway to and from work, plus a few rows here and there in the evenings.
Leah said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:14 pm
My main knitting time is after the kids have gone to bed. If I try and knit during the day, I tend to make mistakes that mean I actually lose more time than I gain. So night, with an audiobook and my DH (he sculpts). At the moment we are listening to Sherlock Holmes, just having finished LOTR. Great together time!
Rebecca said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:14 pm
I knit at night after work mostly.
Sandy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:14 pm
I knit in the car on trips, on airplanes, in the doctor’s waiting room, in parking lots while waiting. I knit when I have an especially long bathroom visit. I knit while watching tv in the evenings, while drinking my morning coffee and while swinging on the porch. I knit with my friends, with my relatives and with the Outlaws (inlaws). I ALWAYS knit while talking to my mother on the phone. She goes on and on and on about her favorite subject (herself) and to keep sane, I just knit. Every few minutes, I grunt so she will think I’m listening.
So, the shorter answer would be to the question … when do you NOT knit
Robin said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:16 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening in front of the tv. Sometimes I’m good and remember to take it with me in the car, but I really enjoy to unwind with my knitting after my daughter is in bed.
Leslie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:18 pm
I knit mostly at night while I am watching TV, but I also usually do a little each morning while I down a cup of coffee.
Cassandra said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:19 pm
I work second shift and find it very relaxing and a great way to unwind to knit from about midnight to about 2AM.
Jenny said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:21 pm
At night. It helps me destress!
Elianna said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:21 pm
In front of the TV, which means weekday afternoons!
Jean said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:21 pm
I like to knit any time but when the news is on or if I need a little time to myself.. Knitting relaxes me.
Carrie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:22 pm
In the evening after my kids go to bed.
Lisa C in NC said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:22 pm
I consider myself lucky that I can knit virtually anytime I want to! As a stay-at-home mother with older children who mostly take care of themselves, I have oodles of time to knit. I always do some during the day while the house is quiet and again in the evening while watching tv or listening to an audio-book.
Melinda said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:24 pm
Most of my knitting happens during my commute to work and at lunch time. I’m usually either too tired or too busy to knit after work. I also knit a lot on the weekends (I take classes on Saturdays)
Melissa B. said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:24 pm
I do most of my knitting/crocheting in the evenings while the Hubby and I watch TV. I’m still a beginning knitter, so this works well if I have any questions for him since he’s teaching me to knit. =)
Sheree said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:24 pm
I knit while I am watching television or while I am waiting for classes to start. I am a full time college student right now so I have plenty of time to knit. I don’t know when I will find the time to knit once I have to go out into the real world and get a job!
Alyssa said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:26 pm
If weren’t for toddler naptime, I wouldn’t get any knitting done! The floors may need to be vacuumed, but I need my knitting time.
Beth said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:26 pm
I used to do most of my knitting at night while hanging out with the husband, but lately I’ve been knitting during my lunch and breaks at work. It’s so relaxing!
Brenda said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:26 pm
I knit in the evening while watching TV. Also in the car if the car ride is going to be over 15 minutes.
Jenni said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:26 pm
Sadly, I don’t get to do much knitting when college is in session. But with it being summer, I am making up for it by knitting every moment I get the chance to just be sitting for a while.
Megan said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:29 pm
I guess I do most of my knitting on the weekends, but my very best knitting time comes when I am traveling. I love loooong flights with nothing to do but concentrate on a project.
taryn said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:29 pm
Evenings, although I am beginning to knit more and more in the passenger seat.
Miranda said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:29 pm
I do most of my knittings in the evenings while watching TV, though I usually do very easy projects when I watch Lost so that I can yell and get emotional over the storylines.
sue said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
I do most of my knitting at night, usually while sitting with Hospice patients and their families, if they don’t object. It’s soothing to me and often the patients too.
Lisa K said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:30 pm
Laaaaate at night. I am an insomniac and spend a lot of awake-in-the-middle-of-the-night time knitting.
Amy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:31 pm
I knit at meetings…PTO, Trustees, School Board, Neighborhood Watch, office, staff…. I can’t stand to think of the endless hours I would spend sitting idle, but of course paying full attention, in meetings if it weren’t for my knitting! It’s amazing to see how quickly a project develops just by knitting in these small increments of time. Sometimes I carry multiple projects in the car to switch off between meetings!
Samantha said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:32 pm
I do most of my knitting on the weekend with a fair bit on weekday nights depending on whether I work late and how much brain power I have left, although I have a mindless project I can work on if I’m itching to get a few rows in.
Sharon H said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
I usually knit between 8 – 10 pm and sometimes in the afternoons. I also knit in the passenger seat whenever I can.
Victoria said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
I do 80% of my knitting after dinner on work nights. My weekends are so busy in the summer that I don’t get to knit much then. The other 20% is at knitting gatherings.
Sherrie in Kansas said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening to unwind. When it was particularly stressful this last winter, I would start a small project one night and finish it the next. It gave me a sense of accomplishment. I had something to show for my time that I could share with someone else later.
Page said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:36 pm
Evenings after the kiddos are in bed. I try not to stay up past 10:30 PM, but sometimes the wool and the netflix get the better of me!
Lori said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:37 pm
Most of my knitting time is in the evening, usually while watching tv with other family members. I get a lot of knitting done during basketball season because my husband thinks I’m watching the game with him. But a true knitter would know that it is just a ruse. ; )
biomaj5 said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:39 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings after work and on weekends.
Elizabeth said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:40 pm
It depends – when I can get to my knitting group I usually get a good bit done. I do some in the evenings just before sleeping. I do LOTS in the car on long road trips. Finding time for “mindless knitting” is not too hard, but finding time for “mindful knitting” like turning heels, casting on, following a tricky row pattern is a challenge. I just turned the heels on 4 socks that had been waiting patiently since last Christmas!
Karin said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:40 pm
I was recently laid off a 20 plus year held job so that said, I knit a lot now!…In the morning, mid day and evenings seven days a week! I do prefer knitting outside in the natural daylight over evenings.
Julie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:41 pm
mostly when the kids are quiet and the puppy is sleeping.
Evelyn said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:42 pm
Like many others, I do most of my knitting in the evening, while my husband wields the clicker. When I’m working on something complicated I’ve found that I have to put it aside for a simpler project at about 10 pm. I also love knitting with my homies at the LYS twice a month.
kellyd said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:42 pm
In front of the TV with Dad watching any one of the NCIS shows/ the Mentalist/ History Channel etc……..
Marilyn said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:43 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings. I’m busy all day and like to spend at least some time with DH. So he watches what he likes (mostly) and I knit.
Reagan said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:43 pm
Curled up in my bed watching the hardy boys and nancy drew TV show from the 70′s!!
Reagan/frecklegirl726
Sharon said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:44 pm
I knit in the evening and during lectures. I am too ADD to sit in a lecture without my mind wandering. Knitting keeps me on track and it keeps my lap warm in those large conference rooms.
Lisa said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:49 pm
Strangely enough, I get most of my knitting done first thing in the morning while I ride the stationery bike! 40 minutes a day, every weekday.
Marilyn Webb said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:50 pm
I knit when ever, where ever! Always have something in my bag when I go out so I can knit if I have to wait at dr. office, ect. But I also have yarn and knit needles to teach someone to knit if asked to. My husband asked that I not take my knittting into a granddaughter’s graduation! Funny cause I knitted last year at the grandson’s graduation. I usuallyknit some every day. At present I am working on baby sweaters for a teen pregnancy class. Have 4 going – - -down to sleves for most of them! Yes, I have more than 8 projects going, even if I count the baby sweaters as one project!
Janet said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:51 pm
The bulk of my knitting occurs on the weekends. But I also try to knit regularly in the morning before work and catch a few rows whenever I’m riding in the car.
Marilyn Webb said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:52 pm
I knit when ever, where ever! Always have something in my bag when I go out so I can knit if I have to wait at dr. office, ect. But I also have yarn and knit needles to teach someone to knit if asked to. My husband asked that I not take my knittting into a granddaughter’s graduation! Funny cause I knitted last year at the grandson’s graduation. I usually knit some every day. At present I am working on baby sweaters for a teen pregnancy class. Have 4 going – - -down to sleves for most of them! Yes, I have more than 8 projects going, even if I count the baby sweaters as one project!
Beverly Shearon said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:52 pm
Most of my knitting is done watching tv at night. It’s relaxing. I hate it when several nights go by and I don’t get to watch tv because of meetings, etc. Time for Gray’s Anatomy finale now – better run knit!
Susie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:52 pm
After PJs and brushed teeth, I put on my iPod earbuds and listen to knitting podcasts while knitting. That’s about 75% of my knitting time…after midnight. The other 25% is done while I’m waiting (and mostly standing in line)…at the bank, at the doctor’s office, at Walmart, at the library, while my hair’s being done. I always keep a sock in my purse for waitingknitting.
Betty said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:54 pm
I knit every chance I get, but always in the evenings and on weekends. I also knit every Wednesday afternoon with friends and Sunday afternoons with a different set of friends. But I always have a small project with me to work on when the chance presents itself.
Kathie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:55 pm
I knit mostly in the evening. I’m trying to work in some early morning knitting. That sounds like a good way to start the day.
Nicki said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:55 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening to help me wind down from my teaching job. Usually while watching episodes of my favorite sci-fi shows.
Cynthia Fry said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:57 pm
Most of my knitting occurs on Friday nights when I get to spend time with my good friends and catch up on shows. I get a good 4 or 5 hours straight in while watching Top Chef and various BBC shows
Second highest goes to Thursdays with my group. Generally February is my most productive month.
Helen said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:58 pm
I usually knit in the evenings — mostly while watching TV with my daughters.
Of course, if I’m ever a passenger in the car, or on a bus, or train….
and in waiting rooms….
But mostly in the evenings.
Grace said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:58 pm
I get to knit in the car while I waiti for my kids to get out of school, dance class, karate, swimming, etc… I spend many hours waiting. Hours I get to knit.
Kim said,
May 20, 2010 @ 7:59 pm
Most of my knitting is in the evenings after the kids are in bed. It’s my way to unwind after hectic days.
Anna said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:00 pm
Most of my knitting gets accomplished at nights and on weekends.
Richelle said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:00 pm
I knit a bit here and a bit there, whenever I can grab it, but my major output is on weekends and holidays. I attend a Saturday knitting group a couple times or more a month, so that’s a focused few hours. I also can’t stand to just sit and watch tv or a movie, and I do most of that on weekends, giving me more knitting time. Wish I’d win the lottery so I could knit like that all the time!
Courtney said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:01 pm
I, too, get most of my knitting done on the weekends. However, when I first started knitting a couple of years ago I discovered a small group of friends at work who also knit. So now we spend our lunch hour most days in one of the fishbowls at work knitting away! It was one of those friends that introduced me to The Loopy Ewe.
Nancy Hannah said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:02 pm
Things have changed. I used to knit at odd moments when my dad was sleeping, or watching a sporting event or rerun of Lawrence Welk. He died not long ago , he would have been 92 yesterday. Now I knit at night with the TV for company , rather lost ,hoping a job comes my way soon.
Bev Reed said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:02 pm
I knit whenever I can–but it’s the weekends that I cherish for long blocks of knitting time. I have tried to knit during lunch at work, but I hardly get a long enough time at lunch to knit much if any. I used to think that I would never want to retire, but now I wish I could do so–just so I could knit!
angelbis said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:03 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings when I’m trying to wind down. Also a bit on the weekends, but not so much at this time of year. Oh, and conferences and work meetings (big ones) where I don’t have to actively participate (so a talk or something similar).
Michelle said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:07 pm
I do most of my knitting while watching tv or during choir practice, on week nights. Or in the car when someone else is driving, on the weekends.
Barbara said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:12 pm
When-ever and where-ever I can!!!
Lynn said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:13 pm
Always, my precious knitting time is evenings, some times in front of tv, some times in therapeutic silence. I did just travel to Spain, and put in many hours per day, with airport and train time – luxury!
Susan Ginnings said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:14 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings, watching TV. But I keep something handy all the time, and since I retired have a knitting bag/purse so I can have knitting with me at all times.
Melissa said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:14 pm
I do most of my knitting (admittedly, not as much as I’d like) at my LYS or Stitch -n- Bitch or with like-minded friends — I can’t seem to settle down and knit in the evenings at home very often. I’m also bringing my knitting to baseball games, but don’t always get a lot done there, either.
Lori said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:17 pm
I knit whenever I have a spare moment, but it seems it is mostly in the evenings while TV watching. I also love a free afternoon for knitting on the patio listening to music.
Christina said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:17 pm
I knit from late afternoon thru the evening hours until my poor eyes give out and I call it a day. Wish I could knit faster as there are so many wonderful projects and yarns and I am eager to try them all.
Angela said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
I knit some in the evenings in front of the TV, but I do most of my knitting on the weekends in between chores and checking out the wildlife outside.
Wanda said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
I knit mostly at night when everyone has gone to bed. That way no one can interupt my counting or doing a pattern. I sleep during the day when they are all gone. My husband doesn’t work everyday so it is just easier to wait until I have time to myself at night.
Jane said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:22 pm
in the evening while watching dumb tv!
Margaret said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:22 pm
I do most of knitting in carpool lines, waiting on my kids and after 9pm.
Carol said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:23 pm
Lately I’ve been knitting a lot at ball games and such I go to with my husband. I like baseball, but sometimes find the games a little slow — knitting keeps me happy, and we both get a date night out of it too. ;D
AnnH said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:23 pm
At this time of year I knit while semi-watching baseball in the evening. But my favorite knitting is on a long car trip — good thing my husband loves to drive.
Kim said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:23 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings while listening to TV, Of course, during football season, I am knitting while riding to and from Boone, NC. During baseball season, I am knitting before and sometimes (but rarely) during Rec League and middle school baseball games. I also knit when our Monday night knitting group meets.
Karen Lauterwasser said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:24 pm
hi! My habitual knitting times are at knitting group (one at Starbucks, one at church), on one of my breaks at work (that is 3 to 5 times a week) and during church on Sunday (I work nights, and knitting helps me stay awake and pay attention after a Saturday night at work). In addition I usually bring my knitting to school events like concerts and parents meetings. And I dearly wish I could spend more time knitting!
Jo Anne said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:26 pm
My time for knitting is at night, after my bath, in my comfy sleeping clothes…..watching TV!!! Yes…knitting while “listening” to the TV (and my husband’s snoring!)
Terri S said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:26 pm
I knit in the evenings after getting home from work. It’s the best way I know to unwind from the day and clear my mind. I also love sitting down on Saturday morning with a big cup of cappucino and knitting for a few hours before I start my day.
Melinda said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:27 pm
I knit mainly in the evenings and on the weekends. I also occasionally knit with some girls at lunch (fun!)
I’m finding lately that I’m either in a “spinning” mood or a “knitting” mood…one or the other for a few weeks at a time…then I go back to the other one
I really wish I didn’t have to work to support my knitting/spinning habits because then I’d have more time for them!
Laura said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:27 pm
I am SO glad the Blog contest was NOT “What is on your UFO list?” and/or “What is on your ‘knitting I want to Start’ list? My reasoning-my lists would equal or exceed yours! I get stimulated to start new projets by seeing beautiful new fibers and projects and I also get bored easily working on the same project non-stop. Thus, my lenghty lists and my “Financial Suppot” of the Loppy Ewe!
To answer the Contest question: I knit whenever and where ever I can! I always have a small knitting project (usually socks) in or attached to my purse. I have a “work” project that I have available if I have time to knit between patients. I have a “baseball” project that goes to the games with me. I have a project that stays beside my “knitting chair” (usually a large one that won’t transport well) that I work on while watching TV or relaxing. I love to knit and knitting is my therapy
Andrea McFadden said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:28 pm
I get most of my knitting done in the evenings. Helps me unwind before bed.
Kristi said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:28 pm
I knit the most in the week before an important date, which is usually about the time I realize I want to give a knitted gift. Planning ahead? Pshaw.
Jo Anne Fisher said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:29 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings and weekends for sure. And more so in the winter/early spring months. In the summer it is too hot for big projects on my lap, so that is when I do the most sock knitting.
Ann Haggett said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:29 pm
Living on the western high plains where winter lasts forever and spring is joy, I knit in the afternoon sun that pours through my big south-facing windows. It warms the yarn and my old fingers. Usually this knit-in-the-sun happens from about 2:30 to 5:00 p.m., but in spring I knit beyond dinner time. I can’t bear to put the needles down. And then there is also the cotton shopping bag that sits by my purse. It holds my on-going sock-project , ready to be grabbed when I leave the house. And so I knit in doctor’s offices, restuarants, on park benches ,and while I wait for my friend’s shared latte talk in the local bistro.
Mirraminta said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:31 pm
I took the spindle cure : less per hour, more per week. And always knit while I’m waiting. Started with the kettle boiling, then during dinner prep, add waiting for cuppa to cool, on hold for the phone. Each evening there’s always progress. From plain knits to nupps, short rows to 600 stitch circuits, there’s SOMETHING to MOST things everyday.
Pamela Ball said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:32 pm
Hi! I knit whenever I can. It is what keeps me going. I have fibromyalgia and knitting is truly a gift to my life so that I do not think of pain. Also, knitting in the evenings while my husband has control of the television keeps me sane. Happy knitting everyone!
Gail said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:32 pm
Most of the knitting I do is in my dreams. Any real knitting happens at my 2 weekly knitting groups and some evenings in front of the TV.
Sherri said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:33 pm
I knit where and whenever I can, even if it’s just for a few minutes. My favorite time is at night after everyone has gone to bed. I love it when the house is nice and quiet except for the click of my needles and my favorite TV show.
Wanda said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:34 pm
When I knit, I knit while on break at work, after I get off work, on my days off, anywhere I have to sit and wait, and on trips. Sometimes I have spells where I don’t knit much.
Susan (LotusHips) said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:34 pm
I knit in the evenings and at the weekends as time allows but I get quite a bit of concentrated knitting done during long conference calls for work where I have to monitor but not participate too much
Tabitha said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:35 pm
I do most of my knitting at my son’s doctors appointments and at his infusion. Plus I try to knit a little each night or at the end of the day it’s a huge stress reliever for me.
At his infusions I get about 6 hrs to knit.
ann said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:37 pm
well, tuesdays is my regular knit group night so i can usually gat about 2 hours in there, otherwise, probably sunday afternoons. i am a big baseball fan and a somewhat football fan, so i make time sunday afternoons to watch my phils (or eagles) play. thats a few good knitting hours right there.
Caryn said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:39 pm
I knit the most after my 12 hour shift just to wind down from my evening in the ER. I really look forward to my quiet time alone!
Mariah said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:40 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings, even if it is just a few minutes. I also live for car rides with the family. We have at least a 20 minute drive to the grocery store, so when the family runs errands, I get to knit.
Lise said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:41 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings, watching Tv. Sometimes early morning, with coffee works too! ) I have a LONG list like yours…but I have not added to it even though I have purchases to be added!!
majka said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:43 pm
I knit during meetings, when I am flying, and when I commute (as long as I’m on the bus or a carpool passenger), a few times a week I knit in the evenings during a few sacred moments between getting the toddler asleep and working the logistics of the coming day with my spousal unit!
Jenn said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:50 pm
I have a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old, so most of my knitting is done in the evening after they’re in bed.
Lorraine Nolan said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:50 pm
Most of my knitting is done before I walk our dog in the morning and again after I walk her in the evening. No walks, no knitting.
Linda said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:51 pm
I get to knit whenever we are in the car since my husband drives us. And I knit in the evenings. Wish there were more time in my week for attention to yarn!
Theoretical said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:52 pm
I knit in carpool and while waiting on the sidelines during the kids’ activities. Multitasking makes the time go by quickly!
Sally said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:54 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings — it’s a good way for me to “unwind” from a busy and hectic day at work. It’s very calming for me. But when I want to start a new project, then that’s a weekend thing. I keep a Hot Projects list and a Stash list.
Michelle said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:56 pm
OMGosh, what a loaded question. I knit every moment I can. I knit during HK class on Monday morning. I HK during MK class on Monday afternoon. I knit while my husband is driving the car places. I knit in coffee shops, restaurants. and while waiting for my children to get out of school. I have even knitted at the gym while waiting for my classes. I knit EVERY moment, I don’t care who sees me, and what they think. I buy purses that have extra pockets for my knitting so I am never caught without my knitting. Tomorrow I will knit at my knitting group, and Saturday on my way to the yarn stores. (Our groups yearly trip!) I knit all the time and everywhere, and I think everyday!
braveharlot said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:58 pm
I knit whenever I can sneak it in, really. During down time at work (I have an understanding boss, and there isn’t really “busywork” to do at my job), in the evenings, and in the car when my husband is driving are my highest productivity times. Weekends are actually pretty bad for knitting for me; I’m more likely to be spinning than knitting.
donna said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:59 pm
I do most of my knitting after the day is done…when kids are in bed, and I am in my room with the tv on. It’s quiet and peaceful and my favorite time of the day!
Stormy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 8:59 pm
I knit all the time. I am a SAHM, homeschooling my oldest, so I get to knit while helping him do schoolwork. Of course, I could use some of the time to clean the house better, but who wants to do that when there is knitting to do! LOL!
Fern Braverman said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:01 pm
I knit in the evening and often well into the night in front of the t.v. I also get a few minutes on my work breaks, and any other time I can fit a few rows in.
Mokihana said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:02 pm
I wish I could knit in the evening, but mostly I knit during the day, with friends and/or at the coffee shop in town.
Doreen said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:03 pm
I knit mostly when the kids are down for the night. My kids are small, but home with me all of the time. During the day, it’s hard to find time to knit, they need me.
Mary S. said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:03 pm
I carry my knitting everywhere, but the majority of knitting gets done while I am either waiting for my children to come out of school, finish music lessons, go to practices, etc. I think the second most productive knitting times for me are at plays, concerts, movies. All this talk of knitting makes me desperate to go sit down with it right now!
Jan Shive said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:04 pm
I knit in the morning while my spoiled dog Mindy eats her breakfast and a little in the evening before bed. This sounds terrible to some people , but I knit in church. I find that I can concentrate on the sermon and knit. The pastor and I laugh about my “holy socks”.
AnaMarie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:04 pm
I would be in so much trouble if I owned a yarn store! I currently have, ahem, 25 projects in progress (8 just need needle-felted eyes!) and enough supplies for at least 60 more, probably closer to 100, counting my cross stitch, crochet, sewing, knitting, spinning, and other assorted projects.
I typically knit while walking to work, at lunch, after dinner, on the bus, and whenever I can grab a few minutes to pull it out. I’m never without a project, whether it’s socks in my purse or a piece of the two queen-sized blankets I’m working on now.
Susan P said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:05 pm
I do my knitting in the evenings while watching TV. But if I have a project I need to finish then, I knit all day and into the wee hours of the night/morning.
Angela said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:07 pm
I do most of my knitting at night while watching some of my favorite shows! I often can distinctly remember what show I was watching while I worked on “this shawl” or “those socks”!
Katherine said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:07 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings while watching tv.
Brittany said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:09 pm
I do most of mine on the weekends or evenings during the week.
Marti said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:17 pm
I knit in the car when we are traveling. Socks are especially portable. Knitting makes the travel go faster. I knit on air planes also.
Pat S. said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:17 pm
Being a flight attendant, most of my knitting is on my layovers, when I’m not looking for yarn shops. No guilt about having to do something else around the house.
Kelly Pratt said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:18 pm
I do most of my knitting @ night after the kids are in bed. But then again there are all of those appointments, games (water polo, soccer, t-ball, baseball, hockey, and football), piano lessons, and therapy sessions! Just joking about the therapy, that is what the knitting is for!
Kim said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:20 pm
I knit mostly at night watching TV.
Ruth Schoof said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:22 pm
I also do most of my knitting while watching TV at night but I also get alot of knitting done on the weekends that we go camping since I’m not at home being preoccupied with getting the things done that I “should” get done.
Kelly said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:24 pm
I knit during any bit of freetime that I have. Top 3 are at lys, at work for break and lunch and weekends..lol…tried it at the gym but it was a little dangerous…lol
Jan said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:25 pm
Early morning, before the household wakes up, I can usually get in a few rows. Question – I’ve been hessitant to take knitting needles on airplanes, for fear my work would be confiscated by homeland security. However, I’ve been seeing more knitters clicking away on flights lately. Would love to take knitting on board for several hours of uninterrupted work!
Joni said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:26 pm
Knittin has kept me sane this spring, 2 hospitalizations(one with 2+ wks bedrest!) and some health issues. I knit when we have parents meeting dinners for Lego Robotics(Cougars).I knitted on the long trip to & from Atlanta, as well as during the World’s Comp (to calm my nerves). The Cougars placed third!
Kathy M in SE VA said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:29 pm
I do most of my knitting week nights and go to a sit n stitch group every Thursday night. Knit groups always keep me going and motivated. I also take my projects to work and have a goal of doing one round or ten minutes every day after I eat some lunch!
Mandy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:30 pm
I have to knit when I get home from work. I’m a trauma nurse, so things can be pretty stressful at times. Knitting when I get home helps me unwind and clear my mind. I also knit as much as I can on the weekends.
Nancy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:32 pm
I do most of my knitting in the car, while riding shotgun!
Melinda said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:35 pm
I love contests.
I knit every night for about three hours. I am a slow knitter but it is so relaxing and I enjoy it so much.
Melinda
Susan Dietrich said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:35 pm
I knit mostly in the winter. Even with air conditioning, I find that it’s just not a “sport” I enjoy as much in other seasons. It may come from the fact that my mother, who taught me to knit, was a teacher did not knit in the summer. She had to can food for the winter, sew our school clothes, cook for hay hands, and do the deep house cleaning and oh, yeah summer school for her to keep up her teaching certificate. So, there was no time for the luxury of knitting until regular school life began, even if she worked on her degree again. we had snow in the winter months often in the winter so, knitting also supplied some warmth as the project grew.
Melissa said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:36 pm
I’m a seamstress and I do most of my knitting while waiting for people to arrive to fittings and to change into whatever they are getting fitted. Mostly I work on bridal and formal gowns so I can usually get a couple rows of a sock done just while a bride is trying to get into her dress!
ruth in nj said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:36 pm
Mostly I knit when whatchin tv and during all waiting times. Waiting at the doctor’s office, waiting on lines, waiting in the car while hubby runs an errand….best way to make the best of waiting!
Kathie said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:37 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening while watching tv. I also attend a Friday night knit group. I also knit if I am a passenger in the car. I knit when I fly, and on Monday I had my kntting to keep me sane during a 4.5 hour layover between a short flight and a cross country flight – I got a lot done!
Casey H. said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:38 pm
I tend to knit a lot on my quiet days at work or in the evenings after work. It really helps me calm down from a stressful day or time.
Cindy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:45 pm
I knit a little at night and on Saturday but on Sunday’s I get a bunch of dvd’s and knit all Sunday afternoon and evening.
nancy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:48 pm
I mostly knit in the evening, while my husband is watching television. I take off my glasses and knit and pretend to pay attention to what ever is the TV du jour. I also knit with friends, usually on monday evening, at the local Caribou.
Tara W said,
May 20, 2010 @ 9:56 pm
I take time to knit when my youngest is napping (oldest is in school) and anytime I am in the car and DH is driving. I have been known to get a stitch or two in while waiting in long lines…once I CO for a new project while waiting in the drive-through of Walgreens for a prescription!
I am happiest when we drive long distance from OR to ND in the summers – hours of knitting. My husband enjoys driving, so I am happy to have my knitting time!!
Barbara-Kay said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:07 pm
My pillow, “If I’m sitting, I’m knitting” has the right of it! Actually, if I can get DH to drive, I knit my way to our destination. If I have a class or a meeting, my colleagues know I’ll be knitting while they are talking. Watching Dancing with the Stars? I’ll be knitting, of course!
Peggy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:09 pm
At night sitting on the couch while the TV is on an people are yelling at it. Keeps me centered and relaxed – well sometimes.
Julia said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:09 pm
I knit on my couch!
Megan said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:10 pm
In the late afternoon or evening. I feel like knitting is “fun time” and if I don’t get a full day in beforehand, I feel a lttle guilty. I also like to feel like I can sit down and not be worried about anything interrupting my knitting time and a lazy afternoon or evening time is the time for that to happen!
May said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:10 pm
Most of my knitting is done in the evenings when I watch tv.
Beth said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:11 pm
Mainly weekends for me. Depending upon the TV show I can often knit in the evenings but I usually am on the computer catching up on everything from the day after I get home from work.
Margaret said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:12 pm
Sheri,
I knit in the evenings or on the weekends. I tend to squeeze it around the other time commitments so it may only be ten minutes here, ten minutes there.
Margaret
Brenna said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:15 pm
I knit whenever and wherever I get the chance. With two kids and a full time job a lot of my knitting is squeezed in. On my days off I try to knit a little more.
Donna Docks said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:16 pm
When do I knit??? I have to say probably in the evenings, mostly…even on the weekend. Everything else just keeps getting in the way!!! And, I go through phases of “lists”…I add to start lists and I keep on adding and then I go through a spurt time of “must” finish projects. I hate ripping out, so I just sort of set it aside until I’m ready for it again.And then there is “finding a new habit”. I just took up weaving as I can use, in a quicker fashion, some of the yarns that would really sit forever.
Kim S said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:17 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening in front of the television (makes me feel like I”m being productive, rather than just being a TV zombie) and on my lunch hour at work (a great way to de-stress midday!). Knitting is my meditation, my hobby, my passion…..my savior.
southern gal said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:19 pm
late at night after the day is over – watching NCIS reruns or catching up on my shows – GOOD WIFE, IN PLAIN SIGHT, LnO CI and LnO and soap opera (to remain nameless.
sometimes outside on the patio if it’s nice … with friends or solo.
also when visiting family and friends or on train rides.
Linda L said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:23 pm
Most of my knitting time comes in the evening in front of the TV like alot of others have mentioned. However, I have been known to knit at work quite often when things get slow. I also love to knit on Sunday afternoons (if I have rushed around like a crazy lady and gotten laundry, house cleaning etc. done on Saturday.
Sharon T said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:28 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening in front of the tv like lots of others have mentioned.
Mandy said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:29 pm
I do most of my knitting while I am at the doctor. I have hours sitting and waiting while getting chemo, so I get a lot done. I have also been known to sit and knit while waiting for my son to get out of school while all the other moms look at me like I’m crazy.
Collette said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:32 pm
I pretty much only knit at night after the kid is asleep. Typically when my husband wants to watch something we’ve Tivo’d. Otherwise, knitting and reading often vie for my attention.
Joyce said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:32 pm
Most of my knitting is done in the evening….a few hours of TV watching.
Dana said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:36 pm
I do most of my knitting… all day long! I have actually been out of work for 14 months now, so I knit pretty much anytime I’m not looking for a job, dyeing yarn, or spinning. I’m really making an effort to be more monogamous with my knitting, too- I’m sticking to just one or two projects at a time until I finish them, and I am making really good progress! I’m actually starting on Christmas knitting right now…
diana said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:36 pm
Most of my knitting is done in the evening while I am watching TV. I carry some type of knitting with me all the time so I can squeeze in a few rows at the doctors, at ball games or waiting to pick up someone.
diana
MotherMe said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:37 pm
I knit whenever there’s a spare moment. I have WIPs in my purse, car, bedroom, bathroom, next to the couch… Whenever I’m sitting still for more than a minute, I pick up the nearest project and do a few rounds/rows.
Bonnie J. Cocuzza said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:40 pm
I knit when I first wake up (what a great way to start the day) and in the afternoon and evening. If I have Dr. appts I knit while waiting (far too much knitting gets done there)
and sometimes when I have trouble sleeping I knit in the middle of the night. I’m a nurse that works 12 hour shifts so on those days I don’t knit. Otherwise I just about always have knitting in my hands and far too many projects started. In fact I am out of work at the moment with a back problem and am trying to get a handle on old started projects….because I just keep buying and planning more.
Monica said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:41 pm
Most of my knitting is done in the evening and usually after the kids have gone to bed. But I also do a lot of knitting sitting in the car waiting on the kids to get done with all their activities.
Amy P said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:48 pm
I have to admit I knit more in the Fall and Winter than I do in Spring and Summer. If I don’t have a deadline I knit in the car, on the plane, waiting for the freight train to get through the crossing, waiting for meetings or doctor appointments, and waiting for my kids to finish practice. When my kids played baseball I got more knitting done than when they now play soccer – slower action. When I have a deadline I stay u very late at night to knit.
Lo said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:48 pm
Half of my knitting is done with my friends at various coffee places around town. The other half is done burning through DVD after DVD of British TV!
Melanie Fox said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:49 pm
During my lunch hour at work. Also, in the evening after dinner. Then it’s time to relax and knit.
Jessica said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:53 pm
I seem to get a lot of knitting time done, sitting on the couch, when my husband and our son have comandeered the television and are watching endless amounts of the History Channel and the Military Channel.
Deborah said,
May 20, 2010 @ 10:54 pm
Most of my knitting time is either late morning or late in the evening when I am alone. For some reason I don’t do well knitting while the hubby talks to me, I always make mistakes even on simple patterns.
Kristi aka FiberFool said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:02 pm
Ah ha! Now I understand the recent surge in Tesni purchases! Thank you so much for posting about it!
Joy Schmitt said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:05 pm
I knit in the evenings watching TV, especially on Tuesday and Thursday when my favorite shows are on.
Jess said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:07 pm
I tend to do most of my knitting at restaurants, parties, and magician conventions. Yeah, I’m a barrel of fun, heh. I also tend to knit more when I have the least amount of time to do it
(ie during the semester when I ought to be writing papers).
Rhonda said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:07 pm
Every moment that I am not working, I am knitting. I knit all morning if I work the late shift, and I knit all evening if I work the early shift. I knit on breaks at work, I knit on days off. Seriously. Never not knitting.
And I have never had the chance to try Wollmeise yet. OMG pick me pick me!
Michelle said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:26 pm
I knit while waiting for my kids at practice, or in the car when someone else is driving.
Kathleen McDonagh said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:26 pm
I knit when my toddler is sleeping. Since she’s not the best napper, my knitting time has been drastically curtailed. Maybe when she’s older I can teach her to knit, too, then we shall see what happens.
Kristin said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:26 pm
Most of my knitting is done in the evenings (or night, yay night owls), watching tv or listening to podcasts.
michi said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:30 pm
I do most of my knitting while waiting in line for a table at my favourite restaurant and then while waiting for my food to arrive.
angela said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:41 pm
I knit mostly on weekday afternoons. My daughter seems to occupy herself well at this time of day, and it’s lovely to sit with a cup of tea, listen to her puttering, and knit.
Theresa said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:44 pm
I do most of my knitting in the morning. I am NOT a morning person, so after getting the kids off to school and whatever laundry/whatnot started, I can sit and start my coffee and knit, in peace and quiet.
Erica said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:47 pm
I do most of my knitting at stop lights, lunch tiem at work and at knit night at my LYS.
Angeliner Mediner said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:58 pm
I used to knit all the time at the last job. Now I hardly ever get to knit.
CaroleP (ohio) said,
May 20, 2010 @ 11:59 pm
I usually knit at night. Being semi-retired, I feel guilty if I knit too much during the day. That must be why I don’t get as much done as I’d like – duh
You sure are tempting me with all the goodies you’re talking about. Must look closer!
Nadia said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:13 am
I do most of my knitting while waiting. Much of the time I am in a doctor’s office or hospital waiting room, as several family members require continual care. I cannot stand to wait without something to keep hands and mind busy.
LynnM said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:14 am
I usually have a sock project in my purse to work on while waiting, but get more knitting done while riding in the car on weekend trips. Sometimes I also knit while watching TV, especially the more complicated parts, or parts that I could easily drop stitches.
Bev Watts said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:15 am
I knit all the time. Anywhere, any place. Fortunately, I am good at multitasking!
Barbara said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:19 am
I do my knitting, after dinner of a night while there is not much on the TV.
I do my knitting after the house work is done and just before morning tea.
I do my knitting just before lunch, oh and I haven’t moved since morning tea.
I do my knitting sitting by the window in the winter and on the verandah in the summer.
Sometimes I do my kitting sitting in bed waiting, waiting to go to sleep.
I do my knitting while on holidays the only time I haven’t knitted is at the beach.
I knit when I am sick and I knit when I am well.
I knit when I am visiting the family and friends although I don’t think they like it.
somtimes I knit when walking around the yard.
And more importantly I usually finished items too.
Eventually…)
Kristen said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:19 am
I recently became a proud mommy of a beautiful baby girl, so I do the bulk of my knitting while hooked up to my breast pump. Sad, but totally true!
Kristine Jorskogen said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:21 am
I mainly knit during the times my daughter is sleeping, so midday and the evening. That’s when I got the time to be most productive and focused
Rachel said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:23 am
I knit in the evenings after work and before dinner, TV on, it’s my zone-out time.
Ruthie said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:51 am
I have several favorite TV shows that I Tivo and then replay later while DH is doing his homework (he’s only got 1 year left to graduation…YIPPEE!!). That’s when I do the bulk of my knitting, though I always bring something along to dr. appointments and the like where there may be a long wait.
Linda Y said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:52 am
As an empty nester who is not yet retired, I do most of my knitting either while waiting in lines at the bank, store, or post office; in doctor’s offices, during movie previews, at stop lights (learned from E.Z.), while my husband is driving, while waiting for web pages to download, or the couple of evenings a month when I watch TV. I try to knit a few rows each night before bed. How late I stay up each night depends on how tired I am, and how quickly I need to finish my project! I get much more knitting done in the winter than the summer, but I keep at it even during the warm weather.
Jason said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:54 am
I knit at lunch every day and on the couch almost every night while watching TV. I get most of my knitting done then during the week. I find it harder to squeeze in knitting time on the weekends.
Karen Everitt said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:56 am
I actually get the most knitting done in the morning while I have my coffee………in the winter in front of the wood stove and in warm weather sitting out on the patio…………great way to begin the day………..good coffee and good knitting:)
Ellen said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:08 am
Most of my knitting is week night evenings. Between 7-10.
Crystal said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:16 am
I do most of my knitting on week nights while watching TV and on the weekend… Sometimes, I knit at work….
Carol To said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:23 am
I knit mostly in the evenings.
Natasha said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:25 am
I grab every chance I can – which is not often with a full-time job and a 3-year old! Recently, I’ve started knitting my socks on the bus / train to and from work – I’ve even managed to knit while walking from the station to the office
Amazing how much you can get done in 45 minutes…..
Kerry said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:27 am
I like to do my more complicated lace knitting during the day when the kids are at school and my hubby is at work so I can concentrate in peace and quiet. Although with the builders in at the moment making a loft conversion that time is taking a back seat at the moment.
The less complicated stuff I do on an evening whilst watching TV.
channahk said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:35 am
In the hour before bed. Wish there was more time than that…
Bridget said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:52 am
Most of my knitting is done at night – when I do it. I’ve found a deadline is needed to spur me on – I entered a contest or I have a gift I need to finish – then it’s knitting in the little spurts of time available throughout the day.
I’m a pretty good knitter, but still need to watch what I’m doing – with TV it’s a listening and glancing activity while knitting.
catherine said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:58 am
when i should be doing my homework!
Ray said,
May 21, 2010 @ 2:14 am
I knit in the evenings when I “watch” tv.
Janelle said,
May 21, 2010 @ 2:34 am
Like many others, I do most of my knitting at night, after 9:00pm or so when the kids are finally asleep. I usually watch some TV and knit for a couple of hours. I also knit at sports stuff–baseball practices, in between games of a soccer tournament, etc.
Alexis said,
May 21, 2010 @ 2:38 am
Like many of the other knitters who have responded, I tend to do most of my knitting in the evening. Occasionally, though, there are those enjoyable, challenging projects that are especially hard to put down. Then I’ll find time (before and after work) for some short bursts of “knitting frenzy” during the day as well.
Elisabeth said,
May 21, 2010 @ 3:04 am
If I spend the weekend at home, Friday night is usually knitting time. Also, I tend to knit on Sunday mornings if I spend the nitght between Saturday and Sunday at my SOs house. He has a very comfortable chair right next to the large windows in the living room, with a nice view of the city and the hills/mountains further away. If I’m visiting, he doesn’t get to use that chair much!
In addition to my regular job, I study and attend courses quite a few weekends and some weeknights. That means going to Oslo, and that means a train ride of an hour and a half each way. Brilliant for knitting! (I always bring at least one project more than is in any way realistic to think that I need …)
Martje said,
May 21, 2010 @ 3:26 am
I crochet between mad dashes to get my deadlines finished. For some weird reason I’ve only been given mind-numbingly boring texts written by complete nutcases who can’t string two sentences together lately, so my bag of crocheting is sitting right next to my office chair. And when I feel like pulling my hair out, I stop working and crochet a few rows (or ten).
The speed at which my crochet projects get finished is indicative of how awful my work is. It’s amazing how fast that last project went …
Jocelyn said,
May 21, 2010 @ 4:10 am
My To-Knit list and my WIP list are almost equal in number, but that doesn’t stop me casting on new projects esp if they’re test-knit for friends or socks from Club shipments.
I knit any time, all the time if I can help it! I knit in the car on the way to and from work (my husband drives), I knit at home after having fed the children and checked Ravelry and my email one last time at night, and I knit most during the weekend.
I’d knit in my sleep if I could!
Paulina said,
May 21, 2010 @ 4:30 am
The shortest aswer to that question is : I knit when I sit, life is to short to waist any minute of it
I have knitting needles and yarn all over the house, to my husband’s dismay, so I do it any time. Obviously evenings are the best after my ‘Lifestock’ (hubby and cats) is fed.
More challenging project – one that require more concentration such as lace I do when nobody is home (no distractions).
Summer time when the weather is good I love afternoon kntting in the garden. I wish there were more sunny days in England !
I even go on knitting retreats with my friends and then knitting becomes an all day affair. We became local ‘celebrities’ when we knitted in the pub while drinking wine and waiting for our meal to arrive.
Word of caution: wine and lace do not mix well !!
My husband says that I am totally obsessed. The sad think is that he is right.
‘My name is Paulina and I am yarn addict”
Thank God nobody found a cure for that!
Happy knitting to all my fellow knitters!
Laura said,
May 21, 2010 @ 4:42 am
I have so many projects these days, I get up at 5:30am and get in a half hour of knitting before work, I bring a sock to work on during lunch, and I sit down and knit another hour before going to bed if I haven’t had time already that evening. All the price of too much beautiful yarn out there!
Carolyn said,
May 21, 2010 @ 4:44 am
I like to knit in the morning but the really fun time is when my two daughers come over on Monday evenings and we have a knitting party.
Tina said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:00 am
I knit in the morning after I take my children to school. I sit on the sofa and our French bull dog is on one side and our Cornish Rex cat is on the other. They look so lovingly at the yarn.
Melynda Smith said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:24 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings while watching tv or listening to audio books. Depending on what is going on, I can get a lot done some weekends. You are a brave woman, I’m afraid to count my wip’s!
Elizabeth Bragdon said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:27 am
I knit in the morning with coffee or tea, when I’m on the telephone, and in the late afternoon/early evening. I don’t leave home without it…you never know when you’re going to end up waiting in line somewhere.
Kristen said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:39 am
My two Westies love to be outside but know how to escape from the fence so most of my knitting is done while sitting outside babysitting the dogs. I feel like I have little children that I can’t take my eyes off of!
(That’s why I love the 3am bags…the petite hangs on my wrist and I can knit and walk around the yard while watching the dogs)
Catherine Bencks said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:40 am
I knit mostly in front of the TV, with my various projects spread around me on the couch. Always have a small project with me when going someplace for an appointment.
Kit
Lynn said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:42 am
I typically knit in the evening while watching tv, but greedily grab snippets of knittime whenever the opportunity arises (car and airplane rides, early morning when the house is still sleeping, lunch time, in waiting rooms, during mental health breaks).
Beth said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:45 am
I do most of my knitting in the evening watching TV, or the car (everyone of our family members lives 1.5 hrs away in any direction).. during the school year. In the summer, I add 1 hour in the morning while watching Ellen or an afternoon of sitting outside in the sun or at the lake.
Jeanie said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:49 am
I do nearly all my knitting in the evenings as I work full-time and so have to do all my housework/gardening etc. at the weekends. I still get quite a lot done though – one eye on the TV and the other on the needles! I daren’t tell you how many projects are on my WIP list – they all get finished in the end though!
Jo said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:54 am
I knit in the evenings, after dinner dishes done. I sometimes squeeze a row or two on a sock at work, but mostly evenings. Weekends I am too busy catching up on household chores.
slavicdiva said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:54 am
At work during lunch, and in the evenings afterward. Oh yes, and at the hair and/or nail salon, while my color is processing or my feet are soaking.
I usually take a small project along wherever I go – I get bored easily, and having knitting along helps!
Mary Barker said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:55 am
I spread mine around. Sometimes in the morning, unless I’m feeling really guilty about how the house looks. Then I’ll have to wait until evening – after I feel like the house is in order! But early evening is definitely knitting time – somewhere between 7 & 10 – after that I’m too prone to mistakes!
Petunia said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:03 am
I knit in the evenings, while sitting beside a husband who is a TV freak – he’ll watch ANYTHING, and I don’t care to! Headphones are my friend, hooked into either a laptop beside me or my iPod for music, podcasts or audiobooks.
Pamela said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:05 am
I go through phases… lately I haven’t been inspired to knit much, but sometimes I knit constantly, while doing just about everything else. I have some BBL yarn bags – little fabric cubes with elastic rings which hang from my wrist – and there are some days when I walk around with one attached like an umbilical cord so I can knit all day, especially if I’m shopping with my husband, who likes to look slowly at every aisle in the supermarket. *yawn*
Kylie said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:08 am
I knit while I’m on the train every morning and evening. I knit while waiting for appointments. While watching TV, reading a book, waiting for the pizza guy, while I’m out for brunch, when I’m in bed.
Pretty much the only place I won’t knit is at at work and in the bathroom.
Kris said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:11 am
I do most of my knitting on the weekends. Usually, its while I catch up on TV shows I missed during the week or while watching a movie. Wednesday night SnB is pretty productive too – in spite of the talking, eating and drinking
Lucy- 6toknit4 said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:14 am
I knit during waiting times, in between arriving and picking up children from school, during swimming lessons, on the bleachers at swim meets, long car rides with hubby driving, and sitting outside small son’s room while he falls asleep with me near. Amazing all the lost moments of my day before I knit non-stop.
Cathy said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:17 am
Most of my knitting is done in the early evenings while watching TiVo’d late night shows (i.e. Daily Show and Colbert) from the night before.
Mary Beth said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:18 am
I knit whenever and wherever I can–in line at the grocery store, sitting in the movies. etc. I just love to knit.
mkg said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:23 am
I’m self-employed, so I knit whenever I get bored with the project I’m working on. I also knit in the evening, while watching a movie or something silly on hulu.
Sarah said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:24 am
I knit whenever I have to wait. That can be during meetings, kids ball games, or while homeschooling the boys. Some days this can be a lot of time and others not enough for all I want to accomplish.
sillyfru said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:26 am
I do most of my knitting at night while watching TV or on Fridays, which is the designated “Knit with Grammy” time in my house.
Lois said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:26 am
Weekends for sure. I can usually get in maybe an hour in the evenings during the work week. But on the weekends I can really crank out the knitting.
Marianne Y said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:29 am
I knit or crochet mostly in the evenings while watching TV, if I can.
Jennifer said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:33 am
I knit while waiting for my kids at appointments, dance class, soccer, basketball. I also knit at their games and I even knit on the bus for my daughter’s field trip. All the kids were strapped in and safe so I took out my travelling scarf and did a few rows on the way to a museum.
Katy said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:36 am
I definitely get the most knitting done on the weekend, but I can generally fit in an hour or so on weeknight evenings after dinner and before bed, while watching tv. If I could squeeze in an extra hour somewhere every day, I’m convinced my quality of life would triple!
Kirsten said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:43 am
I knit it little spaces of time that would otherwise be wasted — dr. & dental waiting rooms, in the car, in the restaurant before the food comes, at my daughter’s band concert when they are setting up, on the metro, at red lights…
Carolyn said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:45 am
I knit when my hubby is watching baseball. Together time – both of us happy! (Somehow I’ve picked up the intracies of the sport, yet he hasn’t picked up needles…. hmmmm) ( :
Love your blog, your shop, your yarn!
sheila Piasecki said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:45 am
I knit when I get a chance. I have knitted in the car, in the bathroom when I was stick in there for awhile, I knit at the doctor office, I knit at long stop lights as long as it is just straight knitting, be surprised the looks you get plus how much you can get done. I don’t have a set time to knit just when I get a chance all year round.
I have way to many projects started and even a few more that I have to start.
Jolene said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:45 am
I try to squeeze in a little knitting a bunch of times each day (and of course I get a little more time on weekends too) I usually knit on by breaks at work as a bit of stress relief/diversion and I also knit on the commute home from work while my husband drives. It’s amazing how much I can get done on 2 x 15 minute breaks and an hour’s commute home each day… let alone when I get to sit and watch tv in the evening!
Charlene Polsley said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:52 am
I do most of my knitting in the evening. When I get started I have a hard time stopping. I set goals according to how long my shows are and try to match or beat the goal.
jackie said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:53 am
While my twins take a nap!
HeatherErin said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:53 am
I’m a mother of three and a full time (online) student, so I am usually knitting while doing something else. What I found this year was that knitting helps me hugely with my math classes. While watching the math videos for both my algebra and statistics courses, I found that they were so hard for me to understand that my eyes were glazing over and I was starting to doze and miss everything. However, if I watched them while knitting, I was much better able to stay awake and concentrate on the videos. As a result, after playing them over and over (and over!) they started to sink in! For me this is unbelievable – I’ve never done well in math before, and it’s what kept me from going back to college in the first place.
So, not only did knitting help me focus well enough to pass those classes, but I did well enough to get A’s in both of them. Add that to the A’s I got in my other classes, and I can thank knitting directly for my 4.0 GPA and the part-tuition merit scholarship I won this year. Thanks knitting – you got me through math!
LindaM said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:56 am
I knit at night while watching TV… but also get quite a bit done during meetings at work. I telecommute full-time and take meetings on the phone. If I don’t know I end up working during the meetings and miss the entire thing! That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
Katie said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:59 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings. I’m home from work by 4:30, so I can sit and knit until dinner time. It’s a great way to relax after work, and it gives me something to look forward to each day.
Margaret Marquis said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:04 am
I knit in the mornings before work from 6:00 – 6:35 as my hair dries. I watch the morning news at this time also. Then it is time to get ready for the day. You would be surprised how much I can get done five days a week in the peace and quiet of the early morning with just the “boys” (dogs) to keep my company.
Harriet Olsen said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:05 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings while watching TV. I try to get some knitting in during lunch at work, but the bulk of the knitting is in my chair in the living room.
Patricia said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:06 am
I knit at soccer games. My DS is the goalie, and if I knit I don’t worry so much about him getting hurt!
Mary Bishop said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:09 am
I do my knitting mostly in the evenings, later after my son is asleep, which accounts for a lot of mistakes because I am tired by then…and then the weekend is when I get the most done! I try to do a little every day but that doesn’t always work out unfortunately
Karin said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:10 am
I do knit more on the weekends but I knit most evenings. Summer is great time to knit watching baseball games.
Grace said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:22 am
I do most of my knitting on the weekend mornings and on occasional weeknights. I love summer because I work in a school and have lots of time off. So I have movie marathons (“Firefly”, “Muppets”, “Babylon 5″, chick flicks) and knit for hours! I can’t wait!
Jan Quarles said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:22 am
I knit whenever I slow down — mostly at night in front of the TV shows I do watch, and in all kinds of offices when I am waiting (makes the wait bearable) so somewhere, somehow, everyday!
Amanda said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:23 am
I do most of my knitting on my commuter bus. I have about 40 minutes in the morning and 45 in the evening of free time on the ride.
Cindy said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:25 am
I am mostly a weekend knitter, although I try to squeeze in a few rows each day. That “daily dose of fiber” keeps my spirits up and brain clear.
Linda Barton said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:29 am
I like to knit most when I watch the news in the evening. I never like to just sit idly and do nothing,
karin said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:30 am
evenings, weekends are too full of spinning and weaving
Cherie said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:31 am
I do most of my knitting while watching television. I need something to do with my hands. I can’t stand to just sit there. I like to have an easy and portable project to knit while waiting, at the doctor etc… I try to have at least one already bagged up and ready to go. I knit while my grandchildren nap. I also knit during down time at work. I wish I could knit during lectures. presentations, etc… I concentrate better when I knit but have not found a way to do that where it does not seem rude.
stashmuffin said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:37 am
When I’m sick. Or at a softball game, or soccer game or watching Tae Kwon Do. Or sick at a softball game, soccer game or Tae Kwon Do.
Jennifer said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:38 am
I have 2 small children that don’t require a lot of sleep so I mostly knit at red lights (I promise only when the car is stopped!) and breaks at work. I day dream of going to the nice quiet library and knitting! : )
Karen Aiken said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:42 am
I’m retired, so I knit whenever I want. I’m so lucky… Now if I just lived closer to the Loopy Ewe.
Marie said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:44 am
I do most of my knitting at night to try and calm me down. I usually have 3-4 different items on the needles – 1 very simple, 1 average and one difficult so depending on my mood and my day I always have something I can pick up and work on.
Brigette said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:46 am
Evenings and weekends.
mitzi said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:48 am
On the weekends and in the evenings…therapy.
Christinet said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:50 am
I have a 2 year old so I knit at the crack of dawn-before the dog, hubby and kiddo are awake and then I pick it up on my train ride into work. I pick it up again for my lunch break and then for my train ride home. I find if I knit in the evenings I make boo boos which cause hair tearing lots of explitives. That doesn’t mean I don’t do it, hee!
Susan D Smith said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:53 am
I knit every day at lunch with 2 friends who work on the same college campus as I do. I also knit on Wednesday evenings (occasionally) at a local coffe shop with a group of about 20 people; on Thursday nights at a LYS “in the middle of nowhere” with anywhere from 6-20 people; and every Saturday morning from 8-10 a.m. at the aforementioned coffee shop. On the first Saturday of every month, we spin in the afternoon at the same coffee shop!
Kelly said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:56 am
I knit on my lunch hour……every day!
Sharon said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:56 am
I am soooo happy to see that someone else has unfinished projects!! I have a sweater sitting on the floor (in a plastic bag) waiting for the strip you pick up to add buttons to…then Melville’s Einstein coat that needs finishing..and I won’t EVEN begin to count the shawls!! hahahaha I guess I lost interest in the shawls when I realized I don’t really know how to store them after going through all the work of blocking them. Anyway, I knit mostly in the evenings during the week and week-ends. If it’s raining on the week-ends, then instead of going out and buy more yarn for my stash, I stay home and knit. I seem to wish for rain a lot lately!! hahahahaha I am going to TRY to finish the one needing the button strip (I hate picking up stitches) this week-end. Wish me luck!!
jennifer said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:57 am
I love knitting in the evenings when the house is reasonably clean and I have time to settle down for a nice glass of wine. That probably has something to do with why I can’t get to bed before midnight. There is always one more row!
Kelly said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:57 am
I knit at lunch!!
Sue said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:57 am
I tend to do most of my knitting in the evenings. I have a knitting corner with good lighting, often the moment I pick up the knitting, my Papillion Darcy jumps up and curls up on my lap. Since she gets me up early on the weekends too, I like to knit for an hour in the morning light, it is a calming way to start the day!!
jen said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:01 am
i knit a little in the evenings to relax & sometimes I can fit in a couple rows at lunch.
Margery said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:04 am
As a psychologist, I often recommend that anxious/depressed clients try a fiber project before they try taking medication for their distress. I do keep a “brainless” knitting project in the office so I can knit when a client doesn’t show up, as it keeps me relaxed. Once I even had a seriously traumatized client who asked me to knit during our session. She said “if you’re knitting, I’ll know you feel safe so I don’t have to worry about somebody coming through the door to hurt me.”
Andrea said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:09 am
I knit most productively during my lunch hour at work. Turn off the phone, grab a cup of coffee, start up some online tv, and go to town
wendy Yount said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:10 am
after i get off work while i watch a movie. i only get an hour in but at least i get that!
Betsy said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:11 am
I knit in the evenings-usually after 9 pm as I watch TV
Lauren said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:19 am
I do the most knitting when I running experiments at national laboratories. Typically a shift is 12 or more hours long and knitting keeps me up. On a normal week I would have to say that I do most of my knitting on weekend mornings especially Saturday.
Jamie H said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:28 am
I do most of my knitting during the kids naptime and in the evening. I also try to get away once a week for my knitting group.
Deb said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:32 am
I knit whenever I can’t garden outside or whenever I’m not on the computer or doing a myriad of other things. Unfortunately, knitting is only done when I can fit it in…like riding in the car on a long trip. But I still get a few things knitted this way.
Geneva said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:33 am
I do most of my knitting at night to relax and try to squeeze as much in on the weekend as I can. Weekends are so full getting stuff done that I would just LOVE to sit and knit for an entire weekend! I’m working on my first sweater that one of the fabulous Ewe Crew helped me pick out along with the yarn!!!
Pamela said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:33 am
I knit on the bus to and fro work. Have recruited more people too! And I knit any evening I’m home watching tv.
Laura said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:40 am
Currently I do most of my knitting while watching the Stanley Cup playoff games.
betsy said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:45 am
Since the kid, on the metro on the way home from work while falling asleep.
Lisa said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:47 am
I knit as much as possible during the weekends. Luckily, I have a WH (like you) who doesn’t mind my obsessive knitting from Friday night to Sunday night.
Melissa N said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:54 am
I knit and crochet whenever I can find the time. Usually in the car, constantly if my husband is driving, at the red lights if I’m driving. I know that sounds terrible, but it saved my life once. I was at a light, knitting away and had messed up a stitch. the light had turned green and I was the first car to go, I delayed a few seconds to carefully put down my knitting, (thank God), because someone ran the red light and turned in front of the group of cars I was in. It was a near miss for the car to the right of me who went as soon as the light turned green, since I was next to him and had gone, the bad driver would have ran right into my car, driver’s side door.
Other times I knit/crochet? During my lunch hour and in the evenings when the kids have gone to bed or are watching a movie.
Debra said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:55 am
I knit in the evenings to relax myself after a hectic day. Weekends are reserved for reading except in the evening when yes, I am once more knitting up a storm. I am trying to complete all my UFO’s before the summer.
Cindy Upholzer said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:55 am
I knit whenever I can, early in the morning when I am the first one up, whenever I am a passenger in any car, and in the evening during TV time. I knit for the true joy of it.
marie prego said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:55 am
I always have a portable project that goes back and forth tow work with me for working on during lunch hour.. then I keep it in my car in case I wind up at an appointment and I have to wait..
At home, in the evenings after work, bigger projects that are not so portable..
On Sundays, when I am relaxing before the work week…
Kay said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:58 am
The weekends.
shawn said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:01 am
I knit all throughout the day, but do most late at nite when it’s quite
Lisa F said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:05 am
I knit on the my morning and evening train commute. Then on weekends at the kids tae kwon do lessons. In the evenings after dinner, while watching tv. At lunch. While riding in the car on weekends, running errands. Pretty much every spare second…
Alana said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:11 am
I have two little boys, so most of my knitting is done Tuesday nights at the yarn shop. I often knit during their nap as well, 2-4 pm.
Andrea said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:18 am
I do the most knitting on weeknights from 8-10 pm… sometimes I knit on the weekends but it depends on what I’m doing.
Jennifer said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:20 am
Weekend and esp. evenings. It picks up during the week though during the summer when I’m out of school.
Lisa said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:21 am
I knit during my lunch break at work and do some knitting in the evenings when I’m not working my second job. I bring my knitting with me where ever I go in case I get a few moments to knit.
Barbara B said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:23 am
I often knit right after work. I like to sit on my couch in the sunroom and knit for 45 minutes or so. Then I often knit in bed for an hour or so before turning off the light.
Sharmista said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:24 am
In the afternoon, during nap time. And sometimes in the evening after the kids are in bed. But I’m usually so tired I just go to bed myself!
SHELLY said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:25 am
I do most of my knitting on my lunch break and in the car, when my husband and i are drivng around together, and since one of our cars broke down, my husband has been kind enought to do most of the driving so that I can atttmpt to actually finsh some of my projects, and yes, I have a list!
LynnK said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:25 am
I knit on the bus back and forth to work (a good 30-45 min. each way) Mostly socks. And on the weekend I tackle more complicated projects that require paying attention to a pattern or chart.
Elizabeth said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:26 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings, and I also try to reserve Sunday afternoons for knitting. Of course it’s always nice to be able to sneak in a little knitting time in the mornings, but that’s kind of rare.
Kendra said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:33 am
Weeknight evenings and any time during the weekends, usually in front of the Tivo.
Emmy said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:37 am
I knit on the train, because it makes me feel at home and doing something useful.
And I knit just before I go to sleep to give me this fine feeling of touching the yarn.
For the rest:in between these two if and when I can, to be in a meditative mode.
Kirsten said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:43 am
I do a lot of knitting – but most productive time is during my time on the train during my commute which is about 2.5 hours a day!
Heather Shelton said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:45 am
I knit mostly in the evenings after the children are in bed and I can sit quietly. I always take knitting with me everywhere I go in case I have to wait in line somewhere. Never pass the opportunity to get in a row!
Kate B said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:50 am
I do most of my knitting during Yankee games (if it’s the Yankees v Red Sox, it must be knitting that requires no thinking) and during UCONN football games or NY Giants football games. It calms my nerves to knit while my favorite teams are out on the field of battle.
Cary said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:52 am
Usually during lunch and in the evenings. My weekends are so busy for me.
Leah said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:53 am
I knit in the evenings at home while watching movies or sitting in the backyard, on rainy weekend afternoons, or sometimes out at the bar or over drinks with friends. And when I get the chance, I love to knit on road trips while my boyfriends drives!
Paula said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:56 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings watching TV. Unless I am sick (like this week) and then I just knit all day. I’m hoping that lots of knitting will help the sore throat.
As for Lost – we watched it until we discovered that they *do* get off the island. After that, I no longer cared how or why they chose to return. They got off and what happened after that is their own business.
Toni said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:57 am
During the workweek, I knit as soon as I get home and up until bedtime (and sometimes beyond!). I hang out with the family and watch tv while I knit, which is a great way to get more done. On the weekends, I can be found knitting any time of day or night. Pretty much as long as I’m awake and the household chores are done, I’m knitting. ^_^
Pamela said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:57 am
At my weekly Wednesday knitting night with friends…I know I’ll sit and knit then!
Natalie said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:03 am
I knit in the evenings, generally once the kids are in bed. Without pesky housework and cooking I’d get more done. Oh, and visits to the doctor’s office or taking the car in for service are also good opportunities for knitting. Knitting helps to calm and center me in the evenings & makes it possible to sit through long waits with very little impatience.
Linda said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:05 am
Most of my knitting is done in front of the TV, watching old movies in “my rocker” in my knitting corner. I’m surrounded by needles, rulers, scissors, markers, etc. Nearly every night you will find me there.
Jan said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:10 am
Evenings. I’m not wild about watching TV, so it’s a way to be sociable with my husband without having to pay too much attention to the TV! I’m still new enough at knitting that it takes most of my concentration!
Lynn said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:12 am
It would be easier to tell you when I don’t knit!!!
Kim Tweeddale said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:17 am
In the evening, sitting next to dh. I stay home all day and thats when i clean, take care of animals etc. So all evening is quiet time, and knitting.
Dara said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:18 am
I knit on my lunch break/hour/2hours and then always always in the evening. I travel alot for work so I always have a pair of socks on a needle so I can mindless knit. What a joy to have needles in hand! I am truly addicted-
Ashley Robinson said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:20 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings after work. I get a little done on the weekends, but I’m usually pretty busy on Saturdays and Sundays, so I don’t get to do as much knitting then as I’d like!
Laura said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:20 am
I knit most often in the evenings while watching a few of my favorite shows. This is sometimes a bit tricky, especially if it’s a really interesting show, I have to be doubly careful not to make silly mistakes. I do knit in the daytime as well, but usually only on the weekends for some reason…come to think of it, I don’t know why that is, LOL.
Jen said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:21 am
Slow weekends — they don’t come around often enough!
Mari said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:30 am
I knit during every opportunity I can find! The weekends allow for the largest blocks of continuous knitting time but I also enjoy knitting for a few hours in the evening if I can squeeze it in (or until my eyes won’t stay open). Lately I’ve discovered that a few of my monthly meetings are conducive to knitting and look forward to the excuse to knit during the work day.
Sarah said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:31 am
I do most of my knitting while I’m waiting for someone–in the car, waiting for someone to get out of school, at the pool during swim practice. The day I discovered sock-knitting was a good, good day!
Judi said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:33 am
I knit whenever I can squeeze in time. During the day while my kids are busy playing/napping. I knit while they bathe, and at night after they go to sleep. I knit at doc offices, on my breaks at work and even while I surf the web (thanks slow dialup!). My favorite thing to do while knitting is watching tv, I can get alot done during one of my fave shows.
Theresa Merkling said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:42 am
I’m a new knitter just starting out – made 2 dish cloths to remember how to knit. Now I’m tackling 2 socks at a time on circular needle using Oakes Twilight pattern. I haven’t gotten very far – the first effort was attempted with too heavy yarn and I had to ditch it for sock weight, but I’m determined to get this going. Using Magic Loop and a pretty varigated sock yarn from Patons. Mostly, I knit when I’m in the passenger seat on trips or when I go to meet ups and friend groups. LOVE my in person events. Also, there is a LYS that has open knit on Tues/Thurs nights – I’ve gone to one of them. Since I’m currently addicted to my laptop after work hours, I don’t get much else done in the evenings… will have to find a rhythm and get going on a regular basis. Enjoying this new community of knit friends and podcasts so very much!
MaryjoO said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:43 am
I actually knit on and off all day, every day. In fact, if I can’t get to my knitting in a day, I get quite cranky LOL But I guess I’d really say I knit mostly mid-afternoon, when the light in my living room is bright — never thought I’d enjoy sitting in that room so much!
and thanks, as usual, for your contest!
Emily said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:44 am
I knit mostly at night. I suddenly feel like I’m making such good progress that I can’t stop right around the time I should be going to sleep.
Cathy said,
May 21, 2010 @ 10:56 am
On my days off work. I work 3 days a week, so I have longer weekends than most.
Blandyna said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:04 am
At the moment, I’m doing most of my knitting whilst on the treadmill, walking at at 3.5 mph pace at an incline of 6-8 for about 45 minutes. I admit it is very hard to concentrate on the twisted stitch pattern that I’m knitting on the reverse side using the Portuguese method on size 1 needles, and I do finally have to stop when my hands get too sweaty, but it seems to be the only way to get both my knitting and my exercise into my day. I’m knitting 2 socks at a time on 2 x 24″ circular needles. You’d think I would be making a lot of progress since 45 minutes seems like quite a decent stretch of time, but I’m only able to knit 4 or 5 rounds in the time.
Laurie said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:04 am
I knit in the evenings and on the weekends, whenever I have time!
Anne Estabrook said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:08 am
I knit mostly in the evenings, after the kids go to bed, usually while a baseball game or some brain candy television is on.
eugenia potter said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:19 am
I knit when I have the chance – usually in the late afternoon and evening – in restaurants, at lectures.
Thought I’d have more time now that I’m retired. Funny how that doesn’t happen! ;o)
Monique said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:21 am
Before my recent life style change, I used to get most of my knitting done during my train commute to and from work. Now, however, we now live in the country and I run a doggie pet resort. So while my furry guest are napping between noon and 4 pm I get all my fiber addictions taken care of. If it’s sunny I sit outside and watch the dogs play while I knit.
Melissa said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:22 am
I do most of my knitting in the evening. I knit during many of my evening hanging-out-based activities (fiction writing group, role playing games) and any time I’m watching TV or listening to podcasts/audiobooks/music. I’m a fidgeter–if I don’t have knitting, I’ll end up doodling, tapping my fingers, or totally tuning out and thinking about more interesting things.
Max said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:35 am
I like to read and knit. I knit mostly in the evenings after dinner, but hardly ever on weekends. My more complex knitting projects tend to take quite a while, because of the reading. Occasionally I knit while I am waiting around, but I prefer to knit at home.
diana said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:37 am
I knit whenever I can find time and a spot. I never leave home without a project. Usually a brainless one. I have been known to knit at stop lights, or in traffic….don’t worry stopped traffic. My serious lace knitting is done every evening to relax from a busy work day…I leave everything behind except my pattern, my sticks and my yarn..
Johann said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:37 am
The majority of my knitting happens in the evening, while watching TV.
But I also knit on the bus, while waiting for the doctor/dentist/whatever, and in the car when I go somewhere with my daughter.
Victoria Gerber said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:40 am
Knitting is my therapy. I knit every evening from the time I sit down to relax after dinner until bed time. I can’t image watching tv or a movie without knitting – it’s too boring otherwise. On the weekends I knit on and off all day and evening, car rides. Love spending time planning the next project or so while working on the current one. My daughter, 17, also loves to knit so I treasure the times when we chat it up while knitting.
Knitting happiness from the San Francisco Bay Area!
Laura said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:52 am
I get most of my knitting done as I wait for my son to have his horseback riding lesson or work with the FFA kids on the antique tractor they are restoring. I sit in McDonald’s and knit, in my car and knit, at the park and knit, etc. I love how fascinated people are by socks with 5 dpns!
I also knit during my lunch period at work most days.
LILLY H said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:58 am
I love to knit anytime, but mostly at night when I’m trying to relax. I’ve had bad arm for awhile so I’m kinda slow at knitting right now.
Sharon Nolen said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:21 pm
I knit the most after work in the evening as I watch TV.
M J Moriarty said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:33 pm
When I get home from work I kick off my shoes, take of my bra, pour a glass of wine and park myself on the sofa for the evening with my knitting and a cat or two.
vondar said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:36 pm
I knit anywhere I can, In the car, on the floor at home with my girls 4 and 8mos,I knitted at work on knit night ( our bimonthly knitting class)and at seminars and lecture.
Kristen said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:37 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings after my children are in bed. I also knit in the afternoons, after they are up from nap/home from school and before I have to start dinner. I love to knit in the car if my husband is driving too!
Tiny Tyrant said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:38 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings and during lunch at work or when I’m volunteering up at the observatory.
Kim said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:39 pm
I wish I had long periods to just knit … but in reality it gets done at red lights, in carpool lines, poolside at the kids’ swim practice, during meetings at work and the sermon in church! (That is probably why I have so many finished socks and UNfinished sweaters
Amy said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:40 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings after work. I am so jealous of those that can take their knitting into meetinsg and such. Not me – corporate world for me. Sigh.
Elizabeth Clarke said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:43 pm
I do a lot in the car. I can’t read in the car but can knit. It makes a long trip so much shorter.
I also knit while I watch TV.
Kari said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:50 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings between 8:00 PM and 2:00 AM. Some nights it’s only for an hour before I’m too tired to see my needles, but there are also nights where I’ve stayed up until 4:00 AM because I am loving the yarn or pattern enough that I haven’t allowed myself to get tired. I also knit during spare moments during the day or when I’m nursing my daughter- who is already a little yarn lover and loves to twist her fingers through the yarn as I knit.
Caitlin said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:50 pm
I tend to knit most at night. However, while the quarter is going on, i knit while on bart & the bus on the way to campus. If i didn’t, i don’t think id be able to knit at all! heaven forbid that should ever happen!
Denise Frederick said,
May 21, 2010 @ 12:54 pm
I knit evenings (when I can keep my eyes open)…and weekends. I tend to have 1 or 2 projects at a time going ~~ in the event one needs a “rest” for a while (LOL)
Beth F. said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:24 pm
Hi,
I love your store and blog. Please enter me in the contest, I’ll keep my fingers crossed! I do most of my knitting in the evenings, I usually knit about an hour or so in the evenings.
Rachal said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:26 pm
On the train. I used to HATE my hour long train ride until i got smart enough to bring my knitting along. I do have to keep the project size smallish, but i kill a lot lof socks – first and second – this way.
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Judy said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:39 pm
I tend to get much more knitting done on the weekends (in order to avoid the household chores I don’t get done during the week). Often it is movie marathons and knitting. I always have more than one project on needles – just can’t do the monogamous thing (in knitting that is)
Laurie said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:44 pm
I do most of my knitting either at night while watching TV, or waiting for my little charges (I am a nanny for 4 little boys) while they are in tae kwon do class, tutoring, appointments, at the park, etc.
Stacey said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:47 pm
My favorite time to knit is in the morning before the kids get up. It’s all over once their up. If it’s raining that’s an added bonus. Love listen to the rain while knitting!
tamara h. said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:50 pm
I knit mostly at night or on weekends. Sometimes I will knit at work on my lunch break, after eating, I certainly never miss a meal. LOL
Gretchen B. said,
May 21, 2010 @ 1:54 pm
I do most of my knitting in the summer. I’m a college student so that’s when I have the most time to start and finish projects.
Syd said,
May 21, 2010 @ 2:02 pm
Any time I can get away with it!
Clara Arellano said,
May 21, 2010 @ 2:11 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evenings, Monday thru Friday, once I get home from work.
Mary Nevin said,
May 21, 2010 @ 2:13 pm
At night, while hanging out with 3 dogs and the husband. No knitting in the morning for me – I’d be frogging all the time.
Rosa said,
May 21, 2010 @ 2:14 pm
I do most of my knitting at work.
Mairi said,
May 21, 2010 @ 2:25 pm
I knit anywhere, any time, but I *always* knit when I’m on public transit, so I guess I think of that as my ‘prime knitting time’.
Sheryll said,
May 21, 2010 @ 2:28 pm
Hi:
I do most of my knitting in the recliner at night watching reruns of NCIS. My husband is always asking me if I am suction to the chair.
I also have a 45 minutes ride to and from work. (My husband drives me) I try to knit a little both ways. Sometimes that is scary because of horrible drivers. One morning we did get rearended and that was scary because I didn’t see it coming.
Mandy W said,
May 21, 2010 @ 2:41 pm
I do most of my knitting when I should be doing something else, like homework. This typically occurs 10-midnight, but sometimes 6-10 when a bunch of my friends are hanging out for dinner.
Tammi said,
May 21, 2010 @ 2:56 pm
I knit while watching TV with my family in the evenings. And at meetings (I go to a lot of meetings!). And a huge amount of knitting gets done at my son’s swim meets. Swim meets are the reason I started knitting- I was feeling this huge time suck with nothing to show for it. If you’ve ever been to a swim meet you’ll know what I mean! But now I want to knit all the time…..
Deborah said,
May 21, 2010 @ 3:03 pm
I do most of my knitting in the afternoon..
Kristi said,
May 21, 2010 @ 3:19 pm
I carry a small project with me all the time “just in case”. You can knit a lot in the ER, especially if you aren’t the patient. I never know when I am going to need to take my silly husband to the hospital for a car accident, or if he has his toe nail pop off from playing beach volleyball, or needs a staple removed from his finger (which was also attached to a 50 page report). Good knitting time…
Janet said,
May 21, 2010 @ 3:25 pm
I try to knit a little every night before bed, and if I can I knit all evening in front of the TV. Car rides are also good knitting times as well as waiting at the Dr. Office.
Wanda said,
May 21, 2010 @ 3:26 pm
I knit every Monday night with a great group of ladies at a local pub. (Yes, we do knit). Other than that, I try to knit a little while 2 to 3 nights before bed.
Karla said,
May 21, 2010 @ 4:03 pm
I knit in the evenings a few times a week after the youngin is put to bed, unless she requests that I lay down with her and sometimes that means I fall asleep, too! On the weekend, I try to find one to two hours of quiet time to knit. That can be challenging!
Jeanine said,
May 21, 2010 @ 4:06 pm
I do the majority of my knitting on the weekends, with a few rows thrown in in the evenings and during my lunch hour. It’s just not as much as I would like!
Lisa said,
May 21, 2010 @ 4:14 pm
I usually knit in the evenings, but sometimes fall asleep before I can get more than a couple of rows finished.
Jess said,
May 21, 2010 @ 4:15 pm
I mostly knit after 10 p.m. and anytime in the car when I’m not the driver.
Sandy said,
May 21, 2010 @ 4:50 pm
I do most of my knitting on Wednesdays. We get together for coffee and knitting in the morning and dinner and a knit together in the evening. Gotta love Wednesdays!
Debi said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:01 pm
Hi, I usually get most of my knitting done on the weekends though I try to sneak in some time in the evenings and during my lunch break at work…I always have my knitting with me.
kim said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:05 pm
Mostly in the evenings in front of the tv or an audio book, but I love to knit in the car (thank you, Sue).
Mandy said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:10 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening after the baby is asleep in the crib and right before I fall asleep. It’s my unwind time. Sometimes, it’s 10 minutes, sometimes it’s an hour!
Ann said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:15 pm
It feels like most of my knitting is done on the light rail train to and from work. Since I work from home two days a week, of course this can’t be possible! Or maybe that’s why I always take so long to finish anything? I also knit watching television, and over the last couple of months I figured out that, when my husband is driving, I have all kinds of knitting time wherever we go – we’re just over 9 miles from anything, so it’s always a trip.
Debbie said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:18 pm
I do most of my knitting when I am waiting. My husband was in the hospital a few times this past year and I don’t know what I would have done without a project to keep me busy whjile he was in the OR.( He is OK now, thank GOD!} I also knit while waiting for the schoolbus…waiting in the airport…and once while waiting for tickets to see Jersey Boys! I also knit while I watch TV.
Connie Benotti said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:41 pm
I’m retired and knit all the time. That being said, my favorite time to knit is late at night when the house is quiet. It reminds me of when my children were babies and I would wake up in the middle of the night to feed them. I know everyone remembers the feelings of rocking the sleeping baby and just enjoying the closeness. The late night knitting reminds me of that. It’s special
Cori North said,
May 21, 2010 @ 5:48 pm
I’m an evening knitter too, for the most part. I tend to sneak in daytime when able, tho. I like to watch a movie or read a book while knitting, and usually take the knitting and a book to bed for awhile, before turning out the light.
Judith said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:01 pm
Knitting in the evening is my most common time but I also enjoy knitting in cars on longer trips.
I’ve been enjoying listening to podcasts and knitting after everyone’s homework is done!
Jean Wrightnour said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:21 pm
I do most of my knitting at my boys’ basketball and baseball games (when I’m not snapping photos!). It takes half a baseball season to knit a pair of socks!!
Cindy Ferver said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:25 pm
I knit when I’m watching tv or a movie. I also love to read but get books on tape so I can knit at the same time.
Helen said,
May 21, 2010 @ 6:31 pm
Whenever I can steal time in between household chores, I pick up my knitting needles. I have even dreamt I was knitting and awoke thinking, I better wait and figure this out in the morning.
Carol Huisman said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:02 pm
Morning, noon and night! I just can’t stop to cook, clean or do laundry…
Jessica said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:03 pm
Before baby, most of my knitting was done while commuting or while watching my husband play soccer. For the past 4 months, knitting happens during naps!
sara elizabeth said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:45 pm
Knitting happens most often in the evenings- and now that the programs I watch are finished for the season I have even more time for knitting (and spinning)!
Theresa Brom said,
May 21, 2010 @ 7:52 pm
I knit wherever and whenever I can: The car waiting for kids, at home, lacrosse games, even the circus!!
Kristina said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:06 pm
I usually knit in front of the TV at night. I do knit and read at the same time, and I do love to knit while reading a book about knitting- does that make sense? I also like to knit on my lunch break. I find it grounds me.
DonnaC said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:17 pm
I do most of my knitting in front of the tv — sports that my husband is watching. Second-best time/place? In the car traveling to and from our son’s ball games….3 hours each way….great dedicated and guilt-free knitting time!!!
Gina said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:19 pm
I knit in the morning while my DH and I watch the news and discuss the days plans over 2 cups of coffee which takes at least 2 hours. Then I knit when I watch TV in the evening for an hour or two and at knit night once a week. I always knit on trips while my husband drives when we go to visit our daughter who is 8 hours away. We go at least 3 times a year.
laura c said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
i knit throughout the day, but mostly at night while my husband is goofing on the computer. and, and yes, when i am in the car, on the bus, at church, in a meeting–anywhere i have be still.
Judy Gilbert said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:23 pm
I knit almost every night after about 9pm. That’s when I finally sit down to relax. If I would just sit, I would feel guilty….when I knit I feel like I’m still being productive and relaxing at the same time. It’s my therapy!
Marycile Cortez said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:40 pm
I haven’t yet begun to knit (I currently crochet), but when I do, most of it will be at Two Sticks and a String store in Ephrata WA, because they teach free on Tuesdays from noon to 5pm. I usually go from noon to 2:30 and then pick up my son at school. My first project will be a purse bag that is made from 100% wool in two solid colors and one multi. It will be knit and then felted so coins don’t go through the bottom. It will have some stripes and two handles. I try to crochet everyday, but that isn’t always possible, because I take care of the house, yard, pets, and I am looking for a job. I like to crochet while my husband and son watch TV, becuase I don’t watch TV much, just listen to it. My favorite projects are socks, because they are so quick and easy and take little yarn. I am making my husband my first crocheted sweater. It will be his Christmas present. I love yarn!
Lisa aka Mochaknits said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:51 pm
I knit mostly at night when my almost 2-year old goes to sleep. Because my time is so limited, I practically knit anywhere; waiting in line at the post office, in my car while stuck in traffic, waiting for my children to exit the school building. Those little 15 – 30 minute intervals add up and help.
Most of my weekend time is relegated to washing and folding clothes which seems to be endless. Argh!
Marlene Maddock said,
May 21, 2010 @ 8:53 pm
I do most of my knitting while watching tv. I pick up my knitting whenever I get a chance. I do knitting in the car if we are going on a trip, that is if I’m not driving.
Several ladies get together every couple of weeks and spend the time knitting between 10 and 2. I also belong to a knitting guild and we meet once a month.
Dee said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:13 pm
I do most of my knitting at home after all of the major chores are done and the sunlight is the best. When the sun is out early I sometimes sneak in a few rows in my car before work starts. One of my co-workers saw me and asked what I was crocheting.
Maureen L said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:28 pm
I knit in spits and spurts throughout the day. Watching my son do his online math course, between household chores, waiting up for the kids, waiting in the doctor/dentist office. On good days I can do a good hour a day this way. And then in the evening another hour (or more) instead of TV.
Kata said,
May 21, 2010 @ 9:49 pm
I do most of my knitting weeknight evenings while watching tv. Or on weekends when theres nothing else to do. And during the day on breaks, and lunches… and travelling in the car or on the bus. And and and… always
Kimberly said,
May 21, 2010 @ 11:55 pm
I knit anywhere I can but mostly on my breaks and lunch at work. No one bugs me when i am counting stitches.
Yvonne said,
May 22, 2010 @ 12:10 am
I do most of my knitting at home watching tv, but often “crash” before I knit long enough. I get my most successful segments of knitting done in the airport and on the plane–you have to arrive early, why not knit? On the plane, you can not be distracted by a phone ringing or a household buzzer. I wear my noise canceling headphones and escape into a knitting nirvana!
Janette said,
May 22, 2010 @ 12:47 am
I knit more in the evenings. Almost none on the weekends, unless I go to my MIL’s house. Then I get TONS done.
Paula said,
May 22, 2010 @ 5:09 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings while I’m watching tv!
Nora Brown said,
May 22, 2010 @ 6:43 am
I’m fortunate to only be working 1/2 days. My kids are grown. So I come home from work and sit in my corner of the couch with one Golden Retriever on my right and one at my feet and I knit for about 4 hours while listening to books on tape. It’s a wonderfully relaxing way to spend my afternoons. I’m so blessed.
Betsie Czeschin said,
May 22, 2010 @ 6:47 am
Dog shows! I do most of my knitting at dog shows. I always have a simple project going that doesn’t require a pattern so I can tote it around. I’m on several charity Boards and I knit in Board meetings and in church classes (cleared it with preacher first – he said glazed eyes bother him more than me knitting). And I’m sooo thankful I knit when I have to attend continuing ed!
Btw, who says socks have to be identical? If a single was all you could tolerate of that pattern, why not make the other out of a similar or coordinating pattern? It’s a way to try more patterns, too.
Jan Hamby said,
May 22, 2010 @ 7:12 am
I travel…A LOT. So I get a tremendous amount of knitting done in airports and on airplanes. I also spend part of the occasional weekend recovery day immersed in knitting and catching up on DVR’d TV shows.
Linda Manley said,
May 22, 2010 @ 7:19 am
I LOVE being able to knit anymore and love doing socks..mostly I knit at night while hubby is watching TV and sometimes if trying to get something done for another mid day! LOVE IT…
Dean Brickner said,
May 22, 2010 @ 7:26 am
I knit every single night. After work, home from the gym, after the kitties are fed and I’ve had my dinner, too, I get comfy on the fouton and stream some Netflix via my PS3. It’s a solid 2 hours of knit time every lovin’ night and it helps to keep me sane and helps to recharge my batteries for the next day of work.
Valorie Brown said,
May 22, 2010 @ 8:01 am
Well, I work part time at my LYS, and spring and summer are our slow season, so I do get to knit there a good bit, but probably the most productive knitting time is at night watching the boob tube!
I love travel knitting — my dd is in Fl, so when we go see her, I get nearly 8 straight hours of knitting time — I even knit in the dark last time (it was straight stockinette stitch. But, I was still pleasantly surprised that there weren’t any “uh-oh’s!”)
Marianna said,
May 22, 2010 @ 8:26 am
Whenever I can find a few minutes–lately I haven’t found too many!
Andrea said,
May 22, 2010 @ 8:26 am
Like clockwork, in the evening, as soon as dinner dishes are cleaned up, until 11 or midnight, depending on how enticing that “one more row” is at that hour of the night!
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Ella said,
May 22, 2010 @ 9:55 am
I like to knit while enjoying morning coffee, after cleaning up from working in the garden, while listening to music or to a recorded book, while chatting with pals at my fave LYS, when sitting in waiting rooms, at the end of the day when I am relaxing in my fave chair and thinking about the blessings of the day, problems to be solved and hopes for tomorrow. I love retirement!
Sharon M said,
May 22, 2010 @ 10:55 am
I probably do most of my knitting on the weekends. But if I’m going through a stretch where I keep waking up early, I’ll get up to fit in some knitting time. My second most popular knitting time is before bed for 30-60 minutes.
Lynn M said,
May 22, 2010 @ 11:05 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings as it is so theraputic after a long day at work. And if I squeeze in an extra day off from work, I spend most of it knitting.
joanna said,
May 22, 2010 @ 11:30 am
I knit in the evenings mostly. Also when travelling. I knit year-round, but really I’m a seasonal knitter, most of my knitting is done during the fall and winter. Of course, I can pick up a sock and knit anytime!
Cyndi said,
May 22, 2010 @ 11:37 am
I knit in the evenings to calm me down after a stressful day at work. I also pack a project to carry to work to knit on during my breaks. The company I work for laid off over 700 people in the past year so it is a bit stressful around the office for the 100 of us that are left!
Janice M said,
May 22, 2010 @ 11:37 am
I knit regularly at night from 7pm onward. (and other times during the day if I can get away with it!)..
Janina Sturdivant said,
May 22, 2010 @ 11:49 am
I knit EVERYWHERE! I knit anytime I have a free moment…on the subway, in a meeting (it actually helps me focus!), sometimes even at church. I knit when I’m shopping at the mall (it keeps me from grabbing at all the things I want and can’t afford…LOL) and watching TV. I knit in the movie theater during the movie, and I knit in restaurants while I am waiting for my food. Knitting is my addiction!
Sarah Mitchell said,
May 22, 2010 @ 3:13 pm
I knit in bits and pieces throughout the day–whenever my three-year old is not hanging off me.
I usually have projects sprinkled around the house so I can get a few stitches in here and there. And when I have big chunks of time (like naptime after lunch, or after bedtime) I knit to audiobooks and podcasts. I also knit in the movie theater, but only when I go to see operas (at the movie theater–I don’t knit during live opera!) because my husband doesn’t come with me, and he would KILL me if I knit at a movie with him.
Debbie H said,
May 22, 2010 @ 3:50 pm
I do most of my knitting on my weekend, which is usually mid-week ( I work retail-hell). so I’ll listen to the TV and knit in the evening. Debbie in Alaska
Cathy said,
May 22, 2010 @ 5:01 pm
Most of the time I knit for a little while before going to bed and on Sunday morning I enjoy knitting while drinking a leisurely cup of coffee.
Susan said,
May 22, 2010 @ 5:11 pm
I knit all the time – in the early morning and while watching T.V. “mindless” knitting; during the afternoon and early evening lace or color work projects requiring concentration.
Michelle Ross said,
May 22, 2010 @ 5:27 pm
I knit while I am waiting for my kids. Car pool line skating lessons, piano lessons, baseball games, etc… Depending on the schedule, I can squeeze quite a bit in!
kathleen said,
May 22, 2010 @ 7:38 pm
after the kids go to sleep.
Kelly Andrews said,
May 22, 2010 @ 9:17 pm
I knit in the evenings after the kids go to bed.
Kimberly said,
May 22, 2010 @ 10:55 pm
I knit in the evening after I finish the dinner dishes and the house is quiet. I also keep a project in my bag for those small minutes that crop up during the day.
kim said,
May 23, 2010 @ 12:15 am
I knit any time I have a chance.
Nanci Byers said,
May 23, 2010 @ 12:16 am
I usually knit late at night when I should be sleeping. I find it is a calming activity.
Carolyn said,
May 23, 2010 @ 7:28 am
My favorite time to knit is early in the morning on the weekends but try to knit for at least an hour every evening.
Joan said,
May 23, 2010 @ 9:03 am
I usually knit while I’m watching TV at night or while I’m waiting in the car to shuttle the kids to this thing and that. I also knit whenever we have to wait at a doctor’s office or extended car trips when I’m not driving.
I haven’t yet figured out how to carve out time regularly during the day to knit, but the few times I’ve knit during daylight I seem to get more done. Ah, paradox!
Lynne said,
May 23, 2010 @ 9:09 am
I knit any free moment I have. Most of my knitting though gets done on the weekends when I have the most time available. I take my knitting everywhere, doctors appointments, in the car waiting for one of my children, waiting for the car to be fixed, work and almost anywhere you can think of. I love to knit and it keeps me happy anywhere I go. The only time I’m not knitting is when I’m on the computer.
Melissa said,
May 23, 2010 @ 9:22 am
Most of my knitting happens on weekday evenings just after dinner, but weekends are good too – especially if I have a big chunk of free time and some TV to catch up on!
Gillian said,
May 23, 2010 @ 9:30 am
I get most of my knitting done early in the morning. I wake up much earlier than my significant other & before the day officially gets started, & life is still quiet, I sit down with my knitting, a cup of coffee and ease into the day by knitting for an hour or two.
Kathy said,
May 23, 2010 @ 9:35 am
Prefer early morning knitting. But I don’t really need an excuse to knit anytime, anyplace ……
Gail said,
May 23, 2010 @ 9:58 am
I do most of my knitting either in front of the tv or when I am waiting for someone. I always have some sort of knitting with me just in case. My travel knitting is usually a sock and tv knitting is bigger.
Ann said,
May 23, 2010 @ 10:45 am
I try to knit everyday – 10 minutes minimum. I knit on my lunch hour at work, at night after dinner, and anytime in between that I can squeeze it in. I always carry my knitting with me so I’m prepared for unexpected opportunities to knit.
Karen said,
May 23, 2010 @ 12:57 pm
I typically knit several hours a day — in late afternoons, evenings (while watching a movie), any time I’m a passenger in the car, and while waiting in doctors’ or dentists’ offices. I also belong to two knitting groups, and we knit for about two or three hours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. One of the many luxuries of being retired is having extra time to devote to favorite things — like knitting!
Debbie said,
May 23, 2010 @ 2:02 pm
I knit in the evenings. I keep two of the sweetest grandsons in the world during the day, so I knit to relax at night.
Rachel said,
May 23, 2010 @ 2:25 pm
Hey Sharon! I knit on most nights while watching PBS and Glee in my pajamas. I call my bedroom my woman cave. I also knit on Wednesday mornings for knit-together and coffee with my BFFs. This usually goes on to Thursday morning knit-together then sometimes Friday morning knit-together. Needless to say, my part-time job at the library suffers immensely, but my boss understands since I knit her socks.
Rebecca Robertson said,
May 23, 2010 @ 3:28 pm
I do most of my knitting on the train to and from work!
Sandy H. said,
May 23, 2010 @ 5:19 pm
I knit in the evenings while TV is on for background noise. Also I am an early riser and enjoy a nice cup of coffee in the morning with a project. When my grandsons – 3 and 5 – are napping I sit in the rocker and knit away.
Any time is knitting time!
Elaine Therrien said,
May 23, 2010 @ 5:25 pm
I knit mostly in the evenings, with the TV. If I am knitting lace, I don’t see much of the TV, but I can usually get the gist of what is going on. Rignt now I am on vacation, so I am knitting (alot) in a beach house in Corolla, NC! This is my favorite place to knit!
Linda Gorham said,
May 23, 2010 @ 6:40 pm
I do most of my knitting at night, watching TV, from 8 PM to 12 MN. I knit whenever I am in the car with hubby (and he’s driving!), and sometimes, if I have a simple sock on the needles, I knit when I go on my morning walks, with the sock yarn in a little 1-skein knit picks bag I clip on my belt. Now that summer is here, and there will be music in the parks again, I “plein air” knit to live music at night!
Elisabeth said,
May 23, 2010 @ 6:50 pm
I knit whenever I can fit it in. I always have knitting with me in the car in case I am in slow traffic or have to wait to pick up a child. I have even been known to knit while driving very slowly in traffic! Eyes on the road of course! I always bring knitting to my office in case I am waiting for someone to show up and they are late. I knit with a friend one afternoon a week and at different times of the day depending on what is going on. I don’t watch TV but love to read but haven’t figured out how to do both of those activities at once. In other words, there is no definite time.
Deanna said,
May 23, 2010 @ 7:18 pm
I mostly knit in the evenings while watching TV…..
Henya said,
May 23, 2010 @ 9:12 pm
At night, between nursing my baby and nursing my baby again.
Dorothy said,
May 23, 2010 @ 9:18 pm
I knit in the evenings, watching tv. I am trying to perfect reading, watching tv, and knitting all at the same time.
Teresa Walton said,
May 23, 2010 @ 10:10 pm
I love to knit at any time, but especially in the evenings after my work day is done. I may have the television on, or maybe not, but evening knitting time is my time to unwind from my day and do something I really enjoy.
tabitha said,
May 24, 2010 @ 7:56 am
I knit pretty much every day. I generally get my most productive knitting in the mornings before the day starts to get busy or in the evenings after everything has settled down
stephanie B said,
May 24, 2010 @ 9:44 am
most of my knitting gets done on the weekends, watching dvds of my favorite sci-fi shows, while my DB plays his computer games. Quality together time, right?
Esther said,
May 24, 2010 @ 10:03 am
I do most of my knitting at night. If there is something I really want to watch on TV it helps keep me awake and sometimes I just past the sleepy stage and have to stop myself from knitting straight through til morning!
With only a one day weekend it can be a bit hectic fitting in family, reading, and knitting but as my mother-in-law also knits she doesn’t think it strange if I whip out some yarn after our meal.
And on the rare occasions when the housework is done and my work-from-home work is finished I will treat myself and knit during the day.
Kathleen said,
May 24, 2010 @ 10:13 am
The majority of my knitting is done in the evening after all chores and dinner are done for the day. Weekends I find myself playing catch up on errands and household chores.
LouLou said,
May 24, 2010 @ 10:45 am
I work 10 to 6, but I wake up at 5:30 AM, get ready for my day and then sit down and knit for about 1 1/2 hours – with no interuption!! Actually, the only interuption are my 2 cats who like to flank me as I sit on the sofa. As the weather gets warmer, the 3 of us go out to the balcony and enjoy the morning sunshine.
Beth in Seattle said,
May 24, 2010 @ 11:52 am
I do most of my knitting in the evenings, in front of the television. Just like a lot of people – from the looks of it. If I have something pressing to finish I spend my bus time knitting. Then of course, there is waiting in line time, waiting for the bus time and any other stolen moments that can be found.
Lise said,
May 24, 2010 @ 12:32 pm
I get most of my knitting done either at the pool (while waiting for swim lessons/team practice) or on my couch after all the kids have gone to bed!
Barbara said,
May 24, 2010 @ 1:47 pm
I knit while watching DVDs or Masterpiece Mystery, with my Wednesday night knitting group, in meetings that I attend but don’t facilitate, listening to sermons in church, on the train, in my dreams!
Debbie D said,
May 24, 2010 @ 1:56 pm
I do most of my knitting in the evening.
Melissa said,
May 24, 2010 @ 3:08 pm
I do most of my knitting after my boys have gone to sleep at night. During their nap time on the weekends tends to be pretty productive for me too.
Ingrid said,
May 24, 2010 @ 3:53 pm
I mostly knit at school! During lectures, to keep me focused. Especially early in the morning, knitting keeps me sane.
Lucia said,
May 24, 2010 @ 6:20 pm
Am I too late? Oh, who cares, I’ll always answer anyway. I knit in the car on the way to work (my husband drives), at home while watching TV, while waiting for my kids… just about anywhere.
Sarah said,
May 24, 2010 @ 7:00 pm
I do most of my knitting at night after the kids go to bed.
Maxine B Linville said,
May 25, 2010 @ 3:56 pm
i hope i’m not too late……………i will knit when i have 5 extra minutes during the day, i sit outside work and knit until i have to walk in the door. then i settle down when i get home from work and knit a bit on each project i have going. that is usually at least 4 and sometimes more.
Sally said,
May 26, 2010 @ 10:14 am
When I am traveling (while my husband drives).
Tamara in Roswell, GA said,
May 26, 2010 @ 4:47 pm
I knit any chance I get. But mostly on my 15 minute breaks at work, in the evenings watching TV and when my husband is out of town for business or business classes, which has been happening fairly frequently lately. I also knit at the meetings, parties, and get togethers of the Visually Impaired employees group from work that I’m a member of. I always have my knitting with me so if there’s a few minutes at the doctors or waiting for the Mobility Van or Taxi, (I don’t drive), I can pull out my current project. My kitties love me sitting and knitting in the evening as they can “help” mama.
Sure wish I had the time, stamina, and resources to be able to knit a lot more. Oh and vacations at the beach are perfect time for getting a lot of knitting done. My last one was in Curacao. Just be sure to have your yarn in a zippered bag to keep the sand out!
Bonnie said,
May 28, 2010 @ 6:52 am
I knit in the car, in casual restaurants, in movie theaters, and of course at home with the t.v. (never just watch t.v.).
I always have knitting in the car, waiting for appointments, traffic jams, who knows when you might have the opportunity to knit a few rows on a sock.
Happy knitting.
Martha said,
May 30, 2010 @ 7:28 pm
I work w/ the tv on in the evenings and during my lunch break… sometimes I work during meetings and during Bible study at church!
Brenda J said,
May 31, 2010 @ 11:46 am
I do most of my knitting in the evening, after supper, but I also manage to get a fair amount done in the afternoon before my husband gets home!
Linda said,
June 20, 2010 @ 9:55 am
I just returned back to knitting and crocheting most recently. I am trying to teach my daughter, but we ended up with her-doing the knitting wheels. I can remember how to start crocheting with a needle and ending it, but can not remember how to read patterns. My knitting is okay. However, I can cast on but can not cast off. In addition, I lack the knowledge to read a pattern. I do most of my knitting or crocheting at night or in the car on long travels and I am not driving.