I started knitting last winter quarter. So, I learned maybe nine months ago, give or take a couple of weeks. I had a three-month hiatus this summer, though, so let’s say I’ve been knitting for six months.
At the time, my mom was surprised, and nobody else in my family thought anything about it at all.
Flash forward to last week. My sister now thinks it’s a pretty darn cool thing, and is currently knitting her first scarf. In fact, a number of my cousins are now learning as well.
?!?!?!?!
This really weirds me out, because I am never the first one of many in my family. Usually I’m just the odd one. I study archaeology and media, while the rest of my generation’s doing health sciences and the like. I love watching hockey (damn damn DAMN the lockout!) and playing ultimate frisbee, everyone else watches and plays basketball. I dabble in electronics and everyone else dabbles in fashion. And so on, and so forth.
But now, I knit, and everyone else starts picking it up. What the hell gives?!
Unfortunately this means I will probably need a new idea for a gift exchange item. I have the sneaking suspicion that at least a couple of my relatives will be bringing scarves and such now. Which means I need to either just make something really really cool that’s currently beyond their skills (any ideas for a unisex item or two that fits this description?!) or just ditch the knitting idea entirely.
Damnit, couldn’t everyone have at least waited until just after Christmas or something to borrow one of my hobbies? :-P
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