Everyone has their nook, their favorite workspace. In my dreams my workspace is a comfy armchair in an open, clean room where I can knit whenever I want. Maybe with a wall of color coded yarn behind me, and a cup of cocoa or tea nearby. In reality, my knitting space is almost always my dining area, after work. The drink nearby is more often a glass of wine than tea (no complaints there). It's not an open space because we rent a pretty tiny house, but I can see the oak forest through the window. Sure, the screen is pretty grimy but the orangey-yellow leaves are still pretty. I can't seem to knit without something else going on in the background, so my laptop is almost always open and playing a movie or TV show. Having a device play a movie, and actually watching a movie are two different things. I'm surprised I haven't worn out my Harry Potter and Grimm Season 1 DVDs because my laptop has run through those discs way more than I've actually watched them. Fact: Hermione is awesome and Monroe has some great sweaters.
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| My knitting tree |
But, every once in a while, when it's not too cold or too hot or too damp, I get to knit outside! No background movie needed. When I have the chance, my yard is my favorite knitting spot. Especially during fall. I live on a small, woody mountain so there's always something to explore when I look up from my knitting. There's a (half-dead) tree in my yard perfect for leaning up against, and an especially soft, grassy patch perfect for sitting. You can sit and knit for hours. It's worth getting freaked out once in a while because an odd bug mistook you for the tree and started crawling around on you. You look up and there's trees in every direction, a small wood pile here, the garden plot there (or what's left of it), and the green mountain to your right. It's pretty sweet.
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| My mountain! Yes, it's mine. Don't litter on it. |
So, inconclusion: yes, I'm still renting, no I don't own a TV, yes I know too much about Harry Potter, and no I would never color code anything. I'm not that organized. Welcome to the life of a 20-something. But so far I've been very lucky. Where's your favorite place to knit?
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Wood pile, and lovely maple(?)
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