Knitting 101

I have recently taken up knitting, seems simple enough...

I want to go on the record as saying before I took up knitting I was a capable woman. Multitasking could have been my middle name. I could do the dishes, cook dinner, set the table, talk on the phone, get the laundry started, monitor what the kids were watching on TV, check my email, sweep the floors and let the dogs in and out countless times without so much as breaking a sweat.

At school I was known as the mom who could create anything from a few scraps of paper and some glue, you need and activity to keep 30 six years olds busy for an hour, I was your girl. If the class was celebrating anything I could come up with a cake, cookie or cupcake to fit the occasion. I was known as the crafty mom, the go to mom, the kids loved me and the teachers adored me.

I made Christmas presents, did clever photo shoots to keep the photo albums updated, handmade all the cards. I grew gourds so I could make birdhouses and then hand painted them, grew sunflowers so the birds would have plenty to eat . I made jams and canned peaches and made breads of all types. I had a yard that was beautifully landscaped and yes I worked full time. I was wonder mom!

So I go from all this to someone can no longer count. I swear knitting has made me an idiot. I have to have multiple sticky notes to help with placement, I cannot count, remember where I was last, what row, what stitch. When I finally complete a full row without a mistake I run around Hank’s doing a happy dance, this is what I have become, the happy dance girl at Hank’s, how did it come to this?