No Knitting in the Dark

The past two nights have been “Family Movie Night” at my house.  My husband brought home a bunch of movies home and I felt obligated to sit with him and watch.  Since I was working on my new knitting project, I couldn’t have been happier.

I have heard of stories of people knitting without looking.  I always thought that one day I would get there.  I pictured myselft watching TV and not even paying attention, looking down and seeing a completed sweater.  I could knit while riding in the car, so I could knit anywhere.  Plus, if they could do it, I could too.

My husband has a bit of OCD (just kidding, but he does get obsessed with things).  One of his pet peeves is having the lights on when you don’t need them.  When the movies started it was still daylight out; thanks to day light savings time.  But half way through the sun set and I found myself sitting in the dark – knitting.

Now, I could have very easily gotten up and turned on the lamp.  Or better yet, called one of my slaves (oops, I mean kids) to turn the light on.  But heck!  they could do it, so could I.

Warning – don’t do this without practice.

Tonight, the lights are on.  I looked at my work and God only knows what I was thinking.  It looks like I turned halfway through a row in several spots.  Not that I remember doing this.  So, I have spent the last 2 hours tearing back three rows of stitches.  Remember, I cast on 272 stitches.

All is better now.  I have learned my lesson.  Although I get lots of messages of how well I knit and how amazing it is that I am tackling a sweater already or how incredible it is that I have made socks as my second project; I think I am letting this go to my head.  For now, I will practice the “not-looking” thing and check my work often.

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