i knit. a lot.
not with a knitting machine, but the old-fashioned way, with knitting needles. i tend to make a lot of blankets and bedsocks.
at the moment, i'm about halfway through knitting a double bed-sized blanket, designed to look like a purple gameboy colour with tetris on it. should take another 3 weeks or so to finish, but it'll look great when it's done.
i also mend clothes and can sew buttons back on. fuck that buying a new outfit because one of the seams has a tear in it shit.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:33, 14 replies)

A knitting machine?
I didn't know there was such a thing. I almost want one now.
(Me, I'm not... in any way intoxicated, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:35, closed)

knitting machines are for cheaters

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:38, closed)

...and the painting of packets is for parrots!
The bloody marmosets have to collect the mandarins though so that's okay.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:46, closed)

i think it's unfair
that the pythons had to pick the passion fruits. it's not like they've even got paws.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:48, closed)

I learned how to sew a button on in the scouts.

( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:38, closed)

my mum taught me
she also taught me to knit, bake, cook delicious meals and decorate.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:40, closed)

I can bake, cook, sew and clean but
my decorating looks like someone left a room filled with gibbons, some tins of paint and some mangoes laced with ecstasy. Strangely, my mum's decorating and DIY efforts are equally 'unique'.
( number5 has been fighting tramps and losing., Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:45, closed)

my mum's great at painting and wallpapering
she taught my dad how to decorate, so she didn't have to do it any more.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:47, closed)

Yay!
Are you on Rav? Knitting is for winners. Not in the least obsolete!
(Odinsdottir wants to tell you about her cats, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 18:53, closed)

no, no rav
i'm not great with patterns, i'd make a fool of myself! blankets are more my thing, i've got a blanket box stuffed with the things and almost every member of my family has a handmade blanket when winter rolls around :)
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Thu 30 Jun 2011, 19:01, closed)

I had to teach myself to knit, sew, cook etc because my mother was always too busy cleaning stuff that was already clean - paranoid obsessive that she is.

I've taught my daughter all that stuff though - she makes great cakes, and knits beautifully. Been teaching another friend to knit too, who in turn has said that a teenage friend of hers wants to learn too, so I'll be teaching her soon too.

Its fun sitting in the living room knitting with a couple of friends having a good old cackle about stuff. Some of our conversations get quite smutty :D
(Freakmandu, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 9:18, closed)

pity, really
i don't have much in common with girl friends, what with them being into chick flicks and babies. i prefer horror and i'm as maternal as a housebrick. wouldn't mind a few evenings of knitting and gossip, but they're all too knackered or can't get babysitters :(
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 1 Jul 2011, 21:14, closed)

Get the kettle on then, I'll be over with the knitting later, for a good stitch and bitch.
(Freakmandu, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 0:36, closed)

:D

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Mon 4 Jul 2011, 17:49, closed)