Sunday, December 03, 2006
Pick up your needles and relax
Extreme Craft is collecting vintage craft magazines, one of which offers a letter from a reader who feels that needlework is relaxing. Really!
Actually, though, I've thought for a while now that one of the reasons knitting has become so popular with young women is that it's very relaxing, and if you actually finish anything you get a sense of accomplishment that is often denied in the workplace in these days of snowballing, neverending projects with endless "action items" and "drop-dead" dates that are actually "put another log on the fire" dates (as in "Put another log on the fire/cook me up some bacon and some beans/and go out to the car and change the tire..."). So go pick up your needles and get to relaxin'.
Actually, though, I've thought for a while now that one of the reasons knitting has become so popular with young women is that it's very relaxing, and if you actually finish anything you get a sense of accomplishment that is often denied in the workplace in these days of snowballing, neverending projects with endless "action items" and "drop-dead" dates that are actually "put another log on the fire" dates (as in "Put another log on the fire/cook me up some bacon and some beans/and go out to the car and change the tire..."). So go pick up your needles and get to relaxin'.
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