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Spouse and Knitting

What does your spouse or significant other think of your knitting? Mine doesn’t really have an opinion on my knitting persay, but he does tease me about finishing other projects whenever I pick one up. If I pick up Chamomile, he tells me I need to finish the dishcloth for mom, etc. He doesn’t really gripe when I tell him I picked up some more yarn or another knitting book. He just says it figures. I guess he realizes those are my hobbies and he has his own that he spends money on, so he can’t argue too much. When I’m frustrated about it, he’s encouraging or he sympathizes.

He tells me what he thinks about what I’m working on. He isn’t one to say he likes it, just to please me. If he doesn’t like, he tells me. It can be rough sometimes, but at least he’s honest about it. He doesn’t gripe about all my knitting bags cluttering the corner in the living room. I have about 4 bags there with the various projects I’m working on, plus patterns scattered over the end table and odds and ends that I use while I’m knitting (ie. measuring tape, scissors, etc.).

When I was stressing over what to do when my vacation plans got cancelled, he was the one that suggested I look up the LYS where my SIL lives to see if they were having classes I could sign up for and spend a week with her knitting. So he encourages my hobbies. He never once complained about how much money I spent on books a month before I started knitting. Yes, knitting cut down on my reading and book buying habit. Now I buy yarn and spend more time knitting than reading. But he is supportive of my recently aquired hobby. I’d never make him anything, because he isn’t the type to wear sweaters or scarves or knitted socks, but that’s okay. Mom and Nez (my sister) will appreciate my little knitted gifts. And of course that means more time to knit stuff for myself. :)

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