My Hovercraft is Full of Eels

[bec_87rb]

As an American who has gotten services in Germany in German, this makes me sputter with glee and embarrassment. The same polite helpful native, desperately trying to help me

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[suegypt]

Ah, this post is the Best Thing Ever!

I think we may have been separated at birth...

[bec_87rb]

I say, if we agree, then scr*w em all, we're right on this one. :)

Anything you have learned recently because it pleased you, and not because it is preapproved?

[suegypt]

Um, no, not that I can recall. No, not really. No...

[bec_87rb]

No new bands you are developing an encyclopedic knowledge of?

[chhinnamasta]

Oh, there's a list of "preapproved" activities or hobbies, is there? I didn't get the memo! All joking aside, I do know what you mean. To me, you sound like just another curious creative person with an imagination. However, to the mass of people whose curiosity, creativity and imagination has been sucked dry by the demands and responsibilities of child rearing, or mindless careerism, anything that isn't "sensible," as you say, is met with disdain. Just because they opted to pour all their mental, spiritual, creative, financial, and other resources into raising grubs, or chasing prestige or money, doesn't mean that this is How It Must Be Done. They have forgotten how to have fun, and pursue their own interests, and they are envious, or discomfited by anyone who hasn't. Who cares what they think? I don't, and you shouldn't. I find those people tedious. Anyone who attempts to crush another's curiosity is highly suspect, in my opinion. Ask yourself what their motivation is

[bec_87rb]

Very handy of you! I remember learning to knit, but not ever producing anything substantial? Onto the next shiny thing!!!!

[chhinnamasta]

I taught myself to knit continental style. I find this method to be much faster than the traditional "throwing" method I was taught as a kid. I also find it far easier to knit without looking when I'm knitting using the continental method; knitting without looking is a great skill to acquire, because while you're doing something else that doesn't require your hands, you can be producing a sweater, socks, a hat, or whatever.

What initially sucked me back into knitting, as an adult, was seeing entrelac and the inquiry went from there... before I knew it, I was knitting sweaters like a madwoman.

[bec_87rb]

That looks pretty cool, that it looks like a woven pattern when you're done. It looks also stretchy, as it if would yield a flexible item? Good for hats?