I’m not ashamed of the fact that I crochet. It’s just that I didn’t want people to ask me questions about crocheting when I crocheted in public. Reading in public is a closed activity, for the most part, no one will feel free to talk about what you are reading, unless they have read the book, or want to read the book. Generally, if you are reading, no one will bother you. When you are crocheting in public, however, that is a different story. Someone may decide to come up and ask what are you knitting, ask “is that for me?” or chat about your project.
Now, I will crochet everywhere!
By everywhere I mean I will crochet:
at home,
at a park,
at a concert,
at the talk before at the opera,
at the pre-concert lecture at the symphony,
in the bed,
in a chair,
in a restaurant or in a bar.
I will crochet near – at my favorite coffee shop (Metropolis) or far – my most recent vacation in Costa Rica and even on a cruise with a group I met and still keep in touch with on social media.
I will crochet in my home, in a friend’s home, or in a relative’s home.
If I’m waiting, I’m crocheting because I can still be social.
People will inevitably ask what I’m working on, this may be the reason that other people don’t crochet or knit in public. In certain spaces, people are too polite or unobservant to ask. What are The answers come easier now that I have been crocheting longer. One place that I don’t crochet is public transportation – that is my reading time and it’s easier to read on a crowded bus or train than it is to try to gather up the yarn or fight for elbow space. When I would visit my grandmother in the nursing home or even visiting people in the hospital, I crochet because it gives us both something to do.
I don’t care anymore about people looking at me, because I can people watch and crochet and that’s just fine by me. Don’t worry about others, worry about yourself – crochet or knit in public and enjoy yourself. Taking your project “on the road” is exhilarating, unless it’s an afghan and too unwieldy to manage.
Happy crocheting – crochet where you want!
