Over the last few months, I’ve had a number of projects that one might consider ‘knitting in the wild’ or knitting in a public space. I remember hearing once that there was some kind of stigma about knitting or crocheting in public, but I have not personally experienced this.
Most of the time, when I’m working on something while in public, I’ll catch the odd interested glance from an adult or the awestruck stare from a child or teen. They all appear to think my chosen form of craft is pretty darn cool!
Knitting in public has been a great conversation starter with strangers in the airport, the park, a parking lot, the grocery store and more! People just really want to know what you’re making and they all seem to think it’s magic.
I’ll let you in on a secret… knitting IS, in fact, magic. 😉
One of the first difficult projects I attempted was a stuffed facehugger from the Alien movies that I was knitting up as a gift for a friend. I cast on while on a flight to Pittsburgh in 2019 and worked on it a little as I had spare time during the trip. Turns out that as soon as you finish knitting up the body, you need to stuff it! And I had no stuffing.
After scouring a number of gift shops in the terminal, I came across a stuffed pumpkin in a candy store that was in the discount bin because it had gotten chocolate spilled on him. Poor thing! And his story was only going to get worse… I purchased that cute little pumpkin and then immediately tore him open to get to the stuffing inside!
I’ve since used up all his stuffing, but I turned him inside out and sent him through the wash so that I keep using him as a handy stuffing container when I’m knitting out and about. 😀
Since the day I started carrying my knitting with me, I’ve worked on a number of different projects, but I’ve discovered that the easiest things to knit in public are socks and washcloths. They knit up pretty quickly and aren’t too complicated, if I need to pause mid-project, and they are small enough to tote around.
Meandering Michelle 
Wow. It’s so pretty 💕
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Thank you!
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Wow, I’m impressed! The only things I know how to knit are scarves and very easy hats (think Hermione, but worse) – everything else seems absurdly complicated to me 😁 I also can’t knit when I’m not fully concentrating on the project, which is why I don’t knit in public. There’d be too many interruptions!
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Oh, I completely understand that! If I try working on something new or that’s too difficult in public, I can guarantee you that I’d be ripping out my stitches and re-doing it, lol. For the most part, knitting is almost a meditative task for me, so I’ve found that it’s good to keep at least one simple project in my purse at all times. 😛
Thank you ever so much for your kind words.
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