What Do You Like to Do While Knitting?

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Bit of a random question, but I am curious as to what other people do in the background while knitting. For example, I listen to music or have YouTube videos in the background, knitting-related or otherwise (usually not knitting related :P) In between knitting sessions I just chill or try to catch up on homework because high school :stuck_out_tongue:

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I donā€™t normally knit just to knit ā€“ I knit because I canā€™t do something else. :blush:

For the most part, Iā€™m in conversation with other people while Iā€™m knitting because Iā€™m at my daughterā€™s dance class or at the knitting group I just joined. If there isnā€™t anyone for me to talk to (at dance), then I might put on my headphones and listen to some podcasts while Iā€™m waiting.

I used to knit while I watched TV, but I found that I missed a lot of what was going on visually in my shows, so I donā€™t do that anymore.

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I tend to knit while hibernating in my room listening to my radio. Which happens pretty much every day.
Although now that the weather is taking a turn for the better I am outside more often, working in the garden.:woohoo:

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I like to knit while listening to audio books. Itā€™s a nice change from the TV, and as sakura-panda alluded to, you donā€™t miss something important to a scene in your favorite show.

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I often listen to either nature documentaries(usually cheetahs and lions if thatā€™s the case) or Wild Kratts while I am knitting.

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I love watching TV or YouTube tutorials, haha. My favorite things to watch are shows on Investigation Discovery AND Food Network. If Iā€™m knitting, I want to watch something that isnā€™t too distracting or requires too much of my attention, hehe. I have made that mistake a few times & my knitting definitely suffered. :aww:

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I like to listen to my favorite lyric musicā€¦

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Relaxed and lyrical music, do not like heavy metal music

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I love listening to audiobooks. My tastes are all over the place, so lots of different genres to keep me entertained.
I also ā€œwatchā€ reruns - Andy Griffith, Mash, any of the CSI type shows, anything Iā€™ve seen before, so I know what everyone looks like, and I can glance up at the tv for the good stuff. Iā€™m getting better at knitting without looking down too, so that helps.

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I like to knock back a few glasses of Jim Beam and watch the history channel with my husband.

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Watch anime or movies on netflix while drinking gallons of tea and the ocassional whiskey :thumbsup:

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play on the computer or watch tv

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I prefer to put on a TV rerun that I donā€™t have to concentrate on.

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I knit watching sports on t.v. Hubby is really into sports, you see. I know way more about football than I ever wanted to but it doesnā€™t stop there.
Tennis, golf even, soccer, baseball, curlingā€¦ etc.
I confess to liking curlingā€¦ :slight_smile:
Anyway, I knit while he watches sports because I donā€™t really want to watch sportsā€¦ but I like to be with him when heā€™s doing it. He likes to discuss the games with me and sometimes he reaches over and holds my hand. Naturally, the knitting stops right thenā€¦ :slight_smile:
I can go on the computer, do my embroidery, draw pictures in my little ā€˜studioā€™ (the large closet that passes for a second bedroom in our condo) sitting in my nice little rocker, my best lighting beaming down on my stitches after he goes to bed. Til that time, I get to be with him and I donā€™t care whatā€™s on t.v. because itā€™s worth it.
You never know what tomorrow will bringā€¦
TEMA

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I either watch TV, or while Iā€™m surfing the internet (my computer can be incredibly slow, so it helps me keep my sanity and refrain from throwing my computer out the window)

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I usually watch the television or listen to music. Personally, I canā€™t knit if Iā€™m sitting in the front of the computer. Canā€™t concentrate while surfin :slight_smile:

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I knit while watching TV :slight_smile:

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hmm. I watch tv, or knit while on the bus to/from work. or at break-time.

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watch the TV, sit beside the embroidery machine or just sit talking to the dogs, they seem to enjoy thatā€¦

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I usually knit in the frontroom, comfy in my recliner, the yarn in a bowl beside my chair and the television on. Iā€™m learning a lot about hockey, baseball, curling, football, etcā€¦ hubby loves sports and I like being with hubby so I knit, he watches sportsā€¦ :slight_smile:
TEMA :knitting: :knitting: :knitting:

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