You know you're a knitter when

Carey that is cute!!!

When you are watching Sesame Street with your 2 yo and you see sheep puppets and you think about what kind of wool you would get from them.

When you are looking into getting alpacas because the yarn is so expensive and you want to knit with it more.

You’ve made another knitting friend’s bad day better by asking: “what’d you do, get up on the W.S. of the bed this morning?”

…when you have to hide your excess yarn in the wardrobe and when you open the wardrobe and it starts to fall out you shout ‘back back I say!!!’

and you STILL end up buying more yarn.

When you are looking into getting alpacas because the yarn is so expensive and you want to knit with it more.

I’m trying to convince hubby that my horses need an alpaca gelding to keep them company. Think how much money I could save by shearing him and learning to spin my own yarn!

the tabs on your computer screen are all for knitting forums, blogs, online stores, patterns, etc. and one is your email

you see your mom with a cashmere sweater and you start petting her.

When every single gift you got for Christmas, Valentine’s and your birthday was related in some way to knitting.

When you buck family tradition by not going to Red Lobster for birthday dinner this weekend, but go somewhere less expensive instead, because you want the extra money for YARN! :slight_smile:

When every single gift you got for Christmas, Valentine’s and your birthday was related in some way to knitting.

When you buck family tradition by not going to Red Lobster for birthday dinner this weekend, but go somewhere less expensive instead, because you want the extra money for YARN! :slight_smile:

Oh, and because the service is faster at Logan’s Roadhouse than at Red Lobster, too, meaning I have more time to knit tonight, as well…Of course, I knitted while waiting for dinner to arrive and while my slow-eating son and hubby were finishing their food…but that’s beside the point, right??

When your hubby starts talking about buying some thingie that will wind his own guitar pickups and you respond by saying, “that sounds kinda like a yarn ball winder, honey”…

you pick a vacation spot by where the best looking yarn store is…

:roflhard:I was laughing so hard I cried when I read this because it just happened to me on Saturday!

You know you’re a knitter when…

  • Dh qualifies a date night with “No Knitting!!”
  • You’re watching TV (Reba) and like a character’s sweater so much you try to sketch it before the show is over. You also have the perfect yarn in mind for it.
  • When others see you wearing a sweater they assume you made it.

This thread is hilarious. :roflhard: :roflhard:

you know your a knitter when…

you accidentely knit your hair in you sleep. (did it, needles and all)

you complain on a trip overseas because you cant stop at a yarn shop to get some yarn from out of the country

your little sister says “let me finish one more row” even when she is not knitting, just to stall

your jacket has scraps of yarn in every pocket

Thought of a couple more!
… When one of your 18 mo niece’s first words is “Cashmere”
… When that same niece goes running to my purse to find my knitting stuff when I visit.
… When I found out I was preggo after nearly 3 yrs of trying one of my first thoughts was “What can I make for baby?” Also, everyone already knows I won’t need baby blankets because I’m knitting them.

You know you’re a knitter when…as you are putting socks on your baby’s feet, you pause and stretch the cuff to try to figure out the stitch pattern! (Done it, many times!)

You find a cashmere Neiman-Marcus sweater at a thrift shop, and your very first thought is “Wow! I could get so much yarn from this!”…and you buy it, despite the fact that you could get it even cheaper the next day when the thrift shop puts the sweaters on sale…and you frog it that very evening.

Every morning you look at your knitting/stash next to your living room sofa and desperately want to stay home instead of going to work… then you peel yourself away, because you just can’t stay home every day.

…and you think twice about date night!

You stare intently at people on the subway because they are wearing a hat with a cool pattern – but they think you’re hitting on them.

You have carpal tunnel and arthritis in your fingers but insist it isn’t from the knitting. In fact, you insist the knitting will loosen it up and make it all better…