Knitting on a plane
"I haven't seen somebody knit in years." I heard her mumble these words through my earbuds. I pulled the them out as I turned to the woman seated next to me and gave a smile. "Yes," I replied, "I like bring my knitting on flights--it really helps to pass the time." After a moment I added with a laugh, "There's actually a very large Internet presence of knitters, although I don't know many in person myself." She didn't say hardly anything more, and I'm not even sure her initial comment was even directed to me. I felt her awkwardness, even though I didn't feel awkward myself. We didn't converse the rest of the flight. But her reaction is all too familiar to me: almost everyone hasn't seen or heard of somebody knitting for years. Want to create a social stir? Start knitting in public. Society blows me away. When did knitting become such a taboo? Since when did living simply and practically become so s...
