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Lost my knitting mojo
by Leah Myott
During the pandemic, I was a very productive knitter. I knit five sweaters, four shawls and dozens of hats. I taught myself how to knit stranded colorwork, brioche, sweaters and shawls. I obsessively trawled Ravelry for interesting patterns, and I learned who the most popular knitting designers were and bought their patterns. I watched YouTube videos of popular designers. I joined Facebook knitting groups, and knit with some in-person groups in the park (with social distancing, of course). I have piles of finished objects to prove how hard I worked. I have tons of yarn - some of it very expensive - so I would never run out of projects. And yet here I sit, staring at my yarn, feeling no interest in it at all. This podcast covers how I got into knitting, what changed, signs I lost the mojo, how it affected me and what I'm doing now. I will talk about the emotional side of making things, pressure to be productive, comparison culture, perfectionism, unfinished projects, social media and
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Pandemic Productivity
By the time the pandemic started in early 2020, I had developed a knitting obsession. I rediscovered knitting during the Women's March, seeing hand-knitted pink hats everywhere. At a local yarn shop, someone told me about the Ravelry website, warning me how hard it is to stop looking at it. She was right. I pored over it, spending hours choosing favorites and buying patterns. I discovered the Craftsy app, and learned fair isle, brioche and sweater knitting. But at the start of the lock-down, I started to worry if I would have enough yarn. My online yarn store announced that they would not be shipping any orders. Yet somehow I managed to finish a sweater I had started. From there, I went stash-diving and had enough yarn to knit a giant shawl. Why I knit a shawl, I don't know. I never figured out how to wear them, but they are pretty to look at. I knit more fair isle yoke sweaters, hats and more shawls. I knit so much that I wound up getting diagnosed with frozen shoulder. Yet I kept knitting, with multiple works-in-progress all over my house. Now, six years later, I sit in my bedroom staring at piles of stash yarn, not knowing if I will ever make anything with it again. I feel guilty about the unfinished sweater sitting next to the living room couch. I don't look at Ravelry much. My diagnosis now: Lost my knitting mojo.
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During the pandemic, I was a very productive knitter. I knit five sweaters, four shawls and dozens of hats. I taught myself how to knit stranded colorwork, brioche, sweaters and shawls. I obsessively trawled Ravelry for interesting patterns, and I learned who the most popular knitting designers were and bought their patterns. I watched YouTube videos of popular designers. I joined Facebook knitting groups, and knit with some in-person groups in the park (with social distancing, of course). I have piles of finished objects to prove how hard I worked. I have tons of yarn - some of it very expensive - so I would never run out of projects. And yet here I sit, staring at my yarn, feeling no interest in it at all. This podcast covers how I got into knitting, what changed, signs I lost the mojo, how it affected me and what I'm doing now. I will talk about the emotional side of making things, pressure to be productive, comparison culture, perfectionism, unfinished projects, social media and
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