In which She Doesn't Get It

[mousme]

So Den!Mama, who is now a supervisor, has been watching me struggle with the knitting all week, finally broke down on Friday night, the day after she'd seen me frog what had taken the better part of four days of work.

Den!Mama: "I don't understand how you can do that."

Me: *considers a tongue-in-cheek BECAUSE IT RELAXES ME! reply* "What, knitting? Well, I enjoy it, when it's going well."

Den!Mama: "But you just had to start it all over."

Me: "Yes, but I learned from my mistakes, and now it's going much more smoothly, and it looks better."

Den!Mama: "If it were me, I wouldn't bother. The baby would be getting a nice store-bought blanket. You can get really pretty ones that aren't expensive."

Me: "True, but that defeats the purpose of a hand-made gift, for me."

Den!Mama: "Yes, but then you can spend time on things you actually enjoy!"

Me: "..."

I let it drop after that. With reason, she was convinced that I somehow hate knitting (although I promise you I was good and didn't swear or curse or even yell at the knitting even when I frogged it!), or that it was too frustrating a process to be worth it. There wasn't much to say, really.

Comments

[thinkingoutlaw.livejournal.com]

Most people want to spend their time watching television, from as far as I can tell from conversations about everywhere I go. TV commercials generally teach us that anything that even resembles work should be avoided because it might cut in on tv time. (Considering I don't have cable tv, it makes me a social leper because I can't talk about commercials). So, in their minds, anything that looks like work is to be avoided. Yikes...

[mousme.livejournal.com]

But you can knit while watching TV! ;)

I don't get any channels on my television, so all I watch ever are DVDs. Makes for some boring water-cooler conversations, since I hate reality TV and never watch it.

Do people really talk about commercials where you are? How inane.

[thinkingoutlaw.livejournal.com]

yes, they really do... and I'm talking about teachers with at least a four year degree, many of them with a master's degree.