A Stitch in Time - Knitting in the Park

The amount of time that goes into a knitting project

I’ve been thinking about my patterns, and about knitting in time for the holidays. This also made me start to think about the people for whom these items are knitted. Do they know the amount of time that goes into a knitting project? Can they appreciate it?

Most of us, I believe, are lucky enough to have some amount of people in our lives that appreciate our work. Albeit, that might be a small number, but at least they’re there. Then there’s everyone else – the people who make off the cuff remarks about wanting one of your projects but you know will never pay you for one let alone buy you the yarn.

A stitch in time - would it be helpful to know how much time goes into a knitting project?

This lead me to the question: Would it be helpful if I timed my knitting and published how many hours go into each project?

Now, this would create more work for me. I have found a tool to help track the amount of time, which will allow me to stop the clock to make tea and run to the potty (Come on now, I’m pregnant so this happens a lot). But would it make a difference? Is this extra step beneficial.

So I put the question to you. Would it help you to know, roughly, the amount of time that a project requires?

Would it help you show your friends and family the amount of work you put into your knitting…regardless of whether you use my patterns or not?

Is it interesting for you to know an estimate of how long it takes to knit a cabled hat, or a chevroned infinity scarf?

Would it be helpful to know the amount of time that goes into a knitting project?

If you think this would be valuable information, please let me know in the comments of this blog post.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts and if this would help you at all. I hope that you get absolutely as much joy out of your knitting between now and the holidays. And that you can squeeze in a little bit for yourself here and there.

Remember that self care is important – take care of your hands, your posture, and get plenty of rest. You can’t pour from an empty cup. If you want to spread joy this season, you need to have joy in your everyday life. Much love from our little growing family to yours.

PS if you would like to help test knit the pattern – check out this post.

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