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Everyone should have a hobby. That's what my grandmother said. She believed "Busy hands were happy hands"; and if I didn't keep my hands busy, she'd tell me "Idle hands do the Devil's work". To prove she had the patients of a saint Grandmother taught me how to knit. Then all I wanted to do was hang out with my friends, but now I understand. When one of my days is turned upside down by a car with a dead battery, a toilet that's overflowing like a fountain or unexpected guests for a dinner I'd planned to microwave, I can knit. There's still a pattern to my day - a knit one, pearl two, yarn over and repeat pattern. My first knitting project was a scarf. According to the pattern I was meant to knit for sixty inches; but I got carried away with my enthusiasm. You know the giraffe in the Toys R Us commercials? That's my scarf he's wearing. The thicker the yarn, the faster the knitting goes. Plus mistakes are harder to see. Once I used thin yarn to make a baby's cap and the cap was a handicap for the baby. No, my knitting isn't designer quality. That's why I try to think of designer names for what I make. I named the over-sized sweater for my stepfather Knight Shade. Knight Blindness was the iridescent pink vest for a friend and Knight Blooming was the shawl for my pregnant sister-in-law. I went to the Robin Williams' school of knitting. I enjoy keeping people in stitches - other people. There are three reasons I don't knit for myself. One, I get tired of what I'm knitting before I've finished knitting it. Two, it's better to give than to receive - especially when you're giving things that have to be dry cleaned; and three, knitting yarn keeps me from knitting my brow into a Botox challenge. After I knitted my way through my family and friends, I needed a new hobby. My busy hands became ecstatically happy hands when I realized the revered art of decoupage is just gluing. I glued pictures, maps, stamps, wine labels, postcards and more on boxes, trays and picture frames. Then I shellacked everything and voila - last year's Christmas presents! The best thing about turning my hobby into gifts is I'm sure no one has them. Plus - it gets the stuff out of the house.

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Knight Pierce Hirst takes humorous looks at life. Take a minute to make yourself smile at http://knightwatch.typepad.com

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<h1>Is It A Hobby Or Therapy?</h1><br><br> <br><br> Everyone should have a hobby. That's what my grandmother said. She believed "Busy hands were happy hands"; and if I didn't keep my hands busy, she'd tell me "Idle hands do the Devil's work". To prove she had the patients of a saint Grandmother taught me how to knit. Then all I wanted to do was hang out with my friends, but now I understand. When one of my days is turned upside down by a car with a dead battery, a toilet that's overflowing like a fountain or unexpected guests for a dinner I'd planned to microwave, I can knit. There's still a pattern to my day - a knit one, pearl two, yarn over and repeat pattern. My first knitting project was a scarf. According to the pattern I was meant to knit for sixty inches; but I got carried away with my enthusiasm. You know the giraffe in the Toys R Us commercials? That's my scarf he's wearing. The thicker the yarn, the faster the knitting goes. Plus mistakes are harder to see. Once I used thin yarn to make a baby's cap and the cap was a handicap for the baby. No, my knitting isn't designer quality. That's why I try to think of designer names for what I make. I named the over-sized sweater for my stepfather Knight Shade. Knight Blindness was the iridescent pink vest for a friend and Knight Blooming was the shawl for my pregnant sister-in-law. I went to the Robin Williams' school of knitting. I enjoy keeping people in stitches - other people. There are three reasons I don't knit for myself. One, I get tired of what I'm knitting before I've finished knitting it. Two, it's better to give than to receive - especially when you're giving things that have to be dry cleaned; and three, knitting yarn keeps me from knitting my brow into a Botox challenge. After I knitted my way through my family and friends, I needed a new hobby. My busy hands became ecstatically happy hands when I realized the revered art of decoupage is just gluing. I glued pictures, maps, stamps, wine labels, postcards and more on boxes, trays and picture frames. Then I shellacked everything and voila - last year's Christmas presents! The best thing about turning my hobby into gifts is I'm sure no one has them. Plus - it gets the stuff out of the house.<br><br> <h3>About The Author</h3> Knight Pierce Hirst takes humorous looks at life. Take a minute to make yourself smile at http://knightwatch.typepad.com<br><br> Keywords: <b>Humor, Women, Hobbies, Kniting, Decoupage, Recreation and Leisure</b> <br><br>Article Source : <a href="http://americanahost.com/articles"><b>Articles Directory</b></a></br> Article URL : <a href="http://americanahost.com/articles/humor/is-it-a-hobby-or-therapy.html" target=_blank>Is It A Hobby Or Therapy?</a></br> Article Category : <a href="http://americanahost.com/articles/humor/">Humor</a></br> Article Author : <a href="http://americanahost.com/articles/profile/kphirst-55.html">kphirst</a>

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