At the Sims 3 ship party last Friday, I won a $50 gift card to Michael’s. It certainly wasn’t the biggest prize there, but it got me thinking about crafts.
Katie took a student-taught knitting course in college and I learned enough about knitting to be able to knit the middle of a scarf. I couldn’t start a new project or close out a set of knits, but I could continue a straight, square scarf that someone else had started.
I did a tiny cross-stitch that I enjoyed working on my spare time of an elephant holding something silly, like an umbrella or ice cream cone or something.
I like the idea of crafts. I like things that I can do, somewhat absent-mindedly while other things happen, and end up with a piece of stitched art or scarf or the like. Playing video games certainly doesn’t result in baby clothing when I’m done.
It’s also another skill I can teach my hands, which I find to be quite good at picking up things like close-up magic and juggling. Getting them to expertly handle a set of knitting needles shouldn’t be all that hard, right?