What do you do while you're knitting?

[jackandahat]

I've just read yet another person going "Ooo, you can't possibly knit during films with subtitles". And I keep getting people doing the internet version of looking at me funny when I talk about knitting while reading fanfic.

But... to me that's perfectly normal. Obviously there's some stuff where I have to look at my hands, anything like picking up stitches. But if it's something like plain knitting/ribbing or an easy pattern, I'm generally either watching a film (with subtitles, dodgy hearing) or reading fic/a blog. I don't have the one-track attention to only be knitting unless it's something incredibly complicated - in which case I can only do little bits or it drives me nuts.

What do you do? Do you knit in front of the TV? Do you read while you do it? Do you knit while only focusing on the knitting? I'm curious now.

Comments

[jackandahat]

I hadn't thought of e-readers, I bet that could be really handy if you can get it propped up in the right place.

[apis_mellifera]

I know there are ones you can get that are basically easels. I am not coordinated enough to balance a book/e-reader while juggling yarn/needles/fiber without some sort of assistance. :)

[jackandahat]

Heh, is anyone? This is why my "reading" is reading on a computer screen - I can tap the space bar once in a while to page down, and apart from that it takes care of itself.

[bexi]

I've managed to devise a way of sitting in bed where I stretch my knee over and use my foot to hold open a page so I can knit...I work very hard to be lazy, haha!