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

[maegquare]

I can't watch tv unless I am knitting. I don't hear well, so I always have the subtitles on, too. And I knit while watching YouTube and reading blogs and fanfic. I don't read as many books as I used to before I started knitting again, so have been thinking of getting a Nook or Kindle.

Knitting while reading or watching something interesting requires plain knitting. (Thuja socks are working well for me at the moment.) :)

Sometimes if I want to knit something that takes more concentration, I listen to audiobooks or music (usually instrumental), or if I'm keeping someone company who is watching something I'm not interested in, or watching a movie I've seen before.