They say that half the fun is in getting there, and I have crocheted and knit my way through many road trips. The baby afghan I made for my cousin's daughter was worked on during a road trip to West Branch and then Big Rapids, to help my best friend move back to college. The purse I made for his daughter several years later was knit at the airport and on the plane ride down to Virginia. On another trip to Virginia, I knit some scarves. The plane ride there I worked on a fuzzy magenta scarf, that ended up staying there because it went well with my cousins leather jacket.
I consider myself a patient person, and to have to sit and wait at the doctor or dentist, I have no problem pulling out a scarf that I am knitting and getting some rows complete. In fact, this is often times a conversation starter. Today I went to the dentist for a simple filling, armed with my current fuzzy scarf on the needles. It got attention, and I really thought I would have a few minutes to get a few rows worked while waiting for my tooth to numb up, but there was not time.
I was making white preemie caps while waiting for service on my car, and the other customer sitting across from me figured out what I was making, because most hats aren't that small.
The granny-square afghan I made for my grandma was one of the first times I crocheted something outside of the house - that was made mostly in my college dorm room, between studying and classes.
I have made many scarves at craft shows. Another vendor pointed out that I think I am just keeping busy, but to the customer, they can see me actually make the items, and that is a good selling point as well.
It is rare for me to leave the house without a project that I am working on. I often take my projects to work, there is sometimes time on my lunch to get some work done. When I am packing for a trip, or just for the day, my knitting or crocheting goes with me, even I know there will be no time or place to work on it, it is just comforting to know it is there.
