Apprehension

I'm so tired. I'm mentally and physically drained about my latest quest to share my art. I'm excited, nervous, squirmy, sick, shy and feeling like a speck. I hope it brings growth. I fear it but, have nothing to lose. I know I need to stop being a wimp.

I think it's because I'm not surrounded by it. I didn't grow up around it. I didn't go to school for it, My friends aren't into it, I'm alone hear and feel like I don't know what I'm getting into. *sigh*

I'm now running off to suck it up and keep on track.
Sorry for the fuss.

Public Knitting.

Why is it when you knit in a public place you become much more approachable? I could be sitting in Starbucks for an hour and have no interactions with the scores of people that pass through. As soon as I whip the knitting out BAM! I’m suddenly the main attraction? I wondered if it was the yarn, perhaps an exotic selection was what was doing it? So the next day I purposely dragged out a small project using a medium beige smooth spun merino yarn, Still the same reaction. Is it people just want to have that personal interaction and otherwise don’t know how to strike up conversation with someone they don’t know without that put out there for them? Is it that people are genuinely interested in knitting? Or does knitting just plain make you approachable? It is a rather innocent craft. A craft of mothers and Grandma's.... Right?

Check out these not so innocent projects:
http://www.thrillist.com/archives/2006/02/willy_warmers.html

http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer04/PATTthong.html

Now lets say I was knitting one of these at my neighborhood Starbucks... do you just say baby booties or do you go for the gold and say; Well I'm knitting a thong for hubby, he just loves cashmere between his legs.?!?!?!? GAH!