It’s no secret that a good portion of my knitting gets done while I am watching the Space Channel. A great deal of my knitting and crochet is free form so I a not concentrating on counting and rows and colour changes. As a result, my mind gets to wander and I love the visual distraction of the television. It hleps pass the many hours that I have needles in myhands.
And why the Space Channel? I don’t know. I’ve always knit and I’ve always liked sci fi. It’s calmed down quite a bit ove the years. I’m in a my mid forties and I’ve stopped going to conventions. Nut I do have some toys in my storage locker. A klingon distrupter and a medical trcorder and stacked a ong an x-files t-shirt (trusto no one) and some vintage Star Log magazines from the early 90’s. I believe there is also an Enterprise Hallmark ornament.
I now collect yarn the way I used to collect sci fi gadgets. Have I replaced one obsession with another. No, I think they are married together quite well. John doesn’t understand either of my obsession—tehn again, I’e never understood how he could consider 18 pages of manual calculations eciting either. Maybe that’s why it works.
Today, while I was having mu usual morning Plurkathon, I garnered several replies from like minded sci fi folks when I posted about DS9 (for and against the show) but interest none the less. So it got me thinking, is there some secret sci fi knitter geek connection out there. BTW it also seems to coincide with a slight caffeine thing as well.
I would be thrilled to hear what your sci fi poison of choice is for knit or crochet or if you are “tuned in” to something else to pass the time with your knitting or spinning.
Don’t let me be the only geek.
Oh, and here is a picture of the cable knit mug from Starbucks that I was talking about. It’s decaf in the mug.
I have! 😀 I don’t have many opportunities to wear it, but I love it.
Sign me up for the convention! The channel I watch on the weekends is the SciFi Channel. Give me aliens and natural disasters – yay!! 😉
Now see, I knew you liked sci-fi that’s where my confusion came in about the UFO’S!?! I thought you were literally knitting ufo’s out of some gorgeous gray/silver/black mohair or something. I still think they’d be cool hanging off a scarf or something!!
xo Rita
Sam, I could not agree with you more..Makes me want some PB and Chocolate right now. I could knit to the Buffy Musical forever….
Fibre Manipulator…This is deep dark secret I never thought I would know about you, but I still respect you.
PJ, I haven’t ready any of his books, but I’ll be looking for them now…Love a good sci fi read.
Marianne – FireFly is awesome. Have you knit the Jane Hat?
Boo to Decaf! Yeah for sci-fi!
I’ll watch almost anything, no matter how cheesy, if it can claim to be sci-fi. I go from show to show in obsessive spurts (FireFly, BSG, Dark Angel).
Right now I’m watching all the past seasons of Stargate Atlantis (how did I miss it?), Sanctuary (campy), Sarah Conner Chronicles, and Fringe.
I also love paranormal stuff, but only if it’s cheesy/fun. So no Ghost Whisper but Buffy rocks! And you don’t want to get between me and old fantasy movies like Conan and Big Trouble in Little China.
Sci-Fi and knitting is like chocolate and peanut butter. Better together.
Well it’s not sci-fi but it sure is geeky. I like to sew my pins while watching (shudder) Ghost Whisperer. I’m fully aware it is an awful show but for some reason I just love it. My guilty friday nights spent giggling at my creations and giggling at terrible TV.
You're not the only geek. I've been reading Sci-Fi since high school and since I can read & either knit or crochet at the same time, I stick to reading instead of renting videos. Our library has a good Sci-Fi/Fanasty collection – next up is George R.R. Martin's latest in the Fire & Ice series.
I consider myself something of a geek although I’m not majorly into sci-fi. I love Firefly and the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. recently I’ve been geeking out again with the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. relistening to the commentaries while I knit is pretty geeky I think. I also love coffee and tea, hehe. currently my favorite coffee is Trader Joe’s Peaberry from El Salvador. I think I will go make some now! :d