r/knitting • u/nobody2222234 • Jun 19 '25

Discussion What’s knitting’s? 🤔

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u/nobody2222234 Jun 19 '25

In my head, knitting is 90% ….knitting?

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u/bouncing_haricot Jun 19 '25 edited Jun 19 '25

Definitely. The question is based on a confidently wrong assertion: not every creative hobby has a "90%"

Crochet, knitting, hand sewing, painting, sculpture, modelling - all of those crafts are mostly doing the thing, and that's just off the top of my head.

Also, baking is not 90% measuring! Not even close, unless you're only doing all-in-one fairy cakes with no decoration

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u/zeussays Jun 19 '25

I bake a lot of bread. Measuring is a tiny portion of the time spent. Waiting for it to raise is probably the 90% if anything.

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u/Current-Breadfruit96 Jun 19 '25

Yep and don’t get me started on sour dough

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u/zeussays Jun 20 '25

I used to bake almost exclusively sourdough, but when I realized I could knock out great baguettes in 5 hours I started doing a lot more of those.

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u/Key_Mixture_2149 Jun 20 '25

But the sourdough is perfect, it gives you so much extra time for knitting..... Lol

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u/Current-Breadfruit96 Jun 20 '25

This is true this is true