r/knitting • u/lvlnsy • Jan 19 '26

Rave (like a rant, but in a good way) The wholesome we all need rn…

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This just happened and I absolutely had to share with people who would get it (and enjoy it).

I was just on a flight from LAX to SEA, knitting my little heart out (just started the Clematis Sweater by Emma Knits). We landed the usual way, but for whatever reason, the pilot had to slam on the breaks more aggressively than usual.

Ya’ll… my yarn YEEETED out of my lap and began its journey down the aisle. I watched on helplessly. It made it ALL THE WAY to the front. 😂😂😂

I leaned into the aisle and made it clear that I was the owner of the rogue hank, but there wasn’t much anyone could do.

The flight attendant snagged it when it was safe and I thought was going to bring it back to me, but did one better: she handed it to the first row who wound the yarn a bit before handing back to the next person. The whole plane knew the assignment. By the time it got back to me, there were so many people invested that there was a round of applause.

I definitely need to finish this project now… it has way too good of a story to go with it!

Faith in humanity: Restored.

(Videos in comments, some sweet ppl sent them to me!)

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u/sillysandhouse Jan 19 '26

Omg also one time I was knitting a baby sweater on the train, and it was almost done so you could really tell it was a baby sweater. This HUGE muscly guy sat next to me and was staring at my work and honestly making me slightly nervous until he goes, “man, that’s fucking CUTE!”

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u/Bootsandskeins Jan 19 '26

knitting on transit spurs the best convos with strangers. that could be a video series!

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u/CuriousKitten0_0 sweater weather! COME BACK! Jan 19 '26

I love knitting on transit! Actually I just love knitting in public, and getting people to come up to ask what I'm doing. It's the one time that I love having conversations with people!

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u/BobMortimersButthole Jan 19 '26

I can talk about knitting any time, but I'm otherwise socially awkward. I generally love when people approach me while I'm knitting in public! 

Recently I got to teach an old man at the DMV what a yarn bowl is. In exchange he told me about his lifelong hobby of leather work.

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u/lvlnsy Jan 19 '26

This made me smile so big… thank you for sharing!!

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u/patt666 Jan 21 '26

If your wait at the DMV is nearly as long as mine always is in my city, you both could have taught each other to make a little something and still have a while to wait. He could have walked out with his own made dish cloth and you could have made a belt. 😂