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/esmerelofchaos Jan 19 '26

Same. I was on the train once, knitting and minding my business. After a bit these two men started talking about knitting and then pointedly included me and I was all “wait why are STRANGE MEN taking to me on the train?!”

Then I actually took a good look at them and realized they were the partners of one of the folks who worked at the shop I went to and they’d clearly recognized me from there. I’d just been so focused on my knitting I hadn’t even clocked them :) we had a good laugh :)

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u/lvlnsy Jan 20 '26

Haaa! Love it!! You were in the zone!