Location, Location, Location
Where do you like to indulge in your craft? Is your favourite arm chair your little knitting cubby area, or do you prefer to ‘knit in public’? Do you like to crochet in the great outdoors, perhaps, or knit in the bath, or at the pub?
Well, I do like to knit in all of those places, (maybe barring the bath--I don't think I have those mad skillz) but once place stands above the rest. Behold:
The backstory: my grandpa (technically my dad's step-dad--but to me he was G-pa, a moniker that always tickled him pink) was known for making impulsive and sometimes inexplicable purchases. I loved the dude, but I will admit that his taste was questionable (read: tacky). He originally bought this chair as a gift for his mother. This chair, even by the standards of the time, is quite small. His mother was, as they say in polite conversation, a large woman. She didn't even begin to fit in the chair, so it went back to G-pa. Now G-pa wasn't a large man in the sense that I just used, but he was fairly tall. Hence, he never really fit in the chair either. It eventually went to my parents and sat hidden in their basement, mostly due to the color which could be described as '70s puke green.
Flash forward to my first 'real' job--an internship at DC Cook Nuclear Plant (I was the designated Homer Simpson of the operation). I needed to furnish an apartment, fast. My parents suggested the puke green recliner, since it separates into two pieces and is easily transportable.
Let me tell you, I fell in love with the chair that summer. I'd just learn to knit, so when I wasn't knitting beside the apartment complex's ratty pool, I was parked in the recliner. It's followed me everywhere since. Perfect fit for a munchkin, and good for napping too, when knitting tuckers you out:
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I remember such chairs (I was a late-sixties baby). Looks fine and dandy to me! thanks for coming over to stitchingandknitting - good to see you!
ReplyDeleteThat chair is cooler than... than... George Clooney and Buddy Holly combined. I am (green) with envy! ;) I love your style of writing too.
ReplyDeleteLinn :)
Come to think of it, I'm pretty sure I have some yarn that colour....
ReplyDeleteI adore that chair! Function over form, darling, function over form :D
ReplyDeleteLove the chair ... the color ... and your story!
ReplyDeleteThat chair looks so comfy. It looks like one that my Farfar has, but his is a gross blue. I think chairs like that are required to be bad colors.
ReplyDeleteAnd to answer your question about my dorm room... I live in an upper classmen dorm which is one of the newest buildings on campus. My room as a freshmen was appropriately tiny, dated and had a weird smell.
That reminds me so much my grandfather's chair (my "Pop"). He passed away almost six years ago.
ReplyDeleteThat chair takes me back too far! But, I know it's comfy which is really important when knitting.
ReplyDeleteI like the color(is that bad lol). Maybe its because I was born at the end of the 70's lol
ReplyDeleteThat is a fabulous knitting chair! I'm jealous!
ReplyDeleteWoo, boy that's a particular shade of green, isn't it? I remember it well!
ReplyDeleteNow thats a comfy chair!!
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