It all started around eight weeks ago. Natalie had come up with the idea of making gifts for everyone this Christmas, so she picked up some wool and knit a scarf for a friend.
Then another. Then a pair of socks.
Little did I know, but these initial forays into knitting were just the warning signs of something that could likely be measured on the Richter scale. And sure enough, there was a full scale knitsplosion at the Ramsland household. She has produced two scarves, a pair of mittens, one sweater, three pair of socks, two hats, and three pair of what used to be called the lobster glove.
We have been wrestling with a name for this knit wonder. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the glove/mitten hybrid, it is a three fingered glove intended for cycling. Typically they are make of some bullet proof material, but ours are wool. Felted to keep out the wind and water. The buddy system for fingers to keep them warm. After requests started coming in around town, we decided to ditch the crustaceanary name, but haven’t nailed down a replacement yet.
But as prolific as Natalie has been with her knitting, it is clear that there are greater forces at work. I am not calling it great physics (it is just a theory at this point), but I am confident that it will be proven true, so I am calling it:
The First Law of Knitdynamics: The force of conversation is a function of the proximity of a knit object in motion proportional to the public domain.
In other words, if you knit in public, people come out of the woodwork to talk to you.
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