when i knit

i see

the not quite right

bits in my work

lit up

like bawdy vegas neon.

this leaves the extreme scrutiny

of blocking feeling

a little too close for comfort.

but

i recently

discovered that

blocking other people’s knitting is a blast

right from the word ‘go’.

so far

i’ve convinced 3 friends to let me pin and spray their stuff.

there is, i might add, great giggly fun to be had

when spraying something so precious all willy nilly

knowing that no harm can come of it.

feels a bit like landing a covert

snowball while being

sure that retaliation of like kind is not headed my way.  sheer fun.

in the near future

i will have to knuckle down and block something of my own.

but perhaps sooner, rather than later, i will want

to get a t-shirt made that reads,

“real friends let friends block their knitting”

or something like that

to keep the supply of yet to be blocked items,

that i haven’t knit myself,

headed my way.

any takers?

‘comfort’ taken from 7:13 of job.