While choking on the 5th cigarette of the day (it’s 8:35 a.m.), I am sitting here wondering yet again why I cannot seem to quit. One would think that so much crafting would lead to less smoking. Instead, in my case, it seems to lead to inhaling more second-hand smoke when the cigarette burns untouched next to me working frenetically on the project at hand.
Or can it actually be considered “second-hand smoke” when I am the person who lit the smoke in the first place? Hmm. I really need to start taking some responsibility for this. 🙂
If anyone has any tips on how they used knitting to help them quit smoking, please do share. If nothing else, I’m spending valuable money (on average $13.00 per day) which could be more sensibly invested in … um… well… more yarn. However, financial incentives have never seemed to work for me in attempts to quit smoking. I have done the whole “stick the money you spend per day on smokes in a jar and watch it grow” thing… only to raid said jar on morning #3 when desperate for a Dunhill.
If only I could become a “social smoker” only. Instead, I’m becoming increasingly anti-social and I imagine my knitted products reek of the ashtray…
SIGH.
Bespoke By Brouhaha 
Aw, KB, I wish I had some advice for you–it sounds like you’re really thinking hard about this, and maybe that’s a good place to start? I’ve never smoked myself, but my mom did, and it was a wicked habit–very hard to shake.
Your Nina blanket is looking BEAUTIFUL. Those colors are so warm together.
And I can’t wait to see how your perfect sweater turns out. I’m doing one in medium myself, and I’m really enjoying it. There’s something about a really straightforward sweater that I’ve been craving recently.
Good luck with the smokes. I’ll be thinking about you.
Ann in Nashville
Thanks, Ann.
My mother picked the colours… so I’ll thank her for that! I asked her to send me colours for a blanket for her new decor job and she responded with specifics from the various yarns 🙂 although she is not a knitter.
Thanks also for the encouragement re. smoking. I’m glad you’re not a smoker.
Will post on the MDK blog when I’m done with the sweater (which hopefully will be quite soon)…