What's new and what's (hopefully) coming

I got to knit in a dunk tank a couple weeks ago, thought I should share that one.



And in a few weeks I have a couple plans. I will be at Nickle Dickle Days in Waconia. In past years they have had a mechanical bull. I have been wanting to get a picture of me knitting on one of those but didn't want to fork over the money. Right now my goal is to do so. I will also be going to the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and would love to do the bungee trampoline while knitting (if they will let me).

I am not alone

I already knew I wasn't the only one who liked to knit in strange places or situations....but on the off chance that you've found the blog I'd really like to share some of the others I've found.

 Calvin, of Nerdy Needles Knitting, on Space Mountain.

 Susie Hewer, who has a world record for longest scarf knit while running a marathon

Not sure who this is, but man, I wish I would have the guts to sky dive, much less to knit while doing it. Maybe some day?

this is one thing I've got on my list...its mostly a matter of obtaining use of a trampoline that has been holding me back. Some day, it WILL happen.

I've got lots more stuff pinned on pinterest and would love to find more pictures to share. If you have any pictures of you knitting, crocheting, spinning or otherwise crafting in a strange place, please share it with me?

Where to knit next?

I was thinking....I need to come up with some more goals for locations to knit, or activities to do while knitting....in order to come up with new ones, I feel like I need to list off the ones I've already done. I may have missed some....Any suggestions?

• while hula hooping
• on stilts
• on a paddle board
• in a paddleboat
• in a canoe
• next to waterfall
• at the dentist
• at the optometrist
• at my wedding
• at other people's weddings
• on an elephant
• on high ropes course
• while rock climbing
• while jumping rope
• while doing yoga
• on an escalator
• in the water (in a floaty)
• in a tire swing
• hanging upside down
• while swords were being juggled past
• in a tree

to try or revist:

• on rollerskates
• on iceskates
• in the waterfall
• more yoga
• under water
• on a trampoline
• near a beehive (in beekeeper garb)
• more playground 
• slacklining
• on a mechanical bull
• on a carousel horse
• on a rollercoaster or other amusement park rides

World Wide Knit in Public Day

Ok, so perhaps my extreme knitting was not quite as epic of an experience as I hoped for....but I did have an enjoyable day and got some fun photographers. Would have been nice if I could have had someone more experienced with my little camera around because some of the photos are so-so....but I had a blast and I think the people seeing me got a kick out of it too.

Warmed up with knitting and walking. No photos, because that's easy peasey. My first real deal of the day was knitting on a paddleboard. Kneeling was no biggie...but standing was an interesting matter....your legs are making constant, tiny adjustments and by the time I got back off, my legs were tired!


I got some yoga and obstacle course time in....


Had a dickens of a time finding the big jump ropes but I did find them at the end of the day, and was able to prove that YES, I can jump rope and knit at the same time. Not sure how many stitches I did...but I did them. And I didn't hurt myself.



I do have a couple more photos to share but I will post them at another time. I hope you enjoyed this...and if you have suggestions of what else I should do while knitting, please let me know!

no spoilers

I don't want to provide spoilers to all that I am going to be trying to do this week. Just suffice to say that there is an event that happens to coincide with World Wide Knit in Public Day....so I plan to be a busy extreme knitter on Saturday.

In the meantime, I'd like to ask you...where would you like to see me knitting? Or what should I try to do at the same time as I'm knitting?

Do you have a favorite extreme knitting photo, either of mine or others? If you say you've never seen others, check out my board on pinterest. I'm trying to make some sweet pictures readily accessible there.

Keep your eyes peeled...more stuff coming in a few weeks

Going to be going to an event that may possibly provide lots of good knitting opportunities. In the meantime, enjoy these photos from last week.

Extreme Knitting since 2010

I had kind of forgotten about this blog until I wanted to show some pictures to the knitting club I lead to explain something I wanted to do this spring (get pictures of them knitting on the playground... They wanted me to post more pictures of the knitting I've done so here goes.

Swinging Bridge at Jay Cooke just a few weeks before the flood destroyed it in 2012

Knitting in a paddleboat on Hill Lake


Sitting on a rock in Chester Creek


Knitting in the big willow tree at Hartley Park


Knitting in a floaty at Hill Lake


Glensheen Mansion


Gooseberry Falls