Why Being A Knitter is Exactly like Being In Game of Thrones (Maybe Not Exactly)

Find out why our knitting life is just like Game Of Thrones, albeit a bit less dangerous!

We love our needle(s)

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This was our reaction when we were given our needles too!

Practice makes perfect

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We all start off with a holey project that somehow gets wider without us noticing, but a bit of practice can work wonders.

We tend to repeat ourselves

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Usually it’s “knit one, purl one”, but this works too.

Winter is coming

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It may be the Stark family motto but we knitters had it first. Winter is coming. Knit faster.

We have big dreams

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Ok, so they may involve a castle full of yarn rather than ruling the Seven Kingdoms but each to their own.

Family is important…

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They are the recipients of our handiwork from birth to old age.

...BUT…

...Not everyone can be trusted

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We suspect they are trying to make us remove and/or downsize our yarn stash. It shall not be borne.

Animals are essential to our success

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Namely sheep, alpacas, goats. I mean, have you ever tried to shear a direwolf? Didn’t think so.

We expect our gifts to be appreciated

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You will wear that jumper that took us months to make.

We’re tougher than we look

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I.e. we don’t let the death of our favourite shade (a.k.a when it gets discontinued) slow our progress.

We’ve learned to expect the unexpected

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Oh, look. A knot.

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