kerravonsen | Somewhere in the 24th century...

Ann: Happy birthday! This is for you. I made it.
Betty: You programmed the replicator?
Ann: No, I made it. With my hands. And tools. And yarn. I replicated the yarn.
Betty: But why make it when you can replicate it?
Ann: You can't.
Betty: It's made out of some sort of exotic matter? I thought you replicated the yarn?
Ann: You can replicate the yarn, but you can't replicate the scarf. It's unique. Because I made it.
Betty: You... made it.
Ann: It's an ancient craft called "knitting". You use these tools called "knitting needles". And scissors and a "sewing needle". And of course the yarn.
Betty: But it must have taken you an hour to make!
Ann: Try a hundred hours.
Betty: But... why? Why spend all that time?
Ann: Because I made something unique. Never before in the history of the universe, has this exact scarf existed. Of course, if you scan it and share the data, it won't be unique any more. But at least, right now, it's unique. And I made it. With my own hands.
Betty: ...
Ann: Plus I enjoy the process. It's soothing. Kind of like meditating. Only you actually have something at the end.
Betty: Oh, it's for your mental health?
Ann: Not exactly...

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vilakins

Yes! I love the process, and am exploring new colour-work techniques to challenge myself.

kerravonsen

I haven't dived into colourwork, I mean, apart from things like stripes. And two-colour brioche. Neither of which require you to knit more than one colour at a time. So go you for getting into the challenge! What are you making?

My current New Thing on the knitting front is spiral tube socks. Done with half-Portuguese knitting. And the other New Thing is cables, done with Combination knitting. (A cushion cover).

I'm making a hat (https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/etereo-2) which uses short rows to make the patterns. I've done mosaic and stranded (fair-isle) colour-work before, holding one colour in each hand, but this technique was pretty much invented by the designer along with the panel charts. I'll make more of her designs; she's very good, and I've made her inventive single-colour hats before.