Walzing Along

I work from home and one of my guilty secrets is that I keep a knitting project at the side of my desk - for those 5 minute 'let's think this through', 'if I don't stop I will explode', 'bugger it I can't be arsed' moments and (the biggest secret of all) to occupy my fingers and the 50% of my brain not in use when I am on a conference call that I am not chairing.

The criteria is that it is must be tactile, mindless and soothing to do. At the minute it is this which is perfect http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/elizabeth-zimmermanns-green-sweater so its miles and miles of stocking stitch in the round on lovely, 4mm, metal tip, Knit Pro interchangeable needles.

I also have the radio tuned to BBC Radio 3 all day - classical music with no interference from adverts. Today I noticed, during a 'let's think this through' time out that I knit garter stitch (I throw) in 3/4 (three four) time at the speed of an average Mozart or Haydn minuet and trio.