Today’s SBQ was suggested by Outi and is:
What is your favorite past time while stitching? Do you just enjoy silence, listen to music/audiobooks or do you “watch” TV/movies? Do you have specific favorites you listen to/watch while stitching?
Honestly speaking, I like to do all of the above while stitching. Depending on my mood, sometimes I enjoy the silence, other times I listen to my last.fm station or my music collection, and sometimes I “watch” television shows or movies. Since I don’t own a television, I only watch a few select programs like House or Heroes on my laptop so obviously they are some of my favorites to “watch” while stitching.
However, I recently discovered the joy of listening to audiobooks while stitching.
I quite enjoyed listening to Harry Potter 1 and 2 during my drive over Christmas break a few weeks ago, which made me wonder if I would like to listen to them while stitching.
After all, if one can entertain his or her brain by listening to an audiobook while performing a mechanical task like driving, wouldn’t another mechanical task (like stitching* ) work just as well? So I set up a somewhat odd corner in my living room consisting of my stitching, my chair, and what I have dubbed my “all-purpose entertainment center” (aka my laptop) and started to listening to Harry Potter 3…
… And 4.
… And 5.
* Before anyone gets up in arms, as a stitcher I know that cross stitching is a creative outlet, but the fact is inserting a needle and thread into a piece of fabric over and over again is a pretty mechanical task… I think we all know what I mean.
Outi says:
Mine’s up.
And I LOVE your new template!
17 January 2008 at 02:16
Kristy says:
Posted
17 January 2008 at 03:23
vicki says:
My answer is up! I’ve never thought to try audiobooks but maybe now you’ve given me the idea, I will!!
17 January 2008 at 04:37
Jeanne says:
Mine’s up!
17 January 2008 at 05:55
Angela says:
Mine’s up!
17 January 2008 at 10:25
Allura says:
Mine’s up.
17 January 2008 at 11:43
~Kim~ says:
My answer is posted. Thank you!
~Kim~
17 January 2008 at 11:48
Raven says:
Mine is posted. Thank you
17 January 2008 at 12:19
Kathryn says:
Long post on this topic. Good question.
17 January 2008 at 14:00
TeresaB says:
My answer it up for this question. I really liked this one.
17 January 2008 at 22:08
Cynthia Armistead says:
Done!
You know, I look forward to these all week. Thank you. I’m thinking of going back and doing some I’d missed when I wasn’t blogging for a while
17 January 2008 at 23:55
Selina says:
answered!
18 January 2008 at 02:17
prajantr says:
I really liked this particular question. My answer is up.
18 January 2008 at 05:42
Berta says:
Great question!
18 January 2008 at 08:21
Rebel In Ont says:
Posted! First time in awhile…
18 January 2008 at 09:52
Dawn says:
Mine is up.
18 January 2008 at 10:15
Lynn says:
I so know what you mean. I have to at least listen to music or I go a little batty.
Mine’s up.
19 January 2008 at 07:47
Charlene says:
Posted.
Is there a description/definition of sbq?
19 January 2008 at 11:33
Terri aka bronzemom says:
Posted!
19 January 2008 at 12:06
Jan says:
Finally Posted!!!
19 January 2008 at 16:25
Laura says:
After a long absence of answering SBQ’s, I’ve jumped back in the game! Posted!
19 January 2008 at 17:37
Nancy Jones says:
Mine’s posted! Thanks!
20 January 2008 at 19:55
Bliss says:
Posted!
21 January 2008 at 01:50