Because knitting is haaaard

I've come to the realization that I just really don't understand the basic mechanics of knitting.  I don't understand how you would make fabric as big as you want given the limited length of knitting needles (and those circular ones look scary).  I just don't get it.  I'm used to the mechanics of crochet, where you work a single loop at a time...ah, simplicity.  I am still working on the scarf I talked about yesterday, but I'm a little daunted about what to do when I want to make something wider than the needles.  My answer will come in time.

But again, I keep seeing knitted items that are absolutely gorgeous.  Today I looked at a book about Estonian shawls--sheer, lacy, complicated perfection.  I found a few crochet shawl patterns to occupy my time until I become a knitting genius....or become an Estonian grandmother.

Oliver tells me my tastes lie on the border of old lady as it is.  Today when I drove to work in my Mustang I had the music cranked up loud, the bass was booming.  I would have been cool, except that I was swaying to the Squirrel Nut Zippers and the bass was coming from the tunes of tuba and string bass.  Squirrel Nut Zippers are a swing/1930s nostalgia band that I'm OBSESSED with.  Plus I crochet, occasionally quilt and prefer classic literature over contemporary.  Perhaps this is not old lady-ish, because all the old ladies at the library seem to prefer cheesy romance novels over anything else...