i don't see how knitting got the reputation of being relaxing. how can anyone relax knowing it will take two and a half years to complete a project? some claim that listening to TV while knitting a sweater is pleasant, but how good can it be to know that by the time you finish the sweater, the person for whom you were making it is another size? and hoe relaxed can you be after losing a stitch and then poking an awkward needle through dozens of fallen loops only to discover that you missed a stitch twenty-five loops ago? i'll try knitting only when i'm already relaxed enough to tolerate the aggravation. now i find it more restful to mow the laws.