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Originally Posted by Freeshadow
And were they honest they wouldn't need to look up factoids but just walk over and say:
"It plainly amazes how you can keep track on that.
I'd have strangled myself already by just trying to produce a plain piece of cloth bare of any patterns."
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Hehe, when I am knitting on a bus, on a potholey route, a pair of socks (with 5 double pointed needles), people often do comment how impressed they are that a) I can knit socks without a pattern in hand, and b) anyone can knit with "that many" needles
But you're right. People don't have to come up with brilliant factoids. Often just something like, "That's pretty!" or "My mom taught me to knit, but I didn't really keep up with it, that looks cool!" can be pleasantly received and a good conversation starter. I often would find out that the commenter has cool hobbies of their own (woodturning on a lathe, pottery, weaving, etc), so it gets people to know each other a bit better.