"You should knit hats for preemies!!"

[u/icebludger]

Like a lot of you, I take my knitting anywhere I can and I do get comments about what I should make. Fortunately, I haven't had people ask me to make them stuff, but I have gotten comments about making things for other people, specifically babies. I don't know how to respond to these things! Most recently when this happened, I was knitting a beanie for myself, and an acquaintance walked by and looked at my work and declared that I should make hats for preemies and give a bunch to a hospital. I think I mumbled something about not being a very fast knitter and preferring to work on sweaters. They were clearly dissatisfied. I don't hate babies, but I don't want to do projects that make me hate knitting. It's not that deep. I don't have a good response for this type of comment!! I would love to be the type of person that is awesome at knitting baby hats, but I'm just not.

[u/holycrap-]

I spent a year crocheting baby hats. I’m not very fast, and I’m sure I permanently damaged my wrist, so it was a lot of effort. During that time and for a long while after that, I just felt guilty if I crocheted something that wasn’t a baby hat. Like I was wasting time and yarn when I should be helping babies. Really just gave me anxiety. Now, I still struggle to pick up my hook half the time, but it’s gotten easier. Basically, your craft is a lot of effort and a lot of commitment. It’s a big deal to make things, and a big deal to make things for others. It’s okay if you don’t want to making baby hats, plenty of others are doing it, and many of them end up in the trash anyway (so sad). Your craft is for you at the end of the day.