Just Knitting（只編織）

只編織是一件如今我很少做到的事情，多工（multi-tasking）備受推崇的當代生活，大家習慣充分燃燒後，再想辦法充電，我也是。

試試專心計數，不需要寫便利貼或按計數器，讓自己成為計數器，織第1段時，腦海中就只有1這個數字。

背景音樂：BBC sounds (可下載app，離線收聽），The Sleeping Forecast，輕柔音樂搭配氣象報告，每天掌握Shetland Isles的群島氣象，讓您更貼近心靈上的編織原鄉。¹

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I rarely just knitting nowadays. It’s either knitting while commuting, or knitting while reading. Knitting always function as a background activity. After all, multitasking rules. We are accustomed to recharging ourselves after burning out, rather than refrain from giving 100%.

I find counting stitches very soothing. Try focusing on counting: no need for sticky notes or row counters. Imagine yourself being a counter. For example, when knitting the first row, let the number 1 be the only thing in your mind. Let yourself become the counter.

Background music: BBC Sounds (downloadable via app for offline listening) *The Sleeping Forecast” provides gentle music with weather reports, keeping you updated with the Shetland Islands’ elements, bringing you closer to the spiritual homeland of knitting.²

1. 為維持本人的書寫樂趣，請留意中英文並非逐字對照的翻譯，而是以兩種語言呈現的類似想法。

2. As a translator in my daily job, I find the idea of providing bilingual posts for free a bit depressing: it feels like I’m still working and get no pay! Thus please do not read the bilingual texts here as word-for-word renditions. Instead, they are the same thoughts presented in 2 languages.