Buzz·Posted on Dec 29, 201422 Things That Happen When You Get Into KnittingI can listen while I knit, I swear!!by Katie HeaneyBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. When you first learn to knit, you're like a baby foal taking its first shaky steps. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. And it takes you about 100 years to complete a row. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. You become attached to an assortment of online how-to guides. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 4. And sometimes you give up on something in seething frustration. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 5. But you keep trying, and while your first creations aren't exactly perfect, you love them anyway. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 6. You want to spend all your free time working on your current project. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. You feel a strong sense of joy and solidarity each time you find out someone you know also knits. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 8. You invite your new knitting pals over, just to talk and knit. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. Your needles become your go-to salve for any kind of physical/emotional ailment. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. And you become an evangelist for knitting's many healing properties. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. You start offering to make everyone you know a scarf. Who doesn't need a scarf??? View this photo on Instagram 12. And that's when you realize you didn't pick the CHEAPEST hobby in the world. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. But it's too late to turn back now. You're already addicted. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 14. When you forget your yarn bag you're a restless, nervous wreck. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 15. Soon, the process becomes (almost) thoughtless, but in a good way. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. You become This Girl: 17. Sometimes you leave the yarn store and it's like you blacked out while inside it. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 18. You buy patterns to things when you aren't even quite sure what they are. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 19. You look up crafts online in the middle of the night in a red-eyed haze, assuring yourself you can make anything. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 20. ... And you stumble upon knitwear creations you wish you could unsee. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 21. There's that one thing you really want to make, that you hold out in front of yourself as the ultimate goal. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 22. But no matter what, you know you've started something you'll do forever.