My knitting playlist

Friends,

Everyone has a different knitting routine. A friend of mine loves to sit on her couch and knit in solitude. Another can't knit unless she's on her porch in the fresh air. But me? I'm not the person that can sit silently and knit. My mind is too active and for some odd reason I feel very insecure about that. So something needs to be happening in the background to keep my mind occupied.

I have two different routines, or ideal situations, which I love to knit in. Both involve sitting on my couch, with my coffee on the end table and normally with the TV on. I'm addicted to television shows. You name a series, I've seen it at least once. What else am I going to do while I'm knitting?

But recently, during a long summer of road trips and mindless driving, I've become very inspired by music. There are certain bands or artists I'll listen to and instantly want to pick up my needles to knit. I'll throw on my earphones and I'm calmed.

So if you're the kind of knitter that needs or simply enjoys listening to good music while you're in the act, I thought I'd share my favourite knitting music with you.

1. Ben Howard - Every Kingdom (UK)
2. Bon Iver - Bon Iver (US) 
3. Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes and Helplessness Blues (US)
4. Matthew and the Atlas - To the North (UK)
5. Daughter - The Wild Youth EP (UK) check out the song "Youth
6. James Vincent McMorrow - Early in the Morning (IRL)
7. Marcus Foster - Tumble Down and Nameless Path (UK)
8. The Avett Brothers - I and Love and You (US)
9. Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again (UK)
10. Boy & Bear - Moonfire (AUS)
11. The Head and the Heart - The Head and the Heart (US)
12. Band of Horses - Cease to Begin and Infinite Arms (US)

SONGZA!

I'm also crazy about this new radio station type website/OS app called Songza. They have all kinds of playlists you can listen to that are catered to your mood or the genre of music you'd like to listen to. My two new favourite lists are Harvest Moon and Communion Records (a playlist of all the artists on Ben Lovett's record label -- yes, the guy from Mumford & Sons). 

What music do you listen to while you knit? Or even if you don't knit, what's your new favourite album? I'd love to hear what everyone is listening to!