I completed my first knitting project last night, a scarf for one of my sons. It isn't pretty, but it is functional and my eight year old thinks it's great.
When I was a little girl my sister and I used to knit with our Grandmother and Great Aunt, we never completed anything or had any desire to, I think we both just felt more grown up sitting and knitting with them, and we loved the attention.
I have a few friends that are knitters and I am part of a
artist way group, one of weeks involved reading less during that week, it was called reading deprivation I wasn't very happy, I enjoy reading but I decided with my extra free time that I wanted to try something different. I wanted to try knitting again and actually finish something. I am glad I did, it's a creative, relaxing hobby for me now.