I never knew how much I wanted knitting in The Sims until it happened. As soon as I installed the Nifty Knitting Stuff Pack I dropped everything else I was doing in the game. This game is now a knitting simulator.
![Sim child knitting](https://i0.wp.com/thesplinesfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/0801-03.png?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
(By the way, if you’re wondering why Metal is the radio station that comes with the Knitting stuff pack, here’s an explanation: Heavy metal knitting is a thing in Finland.)
You start by buying a knitting basket. The family only had $437, and the basket costs $55 or $75. You have to buy one knitting basket per knitter. They can’t share unless you want to keep dragging the basket in and out of their inventory, which I don’t.
You can also buy a rocking chair for them to knit in. The chairs cost $120 and $145. Obviously I needed one of those, too.
I ended up having to sell their porch bench and a bunch of stuff out of their family inventory to afford all the knitting stuff. Worth it!
I started by giving Elliott a knitting basket even though it was 10:45 p.m. on a school night. He loved it! And it increased his Motor skill, which was a very nice touch.
![Sim child knitting](https://i0.wp.com/thesplinesfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/0801-02.png?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
The next day I gave Cooper a knitting basket. My favorite part of the entire knitting Stuff Pack is the faces Sims make when they’re learning to knit.
![Sim learning how to knit](https://i2.wp.com/thesplinesfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/0801-07.png?ssl=1)
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After they knit something, they can give it to someone as a gift, wear it, or sell it on the Etsy-like marketplace called Plopsy. (No, wait… I change my mind, “Plopsy” is my favorite thing about this Stuff Pack.)
![Sim wearing a hat he knit](https://i0.wp.com/thesplinesfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/0801-04.png?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1)
And Cooper took up knitting just in time for a planned 12-hour neighborhood power outage.
![Sim knitting in the dark](https://i0.wp.com/thesplinesfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/0801-09.png?resize=600%2C448&ssl=1)
This Neighborhood Action Plan (NAP) kinda snuck up on me. I’ve been ignoring the NAPs because they give me that dismaying “This video game is assigning me homework” feeling.