It's mid-January now. The holidays are over for the most part and the bulk of the gift-giving season is done for another year. There's still the odd Valentine gift being knitted, and some birthday gifts on needles probably right this very minute. However, the last push to finish that Christmas sweater, four pairs of socks and a hat for every kid in the family has finished and some of us are at loose ends, knitwise.
I, however, am still desperately trying to motivate myself through the mid-winter blues to finish that second pair of socks. I know I bang on about these damned things, but they really do feel different and fit and don't make me think I'll soon be losing a foot to loss of circulation when I wear them. So I push on. I'm really excited because tonight I'll bind off the first one and hopefully put the toe in of the second before they kick me out of my local Starbucks. That's the thing about knitting - it can be really exciting and fulfilling and creative and relaxing, with great wedges of time in between that is the most boring thing in the world!
So why do it?? I think I've written this bit before, but I do it because the end product is a pair of socks that really fit me, a gorgeous shawl that I get compliments on while staying warm, and socks my husband wears to bed to keep his feet warm. When you look at knitting pattern books and online websites where all these gorgeous projects are displayed, you think that must be an exciting project! I look at the show and tell section on New Stitch A Day's newsletter every week and I get inspired to make little sweaters and dresses and layettes for kids and beautiful lace wedding shawls. I look up the patterns and I read over them and about half-way through it hits me: this must have taken YEARS to put together!! The reality of it all is these projects had moments when their crafters thought "I could be doing ANYTHING but this." And then they thought how much joy and usefulness they would bring and they knit on.
So the moral of this little rant is that if you are flagging on a project, just remember that those socks WILL fit, that sweater WILL be warm and beautiful, and you will have MANY compliments on your shawl as you proudly wear it to work and parties and church. Even the kids will love that you knit them a sweater...especially if you accompany it with a small toy (maybe also knitted).
I hope your week is filled with warm and fibery fun...and a little boredom!
txdonna
Friday, January 11, 2013
Friday, January 4, 2013
The Legend of Karen's Quilt
It all started quite innocently. I wanted to knit my best friend a pair of socks. Being she's allergic to wool, I wanted to find some cool cotton that she could wear and something that was funky....so I went to Fiberfest 2012 in Dallas. I found some of the coolest denim yarn. I was so excited! I also found the pattern I had been obsessing over - the hexipuff quilt pattern! Everyone was blogging and talking about these! Everyone was making one! So I thought what a great idea to get rid of some of my miscellaneous yarns!
I knew I didn't have enough in just two balls of yarn to make a whole quilt, so I thought about what I could match to the denim that would be about the same size yarn. I couldn't quite match it all together, so I decided I'd take them on the road and see what I could find. I found an absolute gem in Abilene, Texas! Yarnies. I love these folks, and I will definitely be going again when I am through Abilene next! Hey, gang! Can't wait to see you all again! I hope you are all well!
There I found the best yarn - Berroco Remix in all sorts of cool, country colors. They went well with the denim, and I was off and running!
Over the next few months I knit hexipuffs in the movies, in bed, at lunchtime, in Starbucks, in the car on trips, and through more than a couple of meetings. I would cast on, knit, turn, fill, and close up each one. Then I came to the realization I would have to get more yarn if I wanted to make a sizable quilt and the denim was no longer being made! I went to my local shop and found they didn't have any of the Remix...so they graciously pointed me to another source and I anxiously awaited my order to arrive.
I want you to understand that I didn't always work on these. I stopped to make several other projects. But as the months wore on, I started to panic and I redoubled my efforts to get this done in time for Christmas.
My next hurdle was to get the layout the way I wanted it. It went through several layouts, some actually attached and then taken apart, before I came up with the framed path pattern.
I developed corner pieces and edges to make the whole thing fit square, and tied sections in order to get the number I lacked to finish.
Many of the colors I had plenty leftover, but a couple of colors I had to pray in order to get enough puffs. Here you can see I had very little yellow left.
Once I had it all tied together I had to decide whether I would close up the spaces or not. The original pattern, by Tiny Owl Knits didn't specify, but I wasn't confident it would go through the washer (it is all made of cotton and reclaimed fibers, after all) and remain intact. I left it for a while and worked on some other projects, all the while pondering if I needed to somehow secure it better.
It wasn't until the very last minute that I decided to sew it all together and I took up needle and thread and began to sew the spaces between the tied corners. One particularly interesting evening at Starbucks garnered a lot of comments from passersby. (It's the most attention I've ever had while knitting, as a matter of fact.)
So the big day came and it was time to unveil the gift. I took a few last shots of it with the homemade card on top and a few technical shots so I would have them for reference for future quilts. Then it was folded into a gift bag and delivered.
Karen, you had to know something was up when my husband accompanied me with a camera!! hahahahahaha
The next few pictures show what happens when you knit your best friend a hexipuff quilt.
Merry Christmas, my friend!!
Epilogue:
That's it! That's the big secret project I've been keeping! I hope this post honors my dear friend and inspires someone to do this! It's an awesome project and while it feels like you will never finish, it's not detailed enough to make you lose interest.
Until next time, I hope you're week is filled with lots of fiber fun and interesting projects. I'm back to my toe up socks...got to finish that second pair, since it is obviously not going to get warmer for a few months.
txdonna
Fiberfest 2012
I naively went home happy in the knowledge that I could put together a great pair of socks and a kickin' quilt! Well, I soon discovered that my yarn I had set aside for those socks had no memory, which is uber important when making socks, so I was stumped. I got curious about my other find, so I tried making the hexipuff. I have a picture of my first one somewhere, but not to hand so I can't show you. But I decided I might actually be able to make those socks into a hexipuff quilt for my friend. So I cast on the denim yarn and began to make my first large hexipuff in May 2012.
It went like a dream! I made more and began planning.
I knew I didn't have enough in just two balls of yarn to make a whole quilt, so I thought about what I could match to the denim that would be about the same size yarn. I couldn't quite match it all together, so I decided I'd take them on the road and see what I could find. I found an absolute gem in Abilene, Texas! Yarnies. I love these folks, and I will definitely be going again when I am through Abilene next! Hey, gang! Can't wait to see you all again! I hope you are all well!
There I found the best yarn - Berroco Remix in all sorts of cool, country colors. They went well with the denim, and I was off and running!
Over the next few months I knit hexipuffs in the movies, in bed, at lunchtime, in Starbucks, in the car on trips, and through more than a couple of meetings. I would cast on, knit, turn, fill, and close up each one. Then I came to the realization I would have to get more yarn if I wanted to make a sizable quilt and the denim was no longer being made! I went to my local shop and found they didn't have any of the Remix...so they graciously pointed me to another source and I anxiously awaited my order to arrive.
I want you to understand that I didn't always work on these. I stopped to make several other projects. But as the months wore on, I started to panic and I redoubled my efforts to get this done in time for Christmas.
My next hurdle was to get the layout the way I wanted it. It went through several layouts, some actually attached and then taken apart, before I came up with the framed path pattern.
I developed corner pieces and edges to make the whole thing fit square, and tied sections in order to get the number I lacked to finish.
Many of the colors I had plenty leftover, but a couple of colors I had to pray in order to get enough puffs. Here you can see I had very little yellow left.
Once I had it all tied together I had to decide whether I would close up the spaces or not. The original pattern, by Tiny Owl Knits didn't specify, but I wasn't confident it would go through the washer (it is all made of cotton and reclaimed fibers, after all) and remain intact. I left it for a while and worked on some other projects, all the while pondering if I needed to somehow secure it better.
It wasn't until the very last minute that I decided to sew it all together and I took up needle and thread and began to sew the spaces between the tied corners. One particularly interesting evening at Starbucks garnered a lot of comments from passersby. (It's the most attention I've ever had while knitting, as a matter of fact.)
So the big day came and it was time to unveil the gift. I took a few last shots of it with the homemade card on top and a few technical shots so I would have them for reference for future quilts. Then it was folded into a gift bag and delivered.
Karen, you had to know something was up when my husband accompanied me with a camera!! hahahahahaha
The next few pictures show what happens when you knit your best friend a hexipuff quilt.
Merry Christmas, my friend!!
Epilogue:
That's it! That's the big secret project I've been keeping! I hope this post honors my dear friend and inspires someone to do this! It's an awesome project and while it feels like you will never finish, it's not detailed enough to make you lose interest.
Until next time, I hope you're week is filled with lots of fiber fun and interesting projects. I'm back to my toe up socks...got to finish that second pair, since it is obviously not going to get warmer for a few months.
txdonna
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Merry Christmas
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas. We had a white Christmas and have had to stay at the hotel an extra day. I'm looking forward to getting home. I am enjoying my first pair of socks. They are so warm. I do wish I had brought the yarn for the second pair, but I'm working on a kind of different design for a short shawl. If it works out, I'll post it here and on my Ravelry page.
As for the super secret huge project, it is finished and will be revealed (hopefully) Friday. I'm so excited, and I hope the recipient will be, too.
Until Friday, I bid you peace and a warm week.
txdonna
As for the super secret huge project, it is finished and will be revealed (hopefully) Friday. I'm so excited, and I hope the recipient will be, too.
Until Friday, I bid you peace and a warm week.
txdonna
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Much Ado About Socks....
Here is what I wrote on Friday.
Friday is here again. I've been as busy as I could be this week. I found myself having a long conversation with a very dear friend without my knitting bag. I am so glad I could spend time with her, but I am that much further behind. My feet are cold, so I'm determined to try to finish this damn sock tonight so I can wear them!! If you're interested, here is a look at the nearly finished second...
Fast forward to Tuesday...
I didn't finish them that night, but I gave it a damn good try. On Sunday, though, I DID finish them while a got my car serviced.
Here they are on my feet.
They are very warm and I will really appreciate them when the weather is colder. Now I put them on and end up taking them off after the morning chill.
Today I am FINALLY going to make my sojourn to my local yarn shop (after many delays) in order to get some tutoring on my sweater pattern. I mentioned before that I have hit a snag and cannot make the math work on the front left panel. So I am looking forward to getting some help. I'm a few days early for the Woolie Ewe's end of year sale, so that should help my bank account somewhat.
I have to finish my secret project, and I'll post the pictures once I get the thing finished. I hope to give the gift before the end of the year, so hopefully you'll see it once it's given.
I need to start on the next pair of socks, but I want to get my head around the sweater and make some progress there before I get stuck in to more socks. I am glad that I had so many false starts on these toe-up socks, though. Now I can cast on and I have a pretty good idea about what I'm doing. It will soon become one of those patterns I only have to look to for certain numbers and then I can turn them out. I really like these because the hardest part of knitting socks from the top down was to pick up the stitches on the heel and gusset parts. No picking up means faster progress and faster socks.
If you want a good tutorial on toe-up socks, there is a great one on Ravelry. If you aren't a member, it's free and full of great patterns and tips.
Well, it's about time to pack up and go to get some sweater help. I hope you all have a great week and may it be full of wooly fun!
txdonna
Friday is here again. I've been as busy as I could be this week. I found myself having a long conversation with a very dear friend without my knitting bag. I am so glad I could spend time with her, but I am that much further behind. My feet are cold, so I'm determined to try to finish this damn sock tonight so I can wear them!! If you're interested, here is a look at the nearly finished second...
Fast forward to Tuesday...
I didn't finish them that night, but I gave it a damn good try. On Sunday, though, I DID finish them while a got my car serviced.
Here they are on my feet.
They are very warm and I will really appreciate them when the weather is colder. Now I put them on and end up taking them off after the morning chill.
Today I am FINALLY going to make my sojourn to my local yarn shop (after many delays) in order to get some tutoring on my sweater pattern. I mentioned before that I have hit a snag and cannot make the math work on the front left panel. So I am looking forward to getting some help. I'm a few days early for the Woolie Ewe's end of year sale, so that should help my bank account somewhat.
I have to finish my secret project, and I'll post the pictures once I get the thing finished. I hope to give the gift before the end of the year, so hopefully you'll see it once it's given.
I need to start on the next pair of socks, but I want to get my head around the sweater and make some progress there before I get stuck in to more socks. I am glad that I had so many false starts on these toe-up socks, though. Now I can cast on and I have a pretty good idea about what I'm doing. It will soon become one of those patterns I only have to look to for certain numbers and then I can turn them out. I really like these because the hardest part of knitting socks from the top down was to pick up the stitches on the heel and gusset parts. No picking up means faster progress and faster socks.
If you want a good tutorial on toe-up socks, there is a great one on Ravelry. If you aren't a member, it's free and full of great patterns and tips.
Well, it's about time to pack up and go to get some sweater help. I hope you all have a great week and may it be full of wooly fun!
txdonna
Monday, December 10, 2012
Good Intentions and the "P" Word
Happy December, All!
Today, 10 December is my father's 78th birthday! He is far away in more ways than one, but I remember all the times we made birthday cakes for him and bought him funny cards. I remember all the fun he had pestering me, and the jokes he L.O.V.E.D. to tell. Happy Birthday, you ol' boy!! Love you and miss you!
As you can tell it's been a while since I have written. I started out trying to blog each Friday, because that's my day to get away, listen to youtube and knit. Well, the first post was put up on Saturday, and the next week, I got so caught up in watching videos I ran out of time to blog. By the end of the weekend, I was not feeling well, and I've spent two weeks combating (successfully, thanks for asking) a mild infection. So after the longest weekend I've spent in bed in quite a while, I have broken my shackles and I am here! I hope I can post again this Friday and get back on track. So, as the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. My apologies.
In this time, though, I've been trying to finish at least ONE PAIR of toe-up socks that actually fit and look decent. I finished one that looked a bit like I had accidentally chucked it in the blender. I have since frogged the whole thing into a nice tidy little ball of black sock wool, just enough for a sock. It will later probably be either a sock or part of a hexi-puff blanket. So after I was thoroughly disgusted, I sat and pouted through several replays of NCIS (love those marathons!), and took several naps. Once I came to my senses, I cast on another sock and tried again. I NOW have one sock, and when I finish here, I will work on the mate. Yeah!!! I hope by the time I write again (on FRIDAY), I will have a pair to show! It is, as I mentioned before, Perseverance that knitting has taught me. So, I anxiously look forward to working on my sock tonight!
I also have a sweater that I am working on - my first! I have finished the back and cast on the front left side. I was working away and reading carefully, measuring every little bit so I knew where I was. However, I have hit a snag in the pattern where the numbers don't add up! I have frogged back a bit and begun again, but whenever I review the pattern again I get the same thing - an inch difference that does NOT make sense no matter how I figure it. I plan to go back to my yarn store and see if I can get some tutoring. If you are reading this in North Texas - it's the Woolie Ewe in Plano. These ladies are so helpful and knowledgeable! Well worth the trip!
Some of the best advice I have had was to seek out a local yarn store and use this resource. I find invaluable assistance whenever I visit yarn stores, and it's a necessity to have a local. If you are just starting out, go find a local store or at least a local fiber artist who is willing to be on-hand when you need help.
Another invaluable mentor I have recently discovered is Johnny and all the folks at New Stitch A Day. They have some really exciting things happening right now and their website is looking great!! Give them a look here. Johnny is a very patient, thorough, and generous teacher. So good to have resources like this, too.
Well, that's all I have for now. Time to fire up the youtube and get to knitting on that second sock! Next is a pair of striped grey and purple socks. I might make them a little smaller than the black pair, with a 2x2 all the way up the top. You never know when you make the same pattern only in different wool or colors or patterns what it will look like, but the more you do, the better you get!
Hope your week is warm and wooly!
txdonna
Today, 10 December is my father's 78th birthday! He is far away in more ways than one, but I remember all the times we made birthday cakes for him and bought him funny cards. I remember all the fun he had pestering me, and the jokes he L.O.V.E.D. to tell. Happy Birthday, you ol' boy!! Love you and miss you!
As you can tell it's been a while since I have written. I started out trying to blog each Friday, because that's my day to get away, listen to youtube and knit. Well, the first post was put up on Saturday, and the next week, I got so caught up in watching videos I ran out of time to blog. By the end of the weekend, I was not feeling well, and I've spent two weeks combating (successfully, thanks for asking) a mild infection. So after the longest weekend I've spent in bed in quite a while, I have broken my shackles and I am here! I hope I can post again this Friday and get back on track. So, as the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. My apologies.
In this time, though, I've been trying to finish at least ONE PAIR of toe-up socks that actually fit and look decent. I finished one that looked a bit like I had accidentally chucked it in the blender. I have since frogged the whole thing into a nice tidy little ball of black sock wool, just enough for a sock. It will later probably be either a sock or part of a hexi-puff blanket. So after I was thoroughly disgusted, I sat and pouted through several replays of NCIS (love those marathons!), and took several naps. Once I came to my senses, I cast on another sock and tried again. I NOW have one sock, and when I finish here, I will work on the mate. Yeah!!! I hope by the time I write again (on FRIDAY), I will have a pair to show! It is, as I mentioned before, Perseverance that knitting has taught me. So, I anxiously look forward to working on my sock tonight!
I also have a sweater that I am working on - my first! I have finished the back and cast on the front left side. I was working away and reading carefully, measuring every little bit so I knew where I was. However, I have hit a snag in the pattern where the numbers don't add up! I have frogged back a bit and begun again, but whenever I review the pattern again I get the same thing - an inch difference that does NOT make sense no matter how I figure it. I plan to go back to my yarn store and see if I can get some tutoring. If you are reading this in North Texas - it's the Woolie Ewe in Plano. These ladies are so helpful and knowledgeable! Well worth the trip!
Some of the best advice I have had was to seek out a local yarn store and use this resource. I find invaluable assistance whenever I visit yarn stores, and it's a necessity to have a local. If you are just starting out, go find a local store or at least a local fiber artist who is willing to be on-hand when you need help.
Another invaluable mentor I have recently discovered is Johnny and all the folks at New Stitch A Day. They have some really exciting things happening right now and their website is looking great!! Give them a look here. Johnny is a very patient, thorough, and generous teacher. So good to have resources like this, too.
Well, that's all I have for now. Time to fire up the youtube and get to knitting on that second sock! Next is a pair of striped grey and purple socks. I might make them a little smaller than the black pair, with a 2x2 all the way up the top. You never know when you make the same pattern only in different wool or colors or patterns what it will look like, but the more you do, the better you get!
Hope your week is warm and wooly!
txdonna
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Sometimes it's hard to drink coffee...
Most Friday nights I spend at least a small portion of my evening drinking coffee, watching videos on Youtube, and knitting. It's not very glamorous, it's not exciting, but it's relaxing, and it completes my week and heralds my weekend. It started out as a means of decompressing, then it was for purposes of writing, and now it's just a habit I find reasonably benign. The one I go to is my local - just like a pub. I go there many times during the week, they know me and I feel comfortable listening to crazy music and lip-syncing and generally acting a fool to the music on my playlists. As I write this, it's Uncle Tommy by The Rumjacks. Not something most folks would even know or like, but it gets me moving even in my chair and sometimes, if the music really gets me going I can knit quite a few inches. Other times I watch old movies - my favorites so far are the Charlie Chan mysteries. I've about run out of those, so I fear I'll have to find some more. I love old mystery movies, and now I know I can find them on Youtube I'm even happier to sit in a coffee shop and knit.
I have knit quite a few things, though I am FAR from an expert. I tend to like the smaller pieces like the hexi-puffs I have been making for a project and now I'm on to socks. I have made hats, fingerless gloves, and even a couple times I had the lace shawl I keep promising to finish for my daughter (but I haven't so far). I'm really getting on with the third incarnation of toe-up socks. I say third incarnation because I've been working on the same socks for quite a while now and I have knit and frogged (knitty term for taking it all apart) the same two pairs three times altogether. First they were on too big a needles, so I had to frog the black one, then I found I had gotten all the way to the leg on both the striped and the black ones only to discover they were too long. As I am determined to make these damn socks for me, I have now begun again. To save my sanity I have decided to get far enough with the one yarn before I start the other again.
A couple weeks ago, I took a very short trip to get away and spend my time knitting. I had in mind to take these socks and work on them, and to find yarn suitable to make my very first sweater. I was so excited. I wasn't even very far from home, but I had two knitting/yarn stores mapped and I was so excited. I just knew I would find another set of fiber-minded folks like I had before on other trips. In the end, I met some very nice ladies who directed me to.....(wait for it).....my local yarn shop just a few miles away. I was really annoyed that the shop I had looked forward to finding and knitting in had not been in business for 7 years (yes, that's a seven), and that the best place they had to recommend was the store I regularly went to. I call it my No Place Like Home trip.
One thing I've learned after knitting for the last four or five years is nothing is the way it is supposed to be the first time. I would say the most important skill you must have when knitting - or crocheting, or crafting of any kind - is to rip it out (thus the term frogging) and begin again; salvage what you can and pick up the needles or hook or paper or clay or brush, and start fresh. Read the directions over and over, see it in your mind, find your center - you'll need it when you're taking the thing apart - and spending several minutes breathing deep before you get back on that horse.
I did find some wonderful yarn and a better pattern, and I went home and cast that project on. I did read over the instructions and thought I had the thing firmly in my mind. I got several inches done and it was beautiful. As the days past and I got further up, though, it became abundantly clear I was NOT where the pattern told me I should be. I could have kept going but I decided my first sweater would not be done haphazardly, so I took a breath, removed the needles and began ripping it out and winding the yarn back into as close to a ball as I could. Once I restarted I was more settled and I began measuring every few rows. I am now on the front left side, still measuring as carefully as the back and I am confident I will come up with a beautiful sweater once it is done.
It is this skill to move beyond I find useful tonight. Don't get me wrong - I have been known to whine and moan for quite sometime before I pick back up, but the more I do practice restarting the less I find it necessary to grump. Tonight, however, I spent quite a while being grumpy as I fought traffic and crazy drivers only to find that when I finally got to my local it was full, no place to park, and dangerous to even make the attempt. I admit I drove around a bit too long, but finally ended up at the other, smaller, less dependable shop just a bit further up the road. It's not my local, they don't know me, and there's a large table of students working on a project. But it's still a coffee shop, it still had brownies, and though I'm busy blogging with no time to knit, I still have one of my favorite Youtube playlists going in my headphones. They also close an hour earlier, but it's not terrible, and I'm still having a great Friday night.
I guess the moral of this rambling is that sometimes it really is hard to drink coffee...just like it is to knit a sweater without having to start over...but once you get the cup in your hand, the brownie on your plate, or the yarn cast on, you're on your way.
May your week be full of coffee and yarn.
txdonna
I have knit quite a few things, though I am FAR from an expert. I tend to like the smaller pieces like the hexi-puffs I have been making for a project and now I'm on to socks. I have made hats, fingerless gloves, and even a couple times I had the lace shawl I keep promising to finish for my daughter (but I haven't so far). I'm really getting on with the third incarnation of toe-up socks. I say third incarnation because I've been working on the same socks for quite a while now and I have knit and frogged (knitty term for taking it all apart) the same two pairs three times altogether. First they were on too big a needles, so I had to frog the black one, then I found I had gotten all the way to the leg on both the striped and the black ones only to discover they were too long. As I am determined to make these damn socks for me, I have now begun again. To save my sanity I have decided to get far enough with the one yarn before I start the other again.
A couple weeks ago, I took a very short trip to get away and spend my time knitting. I had in mind to take these socks and work on them, and to find yarn suitable to make my very first sweater. I was so excited. I wasn't even very far from home, but I had two knitting/yarn stores mapped and I was so excited. I just knew I would find another set of fiber-minded folks like I had before on other trips. In the end, I met some very nice ladies who directed me to.....(wait for it).....my local yarn shop just a few miles away. I was really annoyed that the shop I had looked forward to finding and knitting in had not been in business for 7 years (yes, that's a seven), and that the best place they had to recommend was the store I regularly went to. I call it my No Place Like Home trip.
One thing I've learned after knitting for the last four or five years is nothing is the way it is supposed to be the first time. I would say the most important skill you must have when knitting - or crocheting, or crafting of any kind - is to rip it out (thus the term frogging) and begin again; salvage what you can and pick up the needles or hook or paper or clay or brush, and start fresh. Read the directions over and over, see it in your mind, find your center - you'll need it when you're taking the thing apart - and spending several minutes breathing deep before you get back on that horse.
I did find some wonderful yarn and a better pattern, and I went home and cast that project on. I did read over the instructions and thought I had the thing firmly in my mind. I got several inches done and it was beautiful. As the days past and I got further up, though, it became abundantly clear I was NOT where the pattern told me I should be. I could have kept going but I decided my first sweater would not be done haphazardly, so I took a breath, removed the needles and began ripping it out and winding the yarn back into as close to a ball as I could. Once I restarted I was more settled and I began measuring every few rows. I am now on the front left side, still measuring as carefully as the back and I am confident I will come up with a beautiful sweater once it is done.
It is this skill to move beyond I find useful tonight. Don't get me wrong - I have been known to whine and moan for quite sometime before I pick back up, but the more I do practice restarting the less I find it necessary to grump. Tonight, however, I spent quite a while being grumpy as I fought traffic and crazy drivers only to find that when I finally got to my local it was full, no place to park, and dangerous to even make the attempt. I admit I drove around a bit too long, but finally ended up at the other, smaller, less dependable shop just a bit further up the road. It's not my local, they don't know me, and there's a large table of students working on a project. But it's still a coffee shop, it still had brownies, and though I'm busy blogging with no time to knit, I still have one of my favorite Youtube playlists going in my headphones. They also close an hour earlier, but it's not terrible, and I'm still having a great Friday night.
I guess the moral of this rambling is that sometimes it really is hard to drink coffee...just like it is to knit a sweater without having to start over...but once you get the cup in your hand, the brownie on your plate, or the yarn cast on, you're on your way.
May your week be full of coffee and yarn.
txdonna
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)