Motto
I have an unfortunate tendency. Well, I likely have more than one, but today I want to talk about one in particular. If I don't pay close attention, I will get absolutely paralyzed. I will tell myself 'you don't know everything you could possibly know about a topic, therefore you may not do anything involving that topic.' Or better yet 'you do not know every single step necessary to finish that project, so it's best not to start at all.' This attitude makes it astonishingly easy to get absolutely nothing done. You can always tell yourself that you're not ready, [...]
Not Dead
Do you remember that feeling you'd get in school right before you handed in a big paper? The absolute conviction you left something out, or put two pages in the wrong order, or that some really important word doesn't mean quite what you think it does and you used it wrong throughout the entire project? That feeling of creeping dread that overwhelmed you at four in the morning the day the project was due? Yeah. That feeling doesn't go away. Some time in the next 24 hours or so, I send the book files off to the printer, and I [...]
Totally A Sock
I've checked, this is totally a sock. It has all of the sock parts you need to officially declare it a sock. Even non-knitters could successfully identify it. The only question is how long will it take me to do the second one. We all know it will be a while. Especially since I have sort of a neat idea for a few variations on a theme for this one. I'm not sure if I'll end up making a regular pair, a fraternal pair, or if I'll enlist the help of a favorite yarn company to actually get a few [...]
Growing
The sock continues to grow! Funny how fast that plain bit in the middle goes...there might be something to all those folks who like more sedate socks. But the plain bit is rapidly approaching its end (which is good, because while it's fast, it's not exactly holding my attention). We'll be doing a bit of a toe boogie here next. I predict it will be nifty.
TNNA
Well that was fun! I'm back from TNNA. (It's the big industry trade show. Yarn companies, tool & notion makers, and publishers go there to show off what they do, and yarn stores go there to see what they might like to carry in their shops.) It was a blast. I finally feel like I'm getting the hang of this (it apparently took me until my fourth show to feel comfortable at it, but I got there, so I'm calling it a win). I did a few book signings, caught up with lots of lovely people I only get to [...]
Attention Span
The sock now has its very own leg and heel flap (and lovely ones at that). I've figured out how I want to handle the foot and the toes. I'm quite confident these will be cozy socks. Alas, knowing how I want them to look means that I'm completely and totally ready for the sock to be done, and I don't especially want to knit any more of it. This is actually the problem I have with most knitting. I love the figuring out bit. And I love the having the finished object bit. I'm just not so keen on [...]
Socks…I remember those
Somehow (we won't dwell on how), I've managed to go something close to a year and a half without casting on a pair of socks for myself. Now, part of this is due to the state of my sock basket (full) and part of it is due to my calendar (also full). But some of it is clearly due to some sort of character flaw. So Saturday, as I finally rendered the stinky yarn usable (lots and lots and lots of washing and lots of time in the sunshine), and contemplated its sock-like characteristics, I realized I just had to [...]
Commerce
Last time we chatted about the critters of the Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival. This time, let's talk about the loot. Now, I'm normally rather restrained at these events. I just don't go through much yarn (and when I do knit something, I like it to be in a yarn I can use for a pattern, and that imposes a whole new set of constraints on my shopping). But I did find a few goodies. The first is some long, wooden dpns. I used to think I didn't care for wooden dpns (and I still don't like them at small [...]
Critters
You know that thing where life sort of conspires against you and you decide you Simply Must Leave For A Bit. There's really not any choice about it, you just need to Flee. Yeah, well, that's been going on. So last weekend, I fled. I went down to the Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival with a friend for a bit of relaxation and distraction (plus a bit of scheming...because really you need some scheming in any good weekend). As often happens at these things, there were critters. Critters are quite good at providing distractions. There were live silk worms (which [...]
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