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Thursday, December 11, 2003 7:15 PM Well. I have decided something. At least for now. I'm going to try merging this blog back in with my regular blog. There are several reasons for this, really. One is that now that I'm using Moveable Type over there, it's easily sortable by category for anyone who wants to read just knitting stuff. Another is that I think I will feel less disjointed, and post more often, if I'm not feeling like I have to split my attention and my life up that way. And, perhaps most importantly, I've realized that the knitting blogs I most enjoy reading are the ones that don't have just knitting content but show knitting in the context of the blogger's life. Maybe it's the writer in me. Maybe I'm just horribly nosy. But I like reading about people's lives and how knitting is a part of them. It's so much more interesting than just reading "today I worked on..." And it's certainly more interesting to write. So. I hope you don't mind. I hope you'll like it. Come on over! # Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:58 PM Still knitting lots. Yay. Pictures soon. Hopefully tomorrow. On an unrelated note, has anyone had problems with this site when using Netscape? A friend told me tonight that she can't get it to load, maybe because she's using an old version of Netscape at work. I guess if you were having that severe a problem, you wouldn't be reading this... maybe if you have an old version of Netscape around you could test it and let me know? Thanks! # Tuesday, December 09, 2003 5:05 PM Back to the Needles It seems I'm going through cycles with knitting. I don't know if everyone does, or if I'm just unlucky enough to be horribly fickle about my interests, even those I really love. But I do, at least for now. Is this bad? I don't know. Sometimes, when my life is on more or less of an even keel, I knit fairly steadily. I will get more or less into it depending on the interest level of various projects and my general busyness, but my knitting tends to be a constant, generally in the background, but there. I'll pull it out while watching TV or visiting with friends, or sometimes just get in the mood and knit for a while in the afternoon. Sometimes a few non-knitting days will go by, but not too many. Then comes a stage at which I'm just too busy/stressed/upset/etc. to knit. When I get a chance to not be having to do something, I just collapse. Knitting is one more thing I have to do, even if it is fun. So I don't. I just can't deal with anything that isn't absolutely mandatory. But I've recently learned that I can pass through that stage and come out on the other side. This is when I'm too busy/stressed/upset/etc. NOT to knit. I need it. I'm not sure why. It's soothing, it's productive, and I'm more or less in control. It's clear that something is getting accomplished. But it's still always there. Unlike a job or an apartment or a friend, knitting won't just up and disappear one day. In case you haven't guessed, that's the stage I'm in right now. This started a few days ago, and really got into full swing yesterday afternoon, when I was reading the new issue of Knitty. I need to be knitting, or reading about knitting, or at least thinking about knitting. Constantly. Even just knowing that it's nearby helps. I take a project in to work even though I know it's very unlikely that I will knit on my lunch break. (It just never works out that way. Reading works better in the break room.) I sneak over to the knitting section (I work in a bookstore) for quick peeks at exciting knitting books. I can't wait to come home and knit and read knitting sites. In a way, of course, this is bad. It's a symptom of my current emotional and physical instability. (I'm sick, again, and I feel like I should sanitize anything I knit before I use it.) This knitting is slightly frantic and tinged with guilt because there are so many things I feel like I should be doing. But I need to knit. On the other hand, it's great. I'm getting so much inspiration from Knitty and other sites and blogs. I'm so into it again. I have tons of ideas for new projects, and I'm getting all reinspired on old WIPs. That stalled shawl is becoming exactly the afghan I need right now. My purple hood is tripping merrily along. This is great. Now, if only I can keep it up when the stress and unhappiness lifts. # |
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