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December 04, 2003
Knitting as therapy
I was responsible for an all-day workshop yesterday, attended by about 50 people. I had to arrange for the meeting location, the speakers, the handouts, the coffee, the name tags, the catering - well, you get the picture. When I got home late yesterday afternoon, I was pooped! My husband had a dinner meeting to attend, so I made the kids fend for themselves for supper while I laid on the couch in a trance.
The workshop went very well; these kinds of things just wear me out.
Anyway, I finally 'came to' at about 8:00 and picked up the last of the Colinette scarves and cruised along to within about 6 inches of completing it. I should be able to finish it tonight, and will deal with all the yarn ends on all three scarves. Tomorrow I will post a picture of all three of them together.
Isn't knitting a wonderful way to de-stress?
This morning, I found an online vendor for the Regia yarn that I need. I'm waiting to hear back via email to make sure they have it in stock. Boy am I glad I saved the label; I would never have found this particular type of yarn otherwise. It doesn't seem to be one of the more popular Regia lines.
I'm within just a couple of weeks of completing all of the projects on my WIP list (at right.) I am very excited about putting together a new batch of projects, maybe including a fair-isle sweater, the Koigu pullover, a pair of gloves, and another felted bag. Somtimes the best part of knitting is planning the next project!
Comments
Isn't that the truth! Many times the vision of what I'm going to knit next fuels me with the drive to complete what I've grown bored with.
Posted by: Lisa at December 4, 2003 09:24 AM
I love planning new projects. Even if they are already on my list of projects and I have all the supplies. I'm right now planning my "Christmas break" knitting. I know I'll get back to the purple cardigan and I'm going to work Erika's zippered cardigan and maybe a pair of socks for the really simple. I'm really looking forward to the break.
Posted by: Uli at December 4, 2003 01:08 PM