Always the Knitting
Jeweled Cowl by Sachiko Uemura
Chambord sweater– onward to the sleeves!
Last week was long, strange, challenging, and insightful. In so many ways I felt inadequate, as if whatever I managed to accomplish wasn’t enough, and everything I didn’t get done was monumental.
Ever feel that way?
It’s not fun.
So, after a bit of a late-night pity party and cry fest with Sweetie, I am feeling strengthened and empowered to start saying No to things I’m not passionately excited about, and to move forward on some projects that have been on the back burner for too long. I think these two strategies will help me feel a bit more focused and a whole lot calmer.
Through it all, as always, I knit. I knit fast when I’m upset and talking a hundered miles an hour. I knit slowly when the day is winding down and I’m just trying to stay awake a few moments longer. I knit in short spurts at work to show someone the magic that is knititng with beads. And I knit quickly again during PB’s weekend naps, trying to sqeeze in just a few more rows before she wakes up.
Always the knitting.
Here’s to a new week, fresh starts, good friends, chocolate peanute butter cookies, and the promise of a new project to cast on very soon.
Because these two wips? They are in the home stretch!
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I remember the insecure feelings I had as a young mom. They change, but I don’t think they ever completely go away. It is totally necessary to reassess the path and the way you are travelling it once in a while. I am looking at a personal path option involving yarn, that you have already made.I would very much like to pick your brain! Plese email me at jeaniebabbage@ gmail.com with a way we can write privately.
The jeweled cowl is such a pretty green! Great for spring