I have felt more stressed out over the past few weeks with to wallet being stolen, my heavy student load and the computer threatening to crash (we will replace the hard drive, but this isn't a particularly good time for me/us to do that). I have noticed a funny thing about me and stress.....it always causes me to want to knit. I love to knit, but it's a practice I reserve for when I'm waiting somewhere or decide to watch TV. (I can't watch TV in a totally idle state -- which disturbs Ed a bit.) So, whenever I have had a moment, I have been knitting. I currently have 4 Christmas projects on a long circular needle. But more than wanting to finish those projects, my mind has been wandering to what I would like to be knitting right now -- and it's not simple gifts. I have had nearly irresistible yarn lust, too. I have had all I could do not to buy a zillion different hand dyed sock yarns on Etsy! (I have to admit, it's hard to go offline without first checking Etsy for anything whether it's yarn, earrings or anything else.) Of course it doesn't help that I listen to some knitting or sock knitting pod casts, which just make me really want to buy. My favorite knitting podcast is Socks in the City. Carrie is fanatical but I don't have a problem with it. Hearing her is almost as good as me having her exploits. She also sounds like someone I know but I can't put a name to the voice/speech pattern. I think it's probably a student from a while ago, who I don't see anymore. She's a pistol and very enjoyable company at 1 in the morning when I'm checking email or prepping the next day's lessons. Like Carrie, I really like to knit socks.
I have moved my small but respectable yarn stash into plain sight, in my studio. I keep my yarn in a clear zippered bag from a comforter or something. I can SEE that I have several self striping or interesting colorway yarns just clamoring to become socks or mitts or whatever else delights me. Oh, and it nearly finished off my resolve when I wore some of my knitted socks with my Birkenstock clogs on a cold day last week.
As I reflect on other stressful times, I recall having this same urge, but not doing so well at staving off the lust. Part of that memory comes from looking at my current stash :-) I still have yarn from former times of crisis.
I am happy to report that I have survived the strongest and most terrible urges to buy yarn and stop everything I'm doing in favor of knitting until my fingers fall off. There are 2 books I'd like to get, but I am content to wait for them. A few students give me B&N gift cards and I hope I'll be able to get the books with them, although I saw them on Amazon. I'm not sure B&N has or offers them. We'll see.
Now, all I have to fight this urge to do a whole separate knitting blog -- which is ridiculous, because currently, I have hardly any time to quilt, sew, knit , read any magazines I get or write this blog. I'll get over it when my stress level drops.... I hope.
I have moved my small but respectable yarn stash into plain sight, in my studio. I keep my yarn in a clear zippered bag from a comforter or something. I can SEE that I have several self striping or interesting colorway yarns just clamoring to become socks or mitts or whatever else delights me. Oh, and it nearly finished off my resolve when I wore some of my knitted socks with my Birkenstock clogs on a cold day last week.
As I reflect on other stressful times, I recall having this same urge, but not doing so well at staving off the lust. Part of that memory comes from looking at my current stash :-) I still have yarn from former times of crisis.
I am happy to report that I have survived the strongest and most terrible urges to buy yarn and stop everything I'm doing in favor of knitting until my fingers fall off. There are 2 books I'd like to get, but I am content to wait for them. A few students give me B&N gift cards and I hope I'll be able to get the books with them, although I saw them on Amazon. I'm not sure B&N has or offers them. We'll see.
Now, all I have to fight this urge to do a whole separate knitting blog -- which is ridiculous, because currently, I have hardly any time to quilt, sew, knit , read any magazines I get or write this blog. I'll get over it when my stress level drops.... I hope.
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