1 Day Off, 1 Day On
So I took yesterday “off” and it was a good idea in terms of getting homework done, but it felt weird. On one hand I went through the whole day feeling like there was something that I should be doing, on another hand it meant that I got homework done and turned in which was a very good thing. I also did a bit of work on some art/craft projects that will take longer than a day or two to complete. At least for the moment, I’m thinking that Mondays will be up in the air days. When I can do my hour of paperwork and my art/craft, or I can do one or the other, or I can do neither, and I’ll simply play each Monday by ear.
On to today. My hour of paperwork today wasn’t so much an hour of paperwork as 4-5 hours of “swatching.” And when I say “swatching” I mean starting a shawl that I was expecting to have to rip out after a few rows to re-design the chart, and then I just kept going.
Not so much a swatch anymore. I did end up changing a few minor things, but decided those changes weren’t enough to justify ripping and re-knitting the whole thing for the 4th or 5th time. It’s knit out of Socks That Rock Chickabiddy (which doesn’t seem to be available anymore -tear-) medium weight, on US 8 (?). I’m hoping to design the entire shawl so that it is knit out of one skein, or approximately 380 yards.
Another simple sketch for today this time of a tree. I was going to keep it black and white, but then really like the idea of lime green as a suggestion of leaves, and so I added the brown into the roots to balance the green.
Contrary to my initial thoughts, I’m finding that I have much more to say about the knitting design paperwork than the piece of art/craft. I’m not sure if this will continue or if, as I finish and post larger, more time consuming projects, that this will change, but I do find it interesting.
Holly
Days Three and Four
Yesterday’s hour of paperwork was spent charting the pattern for the “Orange Spicy Scarf,” and “J’s Christmas Scarf ’09” (a better name to come), and starting writing the pattern for “J’s Christmas Scarf ’09.” Then today was spent finishing the write up and charting, then swatching, then ripping out the swatch for a triangular birdy shawl/scarf. No pictures of the swatch, silly me. Hopefully I’ll finish the chart and swatch either tomorrow or the next day, and then there will be pictures.
The art/craft from yesterday is a pair of ATCs. They were quick and fun, and I like them.
Today was just a doodle of an eye with swirls. I feel kind of meh about it, though it might make a cool stencil or notebook cover.
I’m toying with the idea of taking Mondays off for the rest of the semester, just because of my classes, and how my homework schedule ends up working out. For the moment I’m undecided, I think I’ll play tomorrow by ear and then decide about the next few weeks. Either way, this would only be till the end of the semester which is a few weeks away (a rather terrifying thought).
Holly
Day Two
Hopefully in a few days I’ll start coming up with more interesting blog titles than “day one,” “day two,” “day three,” etc.
Today’s paperwork hour was spent fixing little things in the pattern for “Climbing Trellis,” a small, simple, zig zag scarf, great for using small amounts of hand spun yarn. As well as writing a description for “The Arrowhead Stole.”
Decorated front and back inside covers of my small sketch book. The front (the brown and green) was done yesterday, and the back (red and orange) today. The colors are slightly more vibrant in real life, but over all these are pictures are fairly good representations.
Holly
