8 Years of Unfinished Projects and an experiment with video!
Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.
Firstly, I hope that you had, or are having a wonderful winter holiday (or at the very least surviving).
Secondly, It seems that Thursday is the new Wednesday around here!
Last week I borked my website, and this week I got the very bright, very last minute idea to experiment with video… so, the post that usually takes me an hour and a half to photograph, write, edit, review, and post each week, took me a day and a half.
It started when I decided to find and document all of the unfinished projects I have, because the end of the year seems like a good time for it. It turns out that I have quite a few projects hanging about, some of which stretch back 8 years or so.
The post I was mentally compiling was getting overwhelming – hence the video…
So here it is, I hope you enjoy!
(If you receive these posts via email, you may need to click through to play the video. Here’s the direct link.)
If you enjoyed and want to see more video in the future let me know! Either hit like, or leave a comment.
It was tons of fun, if a little more time consuming than expected.
And I highly doubt I’ll ever abandon the written word entirely, but maybe mixing things up?
Hit like, or leave a comment below with your thoughts.
Tomorrow I’m writing about my finished Banaue Breeze sweater (in words and photos). That will probably be the final post of 2016 (and definitely the finial finished object of the year) so be sure to come back for that tomorrow.
And I’ll leave you with the links to a handful of the patterns I mentioned in the video:
Lady Bat by Teresa Gregorio aka CanaryKnits
By Hand London’s Anna Dress Pattern
My Self-Made Wardrobe Project
The Shawl Geometry Book Series
Did I miss anything?
Knitting as a way to make sense of the world.
Each Wednesday, I post a snapshot of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.
Knitting something just to knit.
At this point, I’ve been knitting* for most of my life.
*and sewing, and embroidering, and generally making things with fabrics & fibers.
It hasn’t always been a consistent relationship, we’ve had our ebbs and flows, our ups and downs. But it has always been a constant one.
There’s something incredibly comforting, about the consistency of knitting.
Things have changed about my relationship to knitting (I’d say any relationship in which absolutely nothing has changed in a couple decades might not be healthy) – what I knit changes, what yarn I use changes, how I knit changes, why I knit changes.
But regardless of all that, the comfort I get from knitting remains consistent.
Yarn + Needles.
Shaping one loop, after one loop, after one loop, into rows.
Stacking one row, after one row, after one row, into inches.
Working one inch, after one inch, after one inch, into fabric.
Yarn + Needles + Effort + Time + Patience = Knitting.
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This week, I’ve been knitting just for the sake of knitting.
Knitting as a way to remember what steadiness feels like.
Knitting as a way to pass the time, as time works it’s magic on grief.
Knitting as a way to escape when listening to friends who are afraid for their safety, leaves me numb.
Knitting as a way to find my footing again.
Knitting as a way to disengage – but only in order to reengage from a place where I have something to give.
So I cast on for a free-form something or other.
I’m not sure exactly what it will become. But it will become something steady & grounding.
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PS. Two heads ups…
First. I’m bringing back “To Read Over Coffee” – a weekly link round up that I love, but fell out of the habit of writing. I think there’s too much happening in the knitting/sewing/style/fashion places of the internet to not share, and make connections between.
Second. The updated, edited & revised version of Shawl Geometry Book One is coming imminently. This project got a bit disrupted by my move at the beginning of September, but I’m hoping I can get the first book into your hands before (US) Thanksgiving.
If you’ve already bought the book, (thank you!) just keep an eye on your inbox for the update.
If not, just keep an eye on this space (or sign up for my newsletter, and keep an eye on your inbox).
a week of traveling, editing, and moving
Each Wednesday, I take stock of the projects I’m working on, and where my brain is at.
What projects am I working on? And where is my brain at?
I’m working on far too many projects, and my brain feels like it’s about to explode in 14 different directions.
I got back from Maine after a cancelled flight (that was never actually technically cancelled), an extra night in a Portland hotel, and a very early flight the next morning.
But at least the Portland airport has couches & rocking chairs, and the many hours of delay meant that I finished up the edits I was working on.
Which means, this round of edits for Shawl Geometry Book Two are done. And I got to send them off to my technical editor this morning.
If you’re keeping track of the revolving door that is this editing process. Book One is with it’s second technical editor, on it’s third (and final) round of edits. Book Two is with it’s first technical editor on it’s first round of edits. And I’m about to dive into my first round of edits on Book Three, while I wait for Book One to come back to me.
But between now and starting in on Book Three edits, I move.
Tomorrow morning.
And as much as I’m sick of moving, this move does reunite me with my yarn/fabric stash, and the rest of my wardrobe, so I’m pretty damn excited.
