knit more often

I love to knit, but I don’t do it nearly as often as I should. My house is littered with unfinished projects that I was super excited about but later got bored with and moved on to something else. I would love to start a knitting club. Get on top of my own knitting while getting other people interested, too….

A secondary goal I’ve set for NaKniSweMo, besides completing a sweater, is to actually knit every single day in November, even if it’s only a round or two. I think I can do it!

I’ve joined a knitting group in the next town over. They meet once a week. I think I’m really going to enjoy meeting with them!

I got in about an hour on Thursday evening, and then spent all of my potential knitting time on Friday reading an Elizabeth Zimmermann book. I think that’s okay.

I made time to knit on both Friday and Saturday evenings this weekend, and I’m determined to keep it up. Even if it’s only an hour a night, I still think I’d really benefit from making a specific effort to take that time for myself.

I make it through another lace repeat on my socks tonight. I thought I’d do more, but I have a headache that’s making it really hard to focus.

It is amazing how much time I spend waiting. Waiting for my son, waiting for my parents, etc. I have been bringing my current knitting project along in my pocketbook, and if I knit while I am waiting, I don’t get so impatient about the wait, and all this found knitting time adds up.

November of 2005 i took up this hobby to give myself a challenge and keep me busy when i use to run this business…the business often had slow days, so i’d knit in between customers to help the day pass along…i bought books on knitting and was self taught and i really loved it! but as the year passed, talks of selling the business were in effect and afterwards, i took on a new job which then in turn took most of time, along with a 2nd job and i found i was knitting less and less :(

well, one day a couple of weeks ago, i wanted to buy my kitties a canister of cat nip and those cat toys you can refill with cap nip but each toy was well over 5-10 bucks! eep! i thought to myself…hell! i can knit some kitty toys for cheaper since i have a whole buncha yarn i bought and never used…so i was set on making some toys to fill with cap nip and they can destroy…i made my first one about a week ago…it’s a magenta mouse :DDD

yay so i got this beautiful yarn…red, soft…and i started knitting with it a few days ago. last night I knit for a bit before i went to bed. it was calming. I should do that more often. Maybe i’ll sleep better. just a little bit every night, or every few nights…or maybe just friday night. its enough to keep me sane, and knitting…

I was knitting a lot on my recent 14-hour trip to AZ. I thought I’d be better at it, but I’m just not. I think knitting is not for me. I’m okay with that.