Spring Break

Alright, so I finally get a break from school and I get sick straight off. It has been too bad, we went up to Vermont and watched the snowboarding half-pipe championships in Killington. I’m back in Wayland now, and haven’t been doing too much, which is actually pretty nice.  I’m trying not to think about getting back to school, or anything really.

I brought some new knitting with me.  I finally re-started the sock that I’d been having trouble with. It’s going nicely so far, but it’s hard to say if it will actually fit. At this point I’ve decided that it’s not worth it to stress, because I’ve done all the calculations, and if it doesn’t work, oh well.

And I’ve finally finished Alex’s fingerless gloves. She loves them, thank god. It’s a bit warm for them, but I don’t think that’s going to stop her. I think I’ve finally gotten over my knitting funk. It was good to slow down with knitting for a while, and I definitely think it elped with my schoolwork. I applied for a summer research experience at GW and won’t hear back until sometime in April. I definitely think I’ll be stress knitting, which is particularly unfortunate because I really want to start a sweater or something, but I decided that I wouldn’t buy any yarn until I knew that I was making money this summer. On the other hand, I found some leftover Red Heart yarn that’s perfect for making a hug box for Alex (the hug box from the Visa commercial)[edit: it's actually mastercard...]. I just have to find something to stuff it with. I saw online that other people have made it, and someone put it around a cardboard box, which I think is ridiculous, because what’s a hug box that you can’t hug?

Knitter’s Block

I’ve hit a wall. A knitting wall. It seems that everything I’ve been knitting recently hasn’t quite worked out the way I want it too. Either gauge is off, or the pattern doesnt quite look right, or I’m afraid I’ll run out of yarn. I guess it’s about time that I learn not to buy only one skein of something. I mean, what can you do with one skein? Ah well, I’ll figure it out eventually. So I’ve decided to take a bit of a knitting hiatus. Just for a bit. I mean, I won’t start any projects for a while. I have too many projects going at once. I need to get back to where I’m more dedicated to a single project. I’ve been so ADD recently and now it’s finally getting to me. Hopefully this will be good for me, finish some projects and clear my head a bit, free up some creativity.

Moooo!

I’ve been home for a few days now, and this morning I dropped off my sister at the airport. She’s volunteering for ten months at a cultural center in Pune, India. It’s been a pretty hectic week, with my parents and my brother and sister. Trying to clean up the house and help my sister store and pack her stuff. This morning I took my sister’s car out for a drive around the block to see the cows up the street. They have three highland cows.

 Little baby cow

One shaved and one not. I think they look better fuzzy

Still have lots of projects going, I’m a bit stuck though. I’m not really inspired to work on any of them, I need something big. I feel like a have a knitter’s block or something, if that makes any sense. I think it’s time to look on knitpicks. The only thing is that I need someone to knit for. Knitting for myself is boring after a while. Maybe I’ll ask some of my friends if they want something, or my mom…. I wish more people would fuel my habit.

Oh well, back to finding a job, or summer classes. I wish it actually felt like summer here.