Still Busy

Life continues to be busy and now I am off to KC for almost a week teaching. It will be good to see my old friends. In the mean time, meet the newest member of the family and one reason I have been busy -- Artemis:



See you after I get back.

It's Crazy

Last week was crazy, this week is going to be crazy, next week not so bad, but then out for almost a week (knitting stuff of course), so I haven't blogged much. But I need time to even make an attempt at being eloquent. So sorry...I will have more later...promise!!!

Busy Knitting

So I feel a bit remiss, more days have passed than should between blog entries, but I have been busy knitting. Knitting you say...but there is no evidence on your project bars! That is because, well, I haven't updated them in some time. I will try and get to that soon! But amazingly enough (to me anyway), I have been spending a fair bit of time knitting and more importantly finishing some new projects.

What you ask has brought on this flurry of knitting? None other than the crazy idea that I might actually be able to write a book. Those of you who are now shakin' in your boots based on what you have seen here in the past, no worries -- I will get a professional editor! But a book on entrelac has been wandering through my mind for years and for the first time, pieces seem to be falling into place so I am making the effort. A cute little purse out of ribbon, a placemat out of cotton, a trivet in wool have all been completed in the past couple of weeks. And I am nearly done with a vest in Bulky Sagacity which will be the basis for a new class offering and pattern in the Fall. As Yoda would say, "Yes, very busy I have been!"

Oh yea, the newest edition of the Knitability News will be available this weekend. If you haven't seen them already, find out how to make the perfect summer accessory:



They are fast and fun!

A New Member of the Family

Okay -- so it is an inanimate object, so it can't really be a new member of the family. But it is just as welcome -- more so than some of the living things around here (talkin' spiders here). This weekend we added this to our home!



If you can't tell, it is a brand new Maytag Dishwasher. We have been handwashing dishes for well over a year now. Not insurmountable when there is only two of us, but when we entertain, it becomes a bigger deal. I always forget the joy of a dishwasher when it is missing. So I guess I am ready to have one again, because I TRULY appreciate it. One more improvement on the house!

Is Knitting Really Work?

So you would think after two and half years that I would be used to the fact that I knit for a living. But the fact is, so much of my time during the "early" years was not spent knitting that now that I have some time to knit, it seems, well...it doesn't seem like work. Which I guess is a good thing. So many folks who take a hobby and make it a business end up ruining their love of their craft. But this has definitely not been the case for me.

I have started making a focused effort on writing a book about knitting, and that requires a great deal more knitting than I have done over the past few years and so all this knitting seems a bit foreign. Combine that with the fact that so much of the knitting business has little to do with knitting and you can begin to see my point. So now that we are finally getting organized as a business, I have time (and need) to design more and knit more. But I feel almost guilty. Shouldn't I be doing something for the business that doesn't have anything to do with knitting...like accounting or inventory or something!

So I just have to get it into my mind that knitting is working to. How is anyone else ever going to take me seriously if I can't even take myself seriously. Quite a quandary, but I think I can get over it. Hand over the knitting needles!