The semester is slipping away, as is the time until Christmas. That means my two time pressures, studying and Christmas knitting, are both getting greater and greater. Guess which one I would rather work on?
I've actually been doing OK keeping up with my classes. Not fantastic, but certainly better than last year. My knitting would be going much better if I would stop making myself things I want and start working on stuff for my family.
I also came to a somewhat tragic realization this week. I love buying variegated yarns. I love how the color changes from one to another in the skein and looks perfect just sitting there. But I like knitting with solid (or kettle dyed semi-solids) more. I like doing color work and stripes and cables and actually seeing what I've taken the time to knit. So I guess I need to start liking buying solids more. Or start liking color worked variegated. Or just keep buying yarn that's very "Oh, pretty!" but I'll never knit with.
PS I had a very lovely coworker (who I like actually do like a lot) ask me if I could knit her a hat today if she bought the yarn. It's not that I don't like knitting, or that hats aren't quick, but I've got enough to do on my plate as it is. If I find time to knit I want it to be something I can use, or someone in my family who are crazy awesome. I don't really have time to just be knitting on commission, as fun as that would be. So I offered that if she brought in yarn and needles, I would help her with it at work. She crochets a lot and knits some, so I wouldn't be teaching her to knit just knit in the round and help with this hat pattern. I thought that was a good compromise. I hope she didn't take it personally, but I just don't have the time right now.
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