Avoiding? No just resting.......

Well, here I am again trying to write another essay and yet finding it very easy to distract myself with blogging and updating my projects on Ravelry!  I suppose I had better write something insightful to make it seem more necessary.


I'm gradually getting over a low patch (probably caused by a combination of stress, circumstances and hormones).  It left me feeling very tired and unmotivated to do anything that required leaving a compfy spot.  Luckily I could still knit and spin so I tried really hard to go with that and not give myself a hard time.  So what if I had a mountain of books and articles that needed reading, so what if I was meant to be helping organise a social event for the PTA and so what if.....well just so what.  At one point I even let the children eat pot noodles for tea (I wonder if that admission will be one of those internet things that hounds me for the rest of my life!!) 


I think I must be naturally busy person because after a week of being 'kind to myself' I started to get a bit impatient and frustrated. I started thinking a week is long enough surely?  Haven't  I got things to make and do, lists to write? blogs to update? carpets to hoover? 

The thing is when you're in that funk its so hard to keep in mind that it will pass. The energy, enthusiasm and motivation will return when its good and ready and forcing it is counter productive.  Luckily I am on the upswing and just in the nick of time (the social event is this weekend).  My energy has returned and I'm sure motivation and enthusiasm are lurking somewhere near.  


It's taken me a good few years to accept and recognise the rhythms of life and to go with them rather than fight them but even though deep down I 'know' this The Low still takes me by surprise when it happens. It is  hard to trust that things will turn out ok, but essentially that is all you need to do.


There....lecture over....I shall reward patient readers with a pic of my lovely new Tolosa Park hat....

 Of course, hindsight is a wonderful thing.......hence why I'm blogging about it now rather than a week ago.


So, if anyone out there is feeling a bit low or out of sorts, I would like to urge you to go and make yourself something nice, find somewhere comfy and repeat after me "So What.....I need a rest".


Best wishes to all whether you are up, down or half way between the two x
 

Quickie!

This will have to be quick as I'm really meant to be doing something else (i.e conveying my suitability to teach by reflecting on my progress from housewife to Super Dooper Teacher Status!).

It was my birthday a week ago and (after a bit of prompting) I am now the proud owner of a set of Knitpro Interchangable needles, and what better way to show them off than with a spot of lace.....

Is it possible to be in love with needles?  Sometimes I just have to sit and look at them for a while to sooth myself after a stressful day!

The next thing to grace these needles will be a hat for me using this.....

That'll be another distraction from the task at hand!!

TTFN x x

FO! *

*(for those that don't frequent the online knitting world that stands for Finished Object!)

Well, for every post I manage to finish there are about a hundred that don't even make it out of my head!


I have been meaning to post for an age but life keeps getting in the way (that and the fact that I have to fight through a mass of teenagers hogging the computor!!).

Its taken me quite a while to get into being back at school and uni, and having to admit that the Summer is over. Usually, at this time of year I'm ready to hunker down for the winter, experiencing a little feeling of glee when the weather become damp and miserable.....Perfect knitting weather I think to myself.

But definately the start of Strictly Come Dancing should help  to see off those Winter blues with its host  glistening torso's and mountains of sequins!!

As always for me the best way of dealing with stress is to lose myself in the creative process....

Buttercup is finished, blocked and already being worn............

And on the wheel.................Tolosa Park from The Thylacine another amazing dyer of wool.  This is what it looked like before....I had been admiring it for some time!

A beautiful blend of oatmeal BFL and soy and its so lovely to spin.  I can see this becoming another stunning garment for me to wear....I am so good to myself!!!

With that in mind I might just fit in a bit of spinning......while its quiet :-)

Ta Ta for now...X