Yesterday, I managed to crank out the rough draft to two different patterns: a pair of gloves and a crochet shawl. I worked for nearly 6 hours straight, with only a small break for lunch. It was intense, deep thinking, and I haven’t managed to get in that good of workflow in months. I take it as a sign that things are finally returning back to normal.
This morning, I woke up super early to try and go fishing, again. About a month ago, my husband took me fishing and I caught 2 fish. Since then, I’ve been fishing 3 other times, only to catch nothing. Nothing. Many times, my bait would be in the water and a fish would be jumping not three feet away. Clearly I’m doing something wrong, but I can’t seem to figure out the right combination of bait and line setup. Today, armed with new bait and a week’s worth of reading on the art of fishing, I thought I was ready to catch something, anything. I would have been happy even if I just got a nibble, to tell me I was going in the right direction.
Instead, the fish were more active than ever, jumping out of the water and showing off, and I just managed to jab myself twice with the hook, and get my line tangled in everything.
While I am quite stubborn, and I’m not giving up yet… I came home much discouraged.
I have a pattern out today! Stripes Three Ways should be familiar to some of you… it’s a teaching
pattern that I’m finally making available to everyone! Newly tech-edited and test knit, it’s a lovely fall cowl that comes in 3 different sizes, and a variety of combinations. It has a special twist – each time you make it, a roll of the dice determines how the pattern is going to work. I’ll have an official post coming out in a couple of days, but I couldn’t wait to share!
If you’ve made the pattern before in one of my classes, I’d love to have you put your finished project (or even unfinished project) up on Ravelry. It brings me such joy to see people’s work on my patterns!
Speaking of new patterns… you know the ones I was talking about before? They’re part of a bunch of patterns that I create and am just getting to write up to release. The plan is to have them out before the Indie Designer Giftalong starts in just over a month. This is a big event where a whole bunch of Independent Designers band together to put all their patterns on sale before the Holidays. It’s a great event, and I’ll be sharing more information with you as it becomes available.
Rhinebeck is coming in less than a week! So, don’t expect much posting next week. Still, I’m going to try and get some pictures and rock the event with my own knitwear.
