Did you know that batching and working through processes allow you to develop muscle memory around tasks or other things? It is why it is often suggested that you do like things at the same time. I’ve been putting together my Color of the Day posts for June. Yep, I do them all at once!…
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Shawl Geometry, Books 1, 2, & 3, Revised
If you own the original Shawl Geometry series (or any of them) published by Holly Chayes in 2013, you will find this to be quite an expansion. The entire original series was 95 pages. The new version is 92, 159, and 162 pages for a total of 413 pages! There is a bit of repetition…
Will This Yarn Work for This Project?
The question most of us have when we pick up a yarn, or pick a project we want to make is “Will this yarn work for this”? I love to swatch, so I am always trying things out and have come up with a formula for getting a sense of a yarn, but quite honestly,…
Listening to the Universe
I’m not sure why it seems like I should be listening to the universe now, when it is completely not my inclination to do so, but here I am. Listening to the Universe. I’ve kind of been doing it more than usual, trying to figure out where I’m going, but for some reason, what the…
Procrastinator-in-Chief: The Not Now Self
Do you feel like you are the procrastinator-in-chief? I am. I’ve taken on a different view of this tendency to put things off, but it does require some explanation. There are times it is just flat-out procrastination, but sometimes it is something else, but we attribute it to procrastination. Do not confuse procrastination with with…
Now Self May Be The Hardest Self
Why is the Now self the hardest? It is the one that gets us into all kinds of trouble. It forgets to do things for our Future self, and often has to ignore our True self. The Now self takes all the flack and incoming from all the things in our lives that seem to…
Work in Ends or Weave in Ends
I always say work in ends. I like to keep it open and weave in ends seems to tell you to weave the ends in. I’m not sure why I make such distinctions, but I do. There are always at least two ends to work in, so it is not something that you can ever get…
At the same time . . .
These are dreaded words in knitting. I don’t use them because they are likely to be missed, or to freak someone out. In a Jill Wolcott Knits pattern I am likely to tell you how to work the two instructions together, but in most patterns, the instructions are set out separately, and you need to…
How to say it . . .
I was walking to the nearby market after running Sunday morning, and considering what I would offer up for lunch. One of the options was peanut butter and toast points. I started thinking about why toast points are so much more appealing than toast. It struck me, like I’d walked into a tree, that how I…
Office Reorganization
Wendy’s last day working here in SF was September 21. I was supposed to go on vacation, which got cancelled, so we had an extra two days together, which was nice. She will be sorely missed, although she will continue to work with me, it will be virtually. So some things had to change. This…
Time Slips Away
We are working our way through lists of things to do: Label samples, finish patterns, finalize order forms, do ads for Ravelry & Twist, load the iPad with a pattern catalog, dinner reservations (you’ve got to eat!), lasagna to leave behind, errands and personal maintenance (dentist, pilates, nails), getting the printer fixed, making buttons, sewing…
Fridays
Sometimes on Fridays I feel like Wendy and i are the only ones working. Oh, and my husband. I get very few emails unless someone is having an emergency and no one calls so it just feels quiet. But it is often a gift to get some uninterrupted time. I’ve been slogging away at a…
