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Apr. 3rd, 2004 03:56 pmWhat exactly is a knitting slump?
So I've somewhat been in a knitting slump.. not a really bad one. not one that has been harmful to me. Just one that has put me in a sorta rut and made me start questioning myself and my knitting.
I think there are several reasons I got in one.. here are my thoughts: I went to FL to visit my grandfather. I knit the entire time I was there. From the moment I got to the airport till the moment I left the airport on the return, I knit constantly. I really wanted to AND I knew that if I didn't I would most likely say something that would not go over well with my aging, religious, mid-west grandfather. I think I did very well, but I will say that grandpa goes OUT OF HIS WAY to watch things on tv that upset him, so why I was worried I really haven't a clue.
I finished a purse and 3/4 of another while I was there. I should have finished Aeryn's sweater there but making the purse seemed to be so much what my body wanted to do. More free form and less following a pattern.
I started reading more blogs. Realizing I wasn't creating anything new (just finishing old things. sweater seaming, icords, etc) I started looking at other people's blogs to see what they were up to. I thought that this would give me a jump start on ideas and make me want to knit more. NOPE. It only gave me a knitting complex. I feel that my work is shabby and not advanced enough to put on a blog and so I knit less. Include in that the idea that I wouldn't blog until I had a completed picture of Aeryn's sweater and there you have it. A self imposed knitting slump.
SO I finished Aeryn's sweater and was still in a slump. ARGH! I decided to read some more blogs and realized that if I just don't KNIT SOMETHING NOW I won't prolly start something for awhile. So I started Dani's baby the christening outfit on thursday. I am past the bodice and about 2 inches into the lace. I really just needed to get off my duff and knit. No two sticks about it.
What I did think about alot is something that Queerjoe http://queerjoe.blogspot.com/ talks about in his blog last week. What makes one passionate? Several bloggers have jumped on the bandwagon of knitting for critterknits. a charity that sends blankets to shelters so the animals do not have to sit in a cage or on hard concrete without something soft and warm and lovingly made for them. I think this is a great idea, and I might think about doing something like that but I really started thinking about things that matter to me. Here is what I came up with: GLBT issues. non-profit art organizations, and libraries. These things are things that matter to me and they are things that are getting getting cut from budgets all across this country from the federal budget down to our cities and towns.
So I am going to call Manna http://www.mannapa.org/ and see if they can use my knitting talents for their program. Perhaps giving knitting lessons to house bound folks or making afghans for those in need. I am also going to ask my boss if the ballet silent auction that she helps organize can use some thing I've made. Lastly I am going to write letters to my mayor and the governor and tell them that the arts and libraries are not things to be taking money away from. I think I re-energized myself. perhaps you can too.
So I've somewhat been in a knitting slump.. not a really bad one. not one that has been harmful to me. Just one that has put me in a sorta rut and made me start questioning myself and my knitting.
I think there are several reasons I got in one.. here are my thoughts: I went to FL to visit my grandfather. I knit the entire time I was there. From the moment I got to the airport till the moment I left the airport on the return, I knit constantly. I really wanted to AND I knew that if I didn't I would most likely say something that would not go over well with my aging, religious, mid-west grandfather. I think I did very well, but I will say that grandpa goes OUT OF HIS WAY to watch things on tv that upset him, so why I was worried I really haven't a clue.
I finished a purse and 3/4 of another while I was there. I should have finished Aeryn's sweater there but making the purse seemed to be so much what my body wanted to do. More free form and less following a pattern.
I started reading more blogs. Realizing I wasn't creating anything new (just finishing old things. sweater seaming, icords, etc) I started looking at other people's blogs to see what they were up to. I thought that this would give me a jump start on ideas and make me want to knit more. NOPE. It only gave me a knitting complex. I feel that my work is shabby and not advanced enough to put on a blog and so I knit less. Include in that the idea that I wouldn't blog until I had a completed picture of Aeryn's sweater and there you have it. A self imposed knitting slump.
SO I finished Aeryn's sweater and was still in a slump. ARGH! I decided to read some more blogs and realized that if I just don't KNIT SOMETHING NOW I won't prolly start something for awhile. So I started Dani's baby the christening outfit on thursday. I am past the bodice and about 2 inches into the lace. I really just needed to get off my duff and knit. No two sticks about it.
What I did think about alot is something that Queerjoe http://queerjoe.blogspot.com/ talks about in his blog last week. What makes one passionate? Several bloggers have jumped on the bandwagon of knitting for critterknits. a charity that sends blankets to shelters so the animals do not have to sit in a cage or on hard concrete without something soft and warm and lovingly made for them. I think this is a great idea, and I might think about doing something like that but I really started thinking about things that matter to me. Here is what I came up with: GLBT issues. non-profit art organizations, and libraries. These things are things that matter to me and they are things that are getting getting cut from budgets all across this country from the federal budget down to our cities and towns.
So I am going to call Manna http://www.mannapa.org/ and see if they can use my knitting talents for their program. Perhaps giving knitting lessons to house bound folks or making afghans for those in need. I am also going to ask my boss if the ballet silent auction that she helps organize can use some thing I've made. Lastly I am going to write letters to my mayor and the governor and tell them that the arts and libraries are not things to be taking money away from. I think I re-energized myself. perhaps you can too.
