Reunited with my needles

I wasn't that grumpy, was I?

I am knitting again! What a relief - literally, because knitting is a stress relief for me, and without it I struggle. It is my fidget toy, and a creative outlet, and a meditative practice all rolled into a ball.

Knitting in the waiting room at the dentist’s office.

While experiencing 2 months of forced idleness (by way of a fractured hand) I have been rather grumpy. And twitchy.

I have drawn lots of doodles, and I have read paper books (and ebooks) instead of listening exclusively to audiobooks. And I enjoyed both. But life requires some amount of patience that I don’t have, unless my hands are busy. And this is not the time to be without our stress relievers.

I have been able to sew for the past month, but at first I felt so much pressure to make up for lost time that it was not the quiet meditation that I needed. I made it into work at a time when I already had plenty of work. I needed rest, and a way to unwind this brain that is wound too tight.

But right now, there is some ease and that feels fantastic.

Also, pretty wonderful to be able to type with two hands!

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I have returned to my work in progress: the Astrid pullover sweater, using Rocketsheep Woolens Sport in Oatmeal (that’s my yarn!) and a strand of Yoriko Oki’s Kidsilk in Burnt Copper. Rocketsheep is still available at Beetle and Fred in Beacon, NY, though I haven’t actually figured out how to make it available online… Let me know if you would be interested in that and maybe that will move up on the to do list.