And then it was dark.....
I'm sure I just looked out the window 5 minutes ago and it was still light outside, well, light for a cloudy rainy day.
One of the things I don't overly enjoy about the winter months is the getting up and going to work in the dark and then walking back home in the dark..... it makes me feel like I should be in bed until 8am and back in bed at 4pm.
Other than that, winter is fine...although living on the wet coast I often, pretty much every time, wish it was snowing instead of raining....
Sooooo, time to stop whining and get on with what I came here to write about.
2017 is coming to an end and its the start of a brand new year.....I have been reminiscing
the last couple of years about the year gone by and thinking about things to do for the new year....Not putting a name to it (resolutions) because they are not that, not really..... I just like to put away what I tried and didn't try from one year and make a list of ideas that have been percolating to move forward into the next one.
So what did I try/learn/dismiss from 2017??
I tried and than made a few video podcasts about my creative life, which was basically about knitting....I wanted to put myself out there, do something extremely scary.
I did that, but ultimately it isn't something I will continue with...I feel proud that I actually made some and put them out into the world, but I could not get over my awkwardness. I am happier without the stress of it all....I've left the last one up to watch
I worked and tinked, and put out a knitting pattern for a shawl this year....I am super proud of myself for that...I love my pattern and even though it got ripped out and reworked a few times, I still loved it through the whole process..and than it was finished!!.. the joy I felt each time I looked at it kept me going when I was writing up the pattern, checking it 1000 times, getting a couple of really good friends to test it out and than pressing publish on Ravelry......so exciting....
I tried hanging out with a Virtual Knit Night group of knitters. Kind of fun but again it was kind of awkward and I am not much of a verbalist so decided that I was also getting too worked up about all of that as well.....I try to be social, but the lone wolf in me is happy as is.
I have been playing with dyeing yarn. Just 4 skeins so far. The first was with Koolaid!! It turned out lovely..I knit a pair of socks for my mom for xmas and she loves them..I decided to try dyeing a bit with acid dyes and although I like them as well, I think I am a bit allergic....so maybe I will try more Koolaid dyeing and research the world of natural dyeing...using plants, etc might be fun.
I decided to take part in a Sketchbook project with The Brooklyn Art Library. I ordered a small sketchbook from them and you put whatever you want in it and send it back to them. It is stored in their library and people can go and check them out.....so cool...
My neck issues were bad all summer and into the fall....repetitive work this year has been setting it off like crazy.....this has been thwarting a lot of my grand ideas and I found myself going through a time of being angry....angry at the world!! Chronic pain sucks and I had to re-evaluate what I could realistically accomplish and get rid of everything else.....
So what about 2018?? What would I like to do??
One thing is to try to get a grip on my neck issues. Stand up for myself more with what I can and can't do...try not to push it so far that I am in pain for days.
Continue with creating knitting patterns.
Finish the sketchbook and send it back.
Play around with more artwork in general....
Write more...even just randomness or silliness.
Perhaps, in real life get out there and make a couple of really good friendships.
Try to enjoy the year and be at some level of peace within myself with my limitations versus the unending flood of ideas that circle my brain.
All right, I think that is all,
Happy 2018 to everyone
Suzanne
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