Making life easier
Knitting definitely has its therapeutical benefits. In fact, I am really starting to believe this. Case in point: I had avidly taken back up the needles again during our Fall break in October and continued to force myself to knit at night, no matter how tired I was, until Christmas. And, I was more relaxed in my classes and my students, from Fall break until Christmas, were manageable and we actually were able to have class and advance and my evaluation in December went really well, blah blah blah.
Fast forward to after Christmas and I didn't get into the knitting groove again. In fact, I was in a low period and my students were out of control because I wasn't relaxed. So, I am putting the knitting relaxation method back into practice, see what it gives. Maybe I should have knit a sweater the night before that awful class last Monday.
But, if knitting does indeed have yogaesque benefits, the finishing process is enough to cancel out any benefits and even cause one to go into nervous breakdown mode. Note to self: DO NOT finish a sweater the night before a teaching inspection. Seaming is just not my thing. However, that is a thing of the past with these babies. Hopefully, they will make finishing a knitting project a whole lot easier. Will keep you posted.
New fav knitting book and blog if you haven't checked it out yet... Mason Dixon knitting.
Posted by: tara | February 18, 2008 at 04:18 PM