Taking Stock
I'm finally at a place where I can, without dropping into catatonic hysteria (my own special brand of hysterics--this is where you're so hysterical, you're immobilized), take stock of where I am with regard to my dissertation work. So today, after lunch with a few members of my dissertation support group, I'm going to assess what bits and pieces were scattered around, collect them in one place, and set about rebuilding. I think all will be fine and that this little interlude may help me to achieve some much needed clarity.
An added bonus: I get to rebuild my cataloguing system from scratch. I like making systems.
Knitting News
Yesterday I taught a class in the magic loop technique. I am really too ambitious as a teacher: I thought that the best value for money for the students would be to learn how to knit a sock. In 6 hours, I can teach that. I can't, not to folks who've never even thought about making a sock, teach sock knitting in 2.5 hours.
Lesson Learned.
Summer of Lace Report: The going is slow on the Viennese Shrug. I'm only working on it in the evenings. Now that the computer is rebuilt, I should have more evening time for knitting, so progress may begin to show more quickly. The pattern is a bit more complex than I'd initially thought--42 row repeat--so that's also slowing me down. I'll post a pic tonight or tomorrow, but I have to say that it's pretty dull at this point....all that black!
I've been working on a sock (of course) and eyeing my TKGA stuff. There are so many things to do, but I have to curtail my wandering eye. I've got a skirt I need to sew up (the pieces have been cut and waiting for 3 weeks now) this weekend, and if that is sucessful, I'll be cutting and sewing the matching top.
Sewing is fiddly, but it's much quicker than knitting.