Teaching By Day, Knitting By Night!
As the end of the semester begins to approach, I decided that this week would be a good time to revisit some of the free inquiry questions that I created at the beginning of my free inquiry and see what light I may be able to shed on them and what new questions I have.
This weekend, I was able to get outside and help my mom with planting her spring garden!
Another week has flown by and the school semester is full of assignments and check-lists that seem never ending. Last week, I posted about how I was giving myself a break from knitting and allowed myself the time to start planning my spring/summer garden. This week, I am trying to allow myself the time between long zoom classes and long days of working on assignments to connect with friends, take time for myself and prioritize hobbies that provide me with so much.
This week I took a break from knitting. With the pressure to work towards finishing my cardigan, I found myself avoiding wanting to knit altogether. I realized that this defeated the purpose of why I chose to do this project in the first place and so I chose to allow myself to take a break from knitting for the week. I felt that giving myself the space to step away from my cardigan for the week would help me to come back to knitting next week feeling more motivated and encouraged to move forward.
Have you ever wondered how to knit and purl? Here I will show you a few of the basics to knitting aswell as how to make a bobble!
One of the perks of online learning is that you can learn from anywhere. For me this has meant that over the course of the semester I have been able to be closer to many members of my family including my Mom and Nan.
How does one go about choosing yarn. There are multiple factors that go into making your yarn choice be just right.
The knitting has officially begun. The yarn has been chosen, a knitting bag has been selected and the tools of my notions bag has been organized.
Knitting a garment takes time. Often a project bag ends up being left alone with a lonely half started project waiting to be picked back up. Often the project is left there till the pile up of school and life subsides enough to then pick up the deserted bag to again be knit. Continue reading “One Stitch at a Time”