The paucity of posts for this blog might concern me if I did not already regularly exceeded my recommended daily allowance of stress and concern on other things. However, I now have at least one follower (Hi Peter) so I feel compelled to update the blogosphere with my latest accomplishments.
Accomplishment #1 - I somehow wandered backwards into a job at my LYS. I was a regular, (always browsing, rarely buying, going to Knit Knight, talking with the employees, etc.) and the wonderful owners asked me if I was interested in teaching! I thought it might be fun, and now 3 short weeks later, I am teaching like 4 classes a week for the entire month of July, and am the "sub" when they need extra help. I am currently scheduled for the following classes:
Beginning Knitting, Intermediate Knitting, Jared Flood Striped Scarf, Lace Scarf/Wrap, Fair Isle Scarf, Cable Scarf, Intermediate Lace.
Beginning Knitting, Intermediate Knitting, Jared Flood Striped Scarf, Lace Scarf/Wrap, Fair Isle Scarf, Cable Scarf, Intermediate Lace.
Of course all of these classes need complete, or almost complete demonstrator projects to teach with, so guess who is now knitting for his supper and is behind on things to get done? ( I have to re-knit the things that I had done before, because they were not make from yarn from the store). Last week I frogged two projects, as they were not for my teaching and they were bogarting the good needles. My WIP pile now looks like this: (sorry for the poor pic, my camera sucks)
and yes that is five (5) scarves that I currently have on the needles, and I don't have my Intermediate Lace, nor my Cables scarf started yet. I still have a few weeks until my teaching starts (June 30) but I am now knitting on a deadline, and it is officially work. So much for the carefree days when my knitting was a connection to my inner self!
Accomplishment #2 - I got a call today for an interview for a real job! Of course as soon as I commit to something more than 3 hours in advance, I get a job lead. I believe I am destined to get this job, and that it will interfere with some of the knitting classes I am responsible for. But I am resolved to stay positive and ignore all crises until they are unavoidable.
Accomplishment #3, well acutally there is no third one yet. It should have been "cleaned my apartment and did laundry" but that didn't happen. Maybe tomorrow.
Haha, thanks for the shout out. That's great that you're teaching classes at your LYS. Are you excited or nervous? (the answer to that question can also be "both"). I can't imagine actively working on so many projects at the same time, especially when they are all scarves. Also, congrats on the "real" job offer, that's awesome!
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