Stuff I Keep Meaning to Tell You

I've got a long list of things I've thought you might like to know about. Of course, I've forgotten half this list. And the next time these things come to mind again, I'll say those fateful words to myself: "I have to remember this for the blog." So I remember that I was supposed to remember something, but I can't quite remember the salient details. 

At any rate, here's what I DO remember:

A propos the last post about self-talk for creativity:

• In the comments, Deb added an important item to the list: sense of humor.
• This post, Loving the Artist You Are (from back in May—thank you, Evernote, for remembering this for me), from Jane Dunnewald touches on the same issues.
• Seth Grodin wrote a short post entitled Just Imagine How Much We'd Get Done.... Read it! Actually, if you have a blog aggregator, add Seth's blog to the list. Although he is known as a business coach, much of what he writes has to do with learning and living.

If you wanted to be at the 3-day workshop but couldn't come, Debbie posted a description of her experience there on her blog.

If you are on Facebook, be sure to friend Knitfinder. Therese Shere's Knitfinder database is an incredible resource—because she is a professional indexer, Therese really understands how people look for information and how to organize it. On Facebook, Therese offers frequent links to breaking news in the knitting, spinning, and weaving worlds. 

Another post I liked at 

Halloween is coming up quickly, in knitter's time: Don't forget the charming (and free!) Scare Isle Tam pattern by Lorraine Condotta in last fall's Knitty. I've got yarn packs for $23.60.

I'm going to go to the Taos Wool Festival this year! If you plan to be there too, drop me a note. I've been to Taos before (love love love Weaving Southwest!), but I haven't been to the wool festival. 

SOAR (Spin-Off Autumn Retreat) 2012 will be held October 21-27 in Lake Tahoe, California. Some of us love to plan ahead.... or dream ahead. If spending money on spinning made me a good spinner, well, I'd be a world-class spinner.

Schoolhouse Press is re-running Joyce Williams' socks KAL. Even if you don't knit along, read through the instructions—I guarantee that you will learn a lot from this deeply missed master technician.

You know what's been very popular at FeralKnitter.com? Abbott Smith's Andalucia Scarf, a doubleknit scarf that uses color in a very sophisticated way. This is a beauty—and if you hate double knit, you could easily convert this to stranded knitting. 

Oh, and I wanted to tell you about the natural dye CSA (Nature's Cauldron) that Birdsong started: I got my first shipment last week and I've been happily busy with it. This deserves a full post (if I remember).

I'm pretty sure I'm forgetting a lot of things. But I often tell people in my classes that "finished is beautiful." Ah! That reminds me of this page that Mary pointed me to: The Cult of Done Manifesto. Every point is valuable, but I especially like the last one: Done is the engine of more.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Edited to add 4 hours later:

I just remembered that I wanted you to know about Sara Lamb's post entitled The Cult of Perfection.

 

 

 

Comments

[Francesca]

Great links! I loved the Cult of done manifesto.

[Juliann]

Be sure to go to LaLana Wools while in Taos. It's really close to the park where the festival takes place. Don't pass out when you see the wall of yarn hanging that is dyed with local plants. This is my favorite shop to go and it makes me feel like I should be doing more and more and more.

[Janine]

Will do, Juliann! How could I forget to mention that marvelous place?!

[Deb]

Just spent a fun half hour going from link to link; marked some for "more later" and found a pattern at FeralKnitter.com. Especially thanks for following up with more stuff on the same thread. HAve fun dyeing and traveling!

[Abbott Smith]

Thanks Janine for promoting my work. Just happened by your blog and saw this post. The Andalucia Scarf was originally designed as a stranded project and many of the early versions of the scarf were done using stranded techniques, so it can certainly be done that way. But I highly recommend double knitting the pattern if you can. Double knit fabric is extremely well suited to flat knitting such as scarves and creates a fabric that drapes elegantly.