Spindlitis

Last year, I was burned out from Christmas knitting and didn’t knit for about six months. This year, I never stopped. I got in the habit of knitting in the morning before work and knitting on the weekends. I started a new project every time I finished the old one.

You don’t know what stress is, until you have to pack up your fiber room.  I had to pack some things up, just to get them out of the way, so that we could paint the room. And that meant that there were things I couldn’t find afterwards. Now, we are getting into the “pack it up for the move”. And I’m already running into problems. I packed up my fiber as I wasn’t spinning any major projects. Then, SpinOff did a Hapalong. I’m about to finish a hap and thought it would be great to join in. Only my fiber has already been moved to the big truck we are planning to use for the move. I bought new fiber for the project. All the bobbins for my Louet are in a bin in that truck somewhere. I can use my Pipy but it just has one good bobbin. I might be able to repair the other two, if I can get my desk drawers back open. I have a sweater that I was working on that is in hibernation now. I can’t find the two large balls of yarn I need to finish it. I’ve been trying to set aside the things I want to use, so they don’t get packed up. And, I find I get upset when my treadles leave the room. They aren’t packed up yet, but I miss them. It is crazy that I’m moving seven treadles across country, but I am. I’ve tried to limit my book buying, but somehow I keep finding books I want to read right now. I hope we finish the house soon, because I really want to be done with this. I get to retire when the house is sold and then I will have time to work on the projects that I want to do.