Knitting Power

Today I spent my break working on the shawl that feels like it is never going to end and listening to podcasts. Since my new school doesn't have a teacher's room I was in the copy room and people kept coming in and out. As usual I got a few weird looks from people who don't seem to understand knitting, but then something amazing happened. One of my bosses walked into the room and loudly exclaimed "You knit ?!?". I looked up and calmly said yes, expecting the same old conversation. Her next words floored me. She cried out that she was so excited and that I made her day. It seems my boss just started knitting and she has a bunch of questions! I found somebody new to talk knitting with :). Yay for spreading the yarn love!!

That being said, the shawl still never seems to end.

The Black Hole

The dreaded Black Hole. Every knitter hits it, and unfortunately I have hit it with each of my 3 WIPs (two shawls and a blanket). I was seriously hoping to get one shawl finished in time to submit it to a Fall Harvest festival, but no matter how many hours I spent working on it last month I couldn't hit the halfway point. Sacre bleu!

My knitting frustration combined with starting a new job lack of concentration has led me to a reading binge so I haven't gotten any knitting done at all this past week. My knitting bag keeps staring up at me and I keep promising it and the shawl that I will pick them up as soon as I finish my book ... then I pick another book. My two main hobbies (reading and knitting) unfortunately don't work together unless you are listening to audio books. Luckily my library joined ListenNJ this summer and I am finally getting around to try it out. Tomorrow I plan to use my iPod to listen to Jesse Eisenberg reading Holly Black's Red Glove  while I try to knit my way out of the stinking Black Hole!