Knits

I was making fast progress on the Anastasia sock. And then it stopped. I realised I’d lost a stitch and tinked back only to realise that it was pretty far back that I lost it (forgot a yarn over) so just got on with it and snuck in the stitch. Oh and the extra stitches did make a deep enough heel, but I think it’s a bit tight really and would require more stitches. I’ll detail this when I finish the socks up. These are hopefully going to be very tall socks as I am planning on knitting them until I run out of yarn because I really hate those little bits and I like me some tall socks.

And I’ll need tall socks because I think this time autumn is seriously upon us. I heard the neighbours turn on their heat last night (their boiler makes a terrible knocking noise — I hope they get it fixed ’cause I don’t know how they can put up with the noise) and last night cycling home I was seriously wishing I had another layer on as I was freezing.

Part of my lack of knitting the last couple of days is because I am feeling exhausted still. I am also trying to get myself into a better place mentally so have been taking some time to reflect on a number of recent events, thoughts, and feelings and put them down on paper (or electronically) because it certainly helps to purge the mind of overwhelming thoughts and feelings. There’s just too much on my plate right now and I need to focus on bits and pieces in order to start making any progress.

Tonight I think I will focus on some knitting and just try to relax. I’ve been trying to plan a lot of meetings and other work obligations in September and have realised that I only have about 4 days that aren’t taken up with other work-related obligations (either meetings/conferences or time to actually do serious amounts of work to meet deadlines) - for some reason that totally frightens me as I’m used to actually not having a lot of obligations and being able to be very flexible. Perhaps this is actually good as it forces me to say “no” which I need to work on.

I haven’t used my new camera any more. The weather and my mood have been too shit. Steep learning curve in Paris.

And some handy information for me should the day come that I actually decide to make a top - they always seem to stop just above my boobs.

• Bust-Darts: A Comprehensive Tit-torial — it covers what a Bust Dart is, horizontal and vertical darts, and which to use when. Awesome.
• How to Create a Bust-Dart: Part 2 — actually puts the technique to work. Double awesome.