Showing posts with label Creativity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Creativity. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Fiber Mania


This is my week of Fiber Mania! I met Bev (AKA emmasdaughter) at the College Street CafĂ© in Clinton on Monday. I think we might make Mondays a regular meeting! Then I met Vanessa (AKA DivaMissV) at Panera’s on Tuesday. I hope to make this semi regular too! Yes yes, I know! Three days of knitting (because we can’t leave out the Rome Wednesday’s group!) might be a bit much (especially when MissV and I forget all about the time and leave poor hubby sitting in the parking lot for HOURS! Sorry MrV!!). But I think I’m going to need the inspiration. I’ve got a lot going on:

The Sock Madness:
The Mother has roped me in to some sock insanity. We’re in the “Pair-a-Month” challenge on Ravelry. I joined a few months late, and the Mother has convinced me I need to catch up. I have 5 and a half pairs done. So in the next 5 months I have to do 6 more pairs. August will be tough to double up on this challenge (see madness below), and Sept and Nov are reserved for the Pentathlon. But if all goes well, this should be no big deal (so sayeth the madwoman).

Ravelympic Madness:
The Ravelympics – sign up, choose an event, cast on during the opening ceremony, cast off by the closing ceremony. Mom has convinced me I can knit a sweater in 17 days. You know, its insane and an almost impossible task, but I’m going to go for it!

Secret Surprise Project:
This one isn’t going into Ravelry, and I have to get some yarn for it. But it shouldn’t take too long.

Claire’s Jawbreaker:
I’ve finished the back but the front is giving me some trouble. I just have to concentrate for a bit. I hope to have this done for her way before Rheinbeck (crosses fingers)

The Super Secret Super Exciting Project:
This one is going to throw a wrench in all my plans! I’m so excited about it that I’m obsessively tracking my LoopyEwe delivery (see above). I just can’t wait for the yarn to arrive so I can get busy!

The Shawl(s):
I got it in my head that I wanted to spin and knit a shawl for myself in 2008. Then I thought I’d spin and knit 2 shawls for 2 of my girlfriends. Well, that might have been a bit ambitious. I’m not even all the way thru the first 4oz of fiber. Its just been too hot an humid to spin! The stuff just felts in my fingertips! So I’m not sure I’ll get THREE done, but I do want at least 1.

Whew, that’s a lot of stuff!

Monday, February 25, 2008

To the Creativity Cave Batman!


I'm taking this online course on creativity...

But first let me explain how I got there...

There's a great podcast that I subscribe to called hip tranquil chick. Its done by Kimberly Wilson, a DC area yoga studio owner. The pod cast is what inspired me to first try yoga.

For this class we're reading three books. Hip Tranquil Chick by Kimberly Wilson, 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women by Gail McMeekin and The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. And it all sort of started with the Artist's Way.

Kimberly had mentioned in a pod cast ages ago. Then I read a reference to it somewhere else. Then it practically jumped off the bookself and into my lap at the bookstore. AND it has a Fuji-esq image on the cover. I bought the book and read a few pages and then had to put it away. I would be a lot of work and I wasn't quite ready for it yet. Then Kimberly had to go and create a class about discovering your creativity featuring this book. If that's not a sign, I don't know what is.

So in the coming weeks I hope to offer reviews of these books and some notes on things I'm discovering. It should be a fun ride.