Wednesday

Creative chaos (in my head)...


“Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.”
― Elizabeth Zimmermann


Every time Rowan publishes a new collection of patterns, and especially the autumn collection, i feel like i turn into a little child in a candystore when i enter my favourite yarn shop! After just a little while i am almost unable to concentrate because there is so many things that i want to knit and the colors and feeling of the new yarns always blows me away.......and this season was no exception.
After a time with a massive creative chaos in my head i managed to decide (the sweather in the left corner of photo) BUT first i am going to be a good-knitter-girl and finish the one that i am already working on...*smiling*....i will at least TRY....


“Letting go is the lesson. Letting go is always the lesson. Have you ever noticed how much of our agony is all tied up with craving and loss?”
― Susan Gordon Lydon, The Knitting Sutra: Craft as a Spiritual Practice 





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  1. I understand the compulsion! I don't knit, but love to sew and cook, and read about both. So when a new sewing book, or cookbook, or novel arrives at the bookstore I am a kid in the candy store. I completely understand the chaotic mind. But aren't all of us artists slightly mad?

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    1. oh yes, jenny.
      i guess we all are slightly mad...ha-ha...:)

      wishing you a lovely weekend,
      v

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  2. Could smell the first touch of autumn this morning. It's time to prepare for colder days soon.

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    1. beautiful here today...bright sun together with the crispness of the autumn air...

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  3. Nearly a year ago, a member of my knitting group (that used to meet weekly at our local library) opened a yarn shop here in town (which is now where we meet). After reading about the book in your closing quote from "The Knitting Sutra", I ordered the book as a one year anniversary gift for her. I think that it will be perfect.

    I have knit since forever I think. It is absolutely the most calming activity for me. Even when I make a mistake - and I do -it's a mistake that I know I can fix. There is something so satisfying about that!

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    1. tracy

      oh how nice,
      would love to hear if she liked it when she have read it through. i have it on my wish list together with this one:
      http://www.amazon.com/Knitting-Good-Creating-Personal-Political/dp/1590305892/ref=pd_sim_b_13

      i can SO relate to what you write about knitting and mistakes!!: )

      wishing you a wonderful weekend tracy,
      v

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  4. I'm smiling because sometimes I experience that kind of massive chaos too! I'm happy you're enjoying the yarn shops!!!! Have a lovely day V xoxo

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    1. yarn always makes this girl (me) happy : )))

      wishing you a LOVELY day too my dear m,
      xoxo

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  5. Such lovely colours and I completely know what you mean!! At the moment I have so many unfinished knittings that I promised to myself to finish them before I start something new...but I don´t know if I am really able to do so :) At the moment I am so fond of lilacs and blues and I already saw a perfect lilac yarn in one yarn shop. I think my feet will take me to that shop wery soon again.
    I hope you have many wonderful trips to your favourite yarn store this autumn.
    Love Anu
    ps. I am making pancakes and going to enjoy them with some really sweet syrup and the lovely rose tea you sent me. Pure joy! Thank you again!

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    1. dear
      anu

      pancakes, syrup and rose tea sounds soooooo incredibly good....i think i have to "copy" that meal today!: )
      i also have some fresh blueberries and i know that they will be a very nice ingredient together with it.

      the shades of lilacs and blues: oh such pretty colors. i DO HOPE that your feet will take you to that shop again soon : )))

      wishing you a lovely weekend,
      may you be richly sourrounded by the beauty of early autumn.
      blessings,
      v

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  6. So funny Vibeke I feel the same!! ;) I think the solution is to avoid getting into yarn store..I'm impatient and sometimes buy wool that I do not know what I'm going to knit.
    by the way, lovely wool!especially the biggest skein on the top right.
    happy knit

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    1. : )i know anna but it is like my feet will not hear me, they just decide by themselves to head for the yarn store......ha-ha...
      oh i LOVE the color on that skein too!

      happy weekend sweet anna,
      v

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