tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023057129228541740.post6799794071205575501..comments2024-03-03T20:17:55.767-05:00Comments on Hugs For Your Head: Existential knitting crisisMary Keenanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05260934319762115179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023057129228541740.post-75002064849745670942011-02-28T09:12:16.167-05:002011-02-28T09:12:16.167-05:00Can't wait to read your work. Good luck on th...Can't wait to read your work. Good luck on the balance. Every time I think I have it figured out, everything shifts!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094521236412888416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023057129228541740.post-86958791713951140192011-02-28T08:52:44.582-05:002011-02-28T08:52:44.582-05:00It helps that I've been at it for a really lon...It helps that I've been at it for a really long time, so I have skeleton patterns for almost everything- mittens, gloves, socks, sweaters, hats-in several yarn weights, so I can adapt most of my ideas around a basic shape that has already been mapped out. I've never been one for reinventing the wheel (or knitting a sock from the heel out, or any other really cool, but complicated innovation), so I don't have to start from scratch very often. That said, it still takes forever...Kathleen Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096607261757810034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023057129228541740.post-26989646684390686892011-02-28T08:18:55.887-05:002011-02-28T08:18:55.887-05:00Oh yes, there is knitting in the stories I'm w...Oh yes, there is knitting in the stories I'm working on now, but I'm not able to write at all at the moment... what I'm trying to balance is having a creative outlet while having the other parts of my life, and those parts are looming large right now ;^)Mary Keenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260934319762115179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2023057129228541740.post-28829135880961077862011-02-28T08:02:00.718-05:002011-02-28T08:02:00.718-05:00Have you considered incorporating your knitting in...Have you considered incorporating your knitting into your writing? Maybe your sleuth/heroine could own a yarn shop, be a knitting designer, or just knit as a hobby? I know the best writers tend to write what they know.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094521236412888416noreply@blogger.com