Here is Pipes, getting longer. I put it out on the rainy porch in hopes that the lighting would allow you to see the nice ribbing.
Yesterday was a slightly stressful day. I was in the dentist’s waiting room before work and on the freeway, though in the passenger’s seat, after work.
The big news is that this only made it a slightly stressful day.
I once read that the TV program “Monk,” which has a protagonist with a lot of phobias and other weird things, was unrealistic, because he would — if he kept having to be in situations which sparked phobic reactions — get better or refuse to continue.
While I would often prefer to refuse to do things on my aversions list, I am doing them, and I am continually finding it easier. If I had not Overcome Agoraphobia, I could expect my aversions list to get longer and my ability to do these things would continually decrease, so this is a good thing. In fact, last night I was talking with #2 son about our long list of errands for the day, and I sort of automatically rejoiced that snow was not predicted, but immediately realized that it has been so warm that, even if it did snow, the roads would have been clear enough for me to drive. A year or two ago, I would not have been able to realize that, because I responded to the possibility of snow exactly as though it were the possiblity of land mines under my driveway. And even my discomfort on the freeway last night was really just discomfort, not terror. Of course, I wasn’t driving. But I have been terrified as a passenger on a perfectly normal freeway plenty of times in the past. This time, my physical responses to it were not as strong (my hands, for example, did not turn to ice), and the unpleasantness of it was only about equal to my awareness that it was an irrational response. Further evidence of the efficacy of the Snap Out of It method of coping with small mental disorders 😉
Here are the FOs of 2006:
I made lots of soldered charms. Here is a representative example.
omiyage — I made three of these
mocassins from a kit. It turned out that everyone who saw these wanted a pair, so there will be more of these in my future.
#1 daughter’s table runner. This is a wrinkled, wet, picture.
#2 son’s sweater.
Log Cabin Socks
the Princess’s runner
Half a SWAP, I intend to get back to my SWAP — set aside in October for present-making — this weekend, and to finish it this year. In fact, one of my goals this year is to complete both Part 1 and Part 2 of the SWAP.
One of several dishcloths.
a couple of Tychus hats
a retro camisole
Jasmine
a retro nightdress
a traditional tea cozy
Another Jasmine
a pleated handbag
the origami bag — it also had a matching origami wallet, which has brought me more visitors from google even than the page on which I incautiously included the word “sluts”
curtains. It hardly seems right to include curtains as a FO, because they are so easy, but I like them so much that I include them in spite of that.
a couple of baby hats
the Knitting Olympics bag
an Edwardian nightgown
a lacy hat
Finding all these FOs involved looking through all my pictures from last year — or at least the ones I’ve posted here at xanga, which included gardens and travelling, and really most of what I did last year that didn’t have any people in the picture. I was able to add the people mentally. It is clear that I had a very busy and enjoyable year, though rather stressful in spots. What year isn’t?
I have a long weekend, and a long to-do list, but it will allow continued contemplation of 2006 and what I might want to accomplish in 2007.
How about you?
You certainly accomplished a lot in the past year.
I’m not posting a list. The list in my head is inspiring. In print it would be stressful.
I forgot to mention that I think the tea cozy pattern could make a fantastic hat, without the extra holes of course.
True about Monk and his obsessions and compulsions. But it wouldn’t be so entertaining to watch if it were more realistic – wouldn’t have been able to make a series out of it either. I never watched the series when it was on tv but I discovered the DVD boxed set of series 1 recently and bought it out of curiosity. I am now hooked and have got the 2nd series as well. It reminds me a lot of the old british whodunnits – no real plot just a crime puzzle to be solved and an endearing eccentric to solve it. Miss Marple comes to mind.
You’re right of course. I forgot about Poirot. He always irritated me ‘though – part of me wished that he would get it wrong just once. I don’t feel that way about Jane Marple or about Adrian Monk. I like watching the series on dvd – no ads and I can watch more than one episode at a time if I wish. Have just finished watching the last episode of series so will be starting on series 2 later today as reward for me discovering that I want to run subjects for 4 expts next year which, when I tentatively filled in times in my work diary, means that I will be running subs on every weekday for about 6 weeks from the beginning of March. I feel tired already…
wow, i am certainly impressed–not just that you started so many ambitious creations, but that you finished them as well, which has always been a weak point for me. i have the attention span of a gnat.
and, yes, i did my utmost to infect the metro area with my cold, including my manager who was being absolutely impossible (as usual–in fact, i’ve taken to humming the wicked witch of the west theme whenever i see him coming). under the pretense of being industrious, i used his computer and his office telephone, so if he doesn’t get sick, i will be forced to fill his office with plage-ridden vermin. or perhaps something slightly less dramatic. perhaps.
OK. You need to start your own business with all this. Amazing work I envy that you created so much…
what a beautiful array of work you’ve completed this past year (and i secretly covet that handbag….. oh yes!)…. have a wonderful and safe new years!
And a partridge in a pear tree!
Love the long ribbing on Pipes!