The Truth of the Matter

Nov 15, 2009

Dudes. I am so busted.

For a little context, first read this blog, where I extol the virtues of a little yarnwork to soothe frazzled nerves whilst on an epic travel day. Where I talk about I finished up four motifs for the Moorish Mosaic Afghan.

So I decided to further ease my frazzles more by weaving in the ends (did I tell you that I'm doing that after every motif? True. No danglies at all).

And here is what I discovered:

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The one on the bottom I did while waiting in the RDU airport. The one on top I finished as we were descending into DEN. The two in the middle, I did in between. You will have to trust me that they are squared on top of one another (iPhone has its limits in capturing nuance).

Do you see?

My gauge tightened as the day went on. I was so not relaxed. Rather than letting the crochet ease my tension, I was funneling my angst into the crochet.

For real perspective, here is the final motif of the day atop a motif worked at home, in front of the curiously calming NCIS:

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Look at that! At the increases, it's even rippling (more like whimpering).

I see some serious blocking in my future.

Yours in crochet truth,

Marcy


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TurquoizBlue wrote
on Nov 16, 2009 9:18 PM

LOL! Sorry for laughing but I can truly relate. It's like gritting your teeth. You don't realize how much you are doing it until you visit the dentist. :-)

Marcy Smith wrote
on Nov 17, 2009 7:38 AM
True! That's an excellent analogy, too. Still, it was probably better for my co-travelers that I was crocheting--no telling how that angst might have come out otherwise!

Marcy

KathleenS@14 wrote
on Nov 28, 2009 8:17 PM

Once upon a time, I used to knit in the car. One day I did considerable work on the back of a sweater while my brother drove us home from his college. (I had brought the family car up to collect him.) When I got home, I had to rip out the entire back because it was two inches smaller than the front, all due to my angst about his driving.)