@brittarnhild
We are spending a few days at the cabin, just me and Terje. Terje is busy as always, this time doing some renovating work on the outdoor toilet, which means I have all the time in the world for knitting. I did bring with me a huge box with work in process, and have worked on several of them, making small lists every day for what I want to do that day. But when I woke up this morning I knew I had to hide my list and let my fingers rest instead. Yesterday I knitted for hours and hours and could not stop, and the first thing my fingers told me when I woke up this morning was: "Do NOT forget that today is Sunday. Knitting is not for Sundays!" At first I laughed. Yes, I grew up with this rule, knitting, and quite a few other things, were not for Sundays. They were looked upon as work, and working on Sundays was a sin.
I skipped that rule ages ago. Knitting is not work, knitting can never be a sin! A sin? How can it be????? But this morning I had to reconsider. Not calling it a sin, but may be the old rule of one day in the week for resting is a good thing. Not because of sinning, but because God has given us a day where we can rest our bodies and minds. Yes, I can hear your protest, and I agree. Knitting is resting! Knitting is mindfulness. Knitting is pure joy! And I agree. But still. Overdoing something is not a good think, and there is no doubt, lately I have overdone my knitting. I have arthritis in my fingers and if I am not careful they protest with inflamations. I can close my eyes for the pains for some time, but not too long. And this morning it was apparently "too long"
So today I have not knitted one single stitch. Instead I have read the book you see on the picture, I have weeded the flowers bads in the cabin garden, I have gone for a lovely hike with Terje, I have photographed flowers and birds and tonight I plan to update a few of my blogs (I have MANY) :-) And may be, later, I might knit a few stitches....... even though it is a Sunday ;-)
The above photo shows a pair of socks I am working on. The pattern is from Ravelry, let me know if you want the link, and the yarn is left overs from the shawl I've just knitted.
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My vlog from a little more than a week ago, "Look what I have bought":
By the way, in my main blog, Britt-Arnhilds House in the Woods, you can find links to all my blog, in the right column, and I also try to add links to the blogs I update at the and of every post.
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