Well as you may have noticed I haven't been blogging here. For those not in the know my new bloggy home is at www.lightinglittlefires.wordpress.com and as something nice for the Holiday Season I'm hosting a '12 Days of Craftmas' craft-a-long, with new knitting/crochet patterns, recipes, softies and more being posted each day...all originals and all donated by other members of the crafting/DIY community. A little Christmas present from us to you...I really hope you enjoy it and have fun hanging out with me at my new cyber home!
See you over there!
Friday 25 December 2009
Friday 11 September 2009
...the World in a Grain of Sand...
Has everyone seen the latest photos from the Hubble Space Telescope?! They are...awe-inspiring. Incredible. Space is beautiful. If you haven't seen them you really should. Look here.
The pictures remind me of the start Blake's poem 'Auguries of Innocence'
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
Each speck in the night sky, as big as a grain of sand, is the centre of a solar system just like ours...maybe even a Sun that sustains a world just like our...and there are just so many specks, so many possibilities. And even though we can only see little dots of light, it is incredible to realise how active these stars are. They are born, live and die, as if they were people with personalities and stories and points of view. What a lovely thought!
The pictures remind me of the start Blake's poem 'Auguries of Innocence'
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
Each speck in the night sky, as big as a grain of sand, is the centre of a solar system just like ours...maybe even a Sun that sustains a world just like our...and there are just so many specks, so many possibilities. And even though we can only see little dots of light, it is incredible to realise how active these stars are. They are born, live and die, as if they were people with personalities and stories and points of view. What a lovely thought!
Friday 4 September 2009
A Haiku
As inspired by a particularly intersting conversation we had at Tuesday Night's Stitch n' Bitch group!
'Throw Down'
Home is where,
knowing heart will move,
Throw Down is.
'Throw Down'
Home is where,
knowing heart will move,
Throw Down is.
Saturday 29 August 2009
Home is where your stash is
Been feeling nesty recently friends. I am getting that 'must make home' feeling more and more. I want to hang curtains and paint walls, have fresh bread baking in the morning and my own photos on the fridge. Not having your own place has its upside (just call the landlord when things break) but it means that I am stuck with grey walls and black furniture. Chic, yes, but just not me.
I want flowers on my cushions and crystals hanging in the window, making rainbows everywhere. I want my own teapot and a fine collection of mismatching, highly original mugs in all shapes and sizes. I want my walls lined with books and soft Ikea floor lamps in the corners. I would have a knitted or crochet blanket on the back of every couch or chair for convenient snuggling. Persian carpets underfoot for optimal barefooted conditions.
During my second year of college I lived in a flat with a red couch and black and white checker board cushions in the living room. My flatmates room was painted orange with a lime green floor lamp. My room was painted acid green, with hot pink and orange bedclothes and a turquiose and gold rug. Multi-coloured curtains tied the whole mess together. Yes, it sounds like a bad acid trip, but I loved it. I felt warm and snug no matter what the weather was like outside. I felt bright. Well, it was bright.
More than anything I want COLOUR! Lots of colour, clashing and vibrant. Even my clothes feel a bit drab and safe. I want to look like 'a walking Christmas tree' as my Ma would say. I'm off to knit more rainbow i-cords to wrap round my wrists and head. What fun!
I want flowers on my cushions and crystals hanging in the window, making rainbows everywhere. I want my own teapot and a fine collection of mismatching, highly original mugs in all shapes and sizes. I want my walls lined with books and soft Ikea floor lamps in the corners. I would have a knitted or crochet blanket on the back of every couch or chair for convenient snuggling. Persian carpets underfoot for optimal barefooted conditions.
During my second year of college I lived in a flat with a red couch and black and white checker board cushions in the living room. My flatmates room was painted orange with a lime green floor lamp. My room was painted acid green, with hot pink and orange bedclothes and a turquiose and gold rug. Multi-coloured curtains tied the whole mess together. Yes, it sounds like a bad acid trip, but I loved it. I felt warm and snug no matter what the weather was like outside. I felt bright. Well, it was bright.
More than anything I want COLOUR! Lots of colour, clashing and vibrant. Even my clothes feel a bit drab and safe. I want to look like 'a walking Christmas tree' as my Ma would say. I'm off to knit more rainbow i-cords to wrap round my wrists and head. What fun!
Wednesday 19 August 2009
Why my wrists are aching...
(and no, that is not a sly reference to a little 'solo' fun!)
The last few months have been filled with knitting. Knitting socks, shawls, scarves, cowls, more socks, jumpers (one in particular with owls on it...I'm in love!) and, as always accompanies my knitting, watching films. It has been good. Probably not great for my joints or posture but it has been an interesting experience, knitting for money, knitting on order. I did have the joy of teaching the lovely Miss A to knit while she came to visit me in Brisbane, and was so profoundly proud of her progress. She is currently finishing off a stripy hat, knit in the round, only her *second* project since learning how...taken to it like a duck to water.
Knitting on someone elses terms has been really different for me. I have learned not to become too invested in pieces that I will have to give away. Knitting to a schedule is still pretty interesting for me. I am working on two pairs of socks at the moment that I had orginally said would have been finished before now, but I'm still working away on them and don't think they'll be in the post before next Monday. I rely on people's good nature in these situations and really wonder about my ability to accurately calculate how much time a project will take me. I think it takes more honest attention on my part to know long my projects take. Thank God for Rav's dating system for projects, it really helps, it doesn't lie!
Knowing how much to charge is also a challenge. If you really considered how much time and energy you invest in a piece they would be worth a lot more, but it is an unrealistic price for people to pay. You hope that they are true appreciators of the Art (yes, I used a capital 'A' on purpose) of knitting. It's a balancing act, something you are not necessarily taught in school, about what YOU and your abilities are worth. What are you worth? Your time, effort and concentration?
On the plus side though, it has thrown into sharp focus my abilities as a knitter and crocheter, and I'm happy to find myself quite suprised by my ability at times. You think hard about what you feel you could do to an adequate standard to actually charge people for...or even just let them see. You realise what corners you are happy to cut in your own knitting...and I find myself thinking 'Maybe I deserve something finished properly and just for me!'. After all this commissioned knitting is over, I think it'll be time for a little knitting TLC, just for me.
The last few months have been filled with knitting. Knitting socks, shawls, scarves, cowls, more socks, jumpers (one in particular with owls on it...I'm in love!) and, as always accompanies my knitting, watching films. It has been good. Probably not great for my joints or posture but it has been an interesting experience, knitting for money, knitting on order. I did have the joy of teaching the lovely Miss A to knit while she came to visit me in Brisbane, and was so profoundly proud of her progress. She is currently finishing off a stripy hat, knit in the round, only her *second* project since learning how...taken to it like a duck to water.
Knitting on someone elses terms has been really different for me. I have learned not to become too invested in pieces that I will have to give away. Knitting to a schedule is still pretty interesting for me. I am working on two pairs of socks at the moment that I had orginally said would have been finished before now, but I'm still working away on them and don't think they'll be in the post before next Monday. I rely on people's good nature in these situations and really wonder about my ability to accurately calculate how much time a project will take me. I think it takes more honest attention on my part to know long my projects take. Thank God for Rav's dating system for projects, it really helps, it doesn't lie!
Knowing how much to charge is also a challenge. If you really considered how much time and energy you invest in a piece they would be worth a lot more, but it is an unrealistic price for people to pay. You hope that they are true appreciators of the Art (yes, I used a capital 'A' on purpose) of knitting. It's a balancing act, something you are not necessarily taught in school, about what YOU and your abilities are worth. What are you worth? Your time, effort and concentration?
On the plus side though, it has thrown into sharp focus my abilities as a knitter and crocheter, and I'm happy to find myself quite suprised by my ability at times. You think hard about what you feel you could do to an adequate standard to actually charge people for...or even just let them see. You realise what corners you are happy to cut in your own knitting...and I find myself thinking 'Maybe I deserve something finished properly and just for me!'. After all this commissioned knitting is over, I think it'll be time for a little knitting TLC, just for me.
Friday 19 June 2009
My first week at 24...
...has been interesting. One blow-up, near relationship ending fight with the DB, followed by the best make-up period ever, which is quite unerving for some reason. It's like I'm imagining it all and I'll get home from work and it'll all have blown up again. I know it's me overreacting but I can't imagine my life without him in it.
On the plus side we have talked really openly about a lot of things and are in a much better place together I think. I was/am finding it hard in Brisbane sometimes, but thought it sounded really ungrateful or something to complain about it. But it's all good now, and truly I have such an amazingly lovely social circle here. Yeay for friends!!
I'm knitting loads, like all the time, in an effort to keep up with the pieces I have been commissioned to do and the things I want to get done for myself or as gifts. Ooo, I'm meeting up with a local musician this evening at the Conservatorium to practice some pieces for the local devotional evening in Kuraby. It's nice to finally see some things coming together for yourself in little itty-bitty ways.
On the plus side we have talked really openly about a lot of things and are in a much better place together I think. I was/am finding it hard in Brisbane sometimes, but thought it sounded really ungrateful or something to complain about it. But it's all good now, and truly I have such an amazingly lovely social circle here. Yeay for friends!!
I'm knitting loads, like all the time, in an effort to keep up with the pieces I have been commissioned to do and the things I want to get done for myself or as gifts. Ooo, I'm meeting up with a local musician this evening at the Conservatorium to practice some pieces for the local devotional evening in Kuraby. It's nice to finally see some things coming together for yourself in little itty-bitty ways.
Monday 8 June 2009
Confessions of a Pretzel Wannabe
I like yoga. Actually I love yoga but sometimes I don't remember I love it until *after* the session...I've been doing it on and off since I was 16, and while at college more 'on' which was great. Free yoga club and I got to take a course on Yoga for Musician that actually counted towards was credits for graduation...I loved it.
And now in Brisbane I find myself doing lots of it again. Yesterday, as my birthday present from the DB, I attended YogaFest in Brisbane and it was BRILLIANT!! An entire day of yoga sessions, talks, stalls, chai lattees and sitting out in the sun chatting to other Yoga heads. I'm a little stiff today after 4 yoga sessions in one day (I may have gone a little overboard but there were just so many new styles to try out) but I haven't felt as content about something I've done in a long time, really whole and happy and like I did something worthwhile and meaningful...yes, I feel like it is something very meaningful, purposeful in my life.
I'm particularly interested in doing my teacher training while in Australia and hopefully becoming an accredited yoga instructor. I love the idea of having a skill that I could take with me on my travels, that would better my yoga practice and allow me to share something that I enjoy so much.
I find it something that really complements my own religious beliefs too. I'm a Baha'i and have been taught to pray and meditate as a way to communicate with God/Great Creator/Universe. I find my meditation practice really deepens when I'm practicing yoga in my life, and that I feel more centred and able to handle what life throws at me.
It is interesting as I have often wondered if my religion and the Yogic path are compatible elements in my life. I *feel* no conflict between them, but technically they are different religions and I wonder if, as an instructor, you are expected to be a follower of that body of teachings alone...hmm, maybe it doesn't matter in any big way, and I feel fine about it in myself, so that's the main thing, but I know for myself I hate to only take on the surface elements of something. We're very good at that in the Western world, taking the yoga for it's physical benefits and discarding the rest of it because it doesn't suit or we couldn't be bothered. I would like to be a little more wholehearted in my approach.
Anyway I think the next thing to make it onto the 'To Do' list will be getting my Yoga instructor qualifications. I need to save up the money first, and the DB has voiced some concerns about my committment to this (if it's just a passing fad sort of thing...and if the qualification would actually be something I would use in the end...valid points I suppose, but not really the initial support I was looking for). For now I am looking into seriously and, like most things in my life, if it's meant to be things will start falling into place.
And now in Brisbane I find myself doing lots of it again. Yesterday, as my birthday present from the DB, I attended YogaFest in Brisbane and it was BRILLIANT!! An entire day of yoga sessions, talks, stalls, chai lattees and sitting out in the sun chatting to other Yoga heads. I'm a little stiff today after 4 yoga sessions in one day (I may have gone a little overboard but there were just so many new styles to try out) but I haven't felt as content about something I've done in a long time, really whole and happy and like I did something worthwhile and meaningful...yes, I feel like it is something very meaningful, purposeful in my life.
I'm particularly interested in doing my teacher training while in Australia and hopefully becoming an accredited yoga instructor. I love the idea of having a skill that I could take with me on my travels, that would better my yoga practice and allow me to share something that I enjoy so much.
I find it something that really complements my own religious beliefs too. I'm a Baha'i and have been taught to pray and meditate as a way to communicate with God/Great Creator/Universe. I find my meditation practice really deepens when I'm practicing yoga in my life, and that I feel more centred and able to handle what life throws at me.
It is interesting as I have often wondered if my religion and the Yogic path are compatible elements in my life. I *feel* no conflict between them, but technically they are different religions and I wonder if, as an instructor, you are expected to be a follower of that body of teachings alone...hmm, maybe it doesn't matter in any big way, and I feel fine about it in myself, so that's the main thing, but I know for myself I hate to only take on the surface elements of something. We're very good at that in the Western world, taking the yoga for it's physical benefits and discarding the rest of it because it doesn't suit or we couldn't be bothered. I would like to be a little more wholehearted in my approach.
Anyway I think the next thing to make it onto the 'To Do' list will be getting my Yoga instructor qualifications. I need to save up the money first, and the DB has voiced some concerns about my committment to this (if it's just a passing fad sort of thing...and if the qualification would actually be something I would use in the end...valid points I suppose, but not really the initial support I was looking for). For now I am looking into seriously and, like most things in my life, if it's meant to be things will start falling into place.
Tuesday 2 June 2009
Yoga Journal - Yoga Philosophy - Get Carried Away
Yoga Journal - Yoga Philosophy - Get Carried Away
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I found this article quite by accident but I've found it really insightful. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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I found this article quite by accident but I've found it really insightful. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Monday 1 June 2009
1st of June!
Today is the first of June. Sorry to point out the obvious but this is my month. My birthday is in 9 days. I have a history of doing great things this month, whether that is passing ridiculous exams in school, or ditching school forever for Glastonbury (the best music festival in the WORLD!) with my boyfriend and a tent that hopefully doesn't leak, or finding myself in a foreign country setting up home. I have celebrated my birthday in Ireland, South Africa, America and now Australia.
I get a bit reflective around my birthday as well, not so unusual, but as I turn the ripe old age of 24 I think about what I have been doing with myself since graduating from Uni and truthfully I am not really satisfied or impressed with what I have done so far. I'm sure anyone reading this will roll their eyes in exasperation, cursing youth and its perpetual dissatisfaction with everything. But I can't help feeling like there is more that I should be doing and achieving right now. I look at other friends who graduated with me from Berklee and the cool jobs they have, the music they are making, and well, I just seem to be drifting along. If it wasn't for DB's job offer in Brisbane, I could still be living back in the back-end of nowhere in Ireland. And even now that I am here, I get home from work, eat, watch TV all evening, knit and then sleep. I go out a bit but I am hardly changing myself or the world. I feel very lost sometimes.
I suppose a birthday is as good a time as ever to reflect on the past year and look forward to a better, more aware and fulfilled year to come. Hmmmm, got to keep my eye on the ball, and on my To Do list perhaps...
I get a bit reflective around my birthday as well, not so unusual, but as I turn the ripe old age of 24 I think about what I have been doing with myself since graduating from Uni and truthfully I am not really satisfied or impressed with what I have done so far. I'm sure anyone reading this will roll their eyes in exasperation, cursing youth and its perpetual dissatisfaction with everything. But I can't help feeling like there is more that I should be doing and achieving right now. I look at other friends who graduated with me from Berklee and the cool jobs they have, the music they are making, and well, I just seem to be drifting along. If it wasn't for DB's job offer in Brisbane, I could still be living back in the back-end of nowhere in Ireland. And even now that I am here, I get home from work, eat, watch TV all evening, knit and then sleep. I go out a bit but I am hardly changing myself or the world. I feel very lost sometimes.
I suppose a birthday is as good a time as ever to reflect on the past year and look forward to a better, more aware and fulfilled year to come. Hmmmm, got to keep my eye on the ball, and on my To Do list perhaps...
Saturday 30 May 2009
Fiber in the diet
Today I went to the Fiber Festival in South Bank convention centre, courtesy of Henrietta of Biggan Design, who had a really successful stall in the fair. It was so much fun wandering around and seeing all the fiber, quilting, felting, fabulous stalls. I even met a few people from Brisbane Stitch n' Bitch that I knew, how exciting! Pity that I had no money to spend, but I am saving myself for Queensland Weavers, Spinners and FIber Artists Guilds open day on Sunday (that is such a mouthful, I don't even know if I remembered it right!). I hear they have the greatest store however with droolalicious yarn and roving...groovy!
Today was the greatest day, aaahhhhh! After the festival, the DB and I went to the cinema and ahd dinner out and then walked home by the river and basically had the most lovely relaxing day...I haven't been feeling so upbeat this last week or so (bar the wedding of course, which was AMAZING!) but I am feeling much better this evening.
Oh, note to the Shadowy 'A' - I want to write a short story for a competition. Any ideas on how to get the creative juices flowing?? Can't wait for you to visit...I am making LOTS of plans :)
Today was the greatest day, aaahhhhh! After the festival, the DB and I went to the cinema and ahd dinner out and then walked home by the river and basically had the most lovely relaxing day...I haven't been feeling so upbeat this last week or so (bar the wedding of course, which was AMAZING!) but I am feeling much better this evening.
Oh, note to the Shadowy 'A' - I want to write a short story for a competition. Any ideas on how to get the creative juices flowing?? Can't wait for you to visit...I am making LOTS of plans :)
Friday 22 May 2009
Am I a bad person?!
Is it bad to hate your family for not talking to you in English (the *only* language you can speak) and treating you like your thick and borderline crazy?! Seriously, I'm starting to get really annoyed, but more than anything, I'm starting to feel really left out. I'm not part of that gang, part of the gossip and conversation. Culturally I'm quite different, as my Dad is the ONLY person in the family who didn't marry another Persian, and I'm really feeling it tonight.
Normally I can cope with it just fine, getting by with my broken Farsi and enjoying the fact that I just don't always see things the same way, but tonight, the night before the wedding, I am feeling really low. And my Da and boyfriend have frigged away off together and I have no idea where they are, and noone likes my dress, and I have a cold. I think I just need to vent.
Being half one culture, and half another is wonderful in many ways but really difficult and confusing sometimes too. Thanks for listening!
Normally I can cope with it just fine, getting by with my broken Farsi and enjoying the fact that I just don't always see things the same way, but tonight, the night before the wedding, I am feeling really low. And my Da and boyfriend have frigged away off together and I have no idea where they are, and noone likes my dress, and I have a cold. I think I just need to vent.
Being half one culture, and half another is wonderful in many ways but really difficult and confusing sometimes too. Thanks for listening!
Thursday 21 May 2009
'Lazy, Lazy, Lazy'...or 'Here Comes the Bride'
The lazy bit is obvious I suppose, it's been 20 or more days since I last blogged. My best friend, the shadowy and most eloquent A, reminded me today that it takes 14 days to create a new habit, and 28 to break a bad one. So if I blog everyday for 2 weeks I'll have created a good habit...or do I need to blog everyday for 28 days to break my old lazy habit?? I'm very confused :)
The bride to be is my beautiful cousin Sara. I'm currently in Brisbane eating my weight in persian food and sitting around only half understanding the conversation. My Farsi leaves a lot to be desired and it has often crossed my mind how much I would like to learn it, but my Father is no teacher and good Farsi classes are few and far between. Maybe an online course could be the answer, and a great project for this year. Though I've also been meaning to really brush up my Irish too so I can talk to my Ma in it (she's fluent). And I've always wanted to recapture my French, I was quite good at one point. And I want to learn Italian. Too many beautiful languages and my mind is nowhere near focused enough.
On a creative note, I attended the photo shoot for a few of the Biggans Designs patterns that are going to be in her new book that should be coming out soon. It was really interesting watching the models and photographer. Biggans and Henrietta were consummate professionals and I think it's really going to show through, the shots were incredible. And hopefully something I knit for them, as a sample knitter, will end up in the book as well! Exciting stuff!
Well back to the family, I only see them once every 5-10 years anyway so I should be making the most of this time...whether they drive me crazy or not...crazy with love!!
The bride to be is my beautiful cousin Sara. I'm currently in Brisbane eating my weight in persian food and sitting around only half understanding the conversation. My Farsi leaves a lot to be desired and it has often crossed my mind how much I would like to learn it, but my Father is no teacher and good Farsi classes are few and far between. Maybe an online course could be the answer, and a great project for this year. Though I've also been meaning to really brush up my Irish too so I can talk to my Ma in it (she's fluent). And I've always wanted to recapture my French, I was quite good at one point. And I want to learn Italian. Too many beautiful languages and my mind is nowhere near focused enough.
On a creative note, I attended the photo shoot for a few of the Biggans Designs patterns that are going to be in her new book that should be coming out soon. It was really interesting watching the models and photographer. Biggans and Henrietta were consummate professionals and I think it's really going to show through, the shots were incredible. And hopefully something I knit for them, as a sample knitter, will end up in the book as well! Exciting stuff!
Well back to the family, I only see them once every 5-10 years anyway so I should be making the most of this time...whether they drive me crazy or not...crazy with love!!
Friday 1 May 2009
Flats, Friends and Fun
I can’t believe it. I seem to have a cold, in Brisbane, sunny Brisbane. T makes no sense but I just can’t seem to stop sneezing. I was in a store earlier today, walked through the door, sneezed six times in a row, turned around and had to walk right out again. Seriously embarrassing stuff.
But down to business!
So the DB (darling boyfriend) and I have moved into our lovely little studio flat and are very happy. Located to some really nice cafes and a great new yarn store in Brisbane called ‘Tangled Yarn’, which I frequent when DB is at football training. It’s also about a block from the river and a big public park. New Farm is a great area. It fills me full of creative optimism!
It also seems that I have got myself the job, the holy grail of jobs, that I have dreamed of since become a committed, yarn–obsessed knitter. It seems that I have landed myself a part-time position at another Brisbane yarn store called ‘Threads and More’. Seriously! I knew that I would have to work while I was here and was resigned to the thought of yet another potentially, boring dead-end position waitressing or, worse, working in a supermarket or something. I could have coped, I would have coped. Money is money and if it funds something fun then all the better. But I can’t believe how wonderful this is. I go to see the store and chat in person with the owner on Wednesday (we’ve just talked on the phone to begin with but they are enthusiastic) and we shall take it from there. I have to thank my new friend Henrietta of Biggans Designs, who actually found out about the position for me and talked me up to them. Thanks Henri! You’re a star and you’ve only known me five minutes!
The only potential problem is that my cousins wedding is in three weeks and I, of course, will want to go to Sydney for it and spend sometime with my family. Apart from that I have absolutely nothing plannned for the next six months but I realise it could be a hurdle for a new employer. Cross your fingers for me please!
I’m also going to be doing a little sample knitting for Biggans Designs which I am very excited about. Getting paid for knitting is really ‘I-can’t-believe-it’ style of incredible, though I would still do it even if wasn’t getting paid! I’m looking forward to trying out the Biggans Merino. It is so soft and squishy, and comes in the greatest range of colours. Love it!
As for my goals for the year, my first one to be struck off the list will hopefully be getting something published in ‘Knitty’. I have an idea but it is top secret for the moment...
But down to business!
So the DB (darling boyfriend) and I have moved into our lovely little studio flat and are very happy. Located to some really nice cafes and a great new yarn store in Brisbane called ‘Tangled Yarn’, which I frequent when DB is at football training. It’s also about a block from the river and a big public park. New Farm is a great area. It fills me full of creative optimism!
It also seems that I have got myself the job, the holy grail of jobs, that I have dreamed of since become a committed, yarn–obsessed knitter. It seems that I have landed myself a part-time position at another Brisbane yarn store called ‘Threads and More’. Seriously! I knew that I would have to work while I was here and was resigned to the thought of yet another potentially, boring dead-end position waitressing or, worse, working in a supermarket or something. I could have coped, I would have coped. Money is money and if it funds something fun then all the better. But I can’t believe how wonderful this is. I go to see the store and chat in person with the owner on Wednesday (we’ve just talked on the phone to begin with but they are enthusiastic) and we shall take it from there. I have to thank my new friend Henrietta of Biggans Designs, who actually found out about the position for me and talked me up to them. Thanks Henri! You’re a star and you’ve only known me five minutes!
The only potential problem is that my cousins wedding is in three weeks and I, of course, will want to go to Sydney for it and spend sometime with my family. Apart from that I have absolutely nothing plannned for the next six months but I realise it could be a hurdle for a new employer. Cross your fingers for me please!
I’m also going to be doing a little sample knitting for Biggans Designs which I am very excited about. Getting paid for knitting is really ‘I-can’t-believe-it’ style of incredible, though I would still do it even if wasn’t getting paid! I’m looking forward to trying out the Biggans Merino. It is so soft and squishy, and comes in the greatest range of colours. Love it!
As for my goals for the year, my first one to be struck off the list will hopefully be getting something published in ‘Knitty’. I have an idea but it is top secret for the moment...
Saturday 25 April 2009
The year ahead...
Right, this is it! This is the year that I am finally going to do something I really blinkity, blinkity want to. No more getting sucked into dead-end, brain-numbing jobs (though I am aware that they may feature, but only as a means to an end) and instead make time to make art. I have GOALS!! WootWoot!
1. I will get a knitting pattern published in Knitty
2. I will get my etsy store up and running, making and selling all my fun crafty stuff.
3. I will strive to write more, actually every day, a little every day and I'd love to get one of my poems pulished.
4. I am going to perform in Australia, find myself an accompaniest or band and get gigging.
5. I will do something creative every day.
I'm excited. I want to grasp this new day, new year by the horns and finally do something with myself. I have been drifting along since graduating from college and coming to Australia is the adventure I need, feeling a little safe in the anonimity and the possibilities. I can do this!
I have to think more about my goals and write again, but I thought it was better to start now, than to think too hard about it all and never start...I'm known for that. So here I am World...Here's to the year to come!
1. I will get a knitting pattern published in Knitty
2. I will get my etsy store up and running, making and selling all my fun crafty stuff.
3. I will strive to write more, actually every day, a little every day and I'd love to get one of my poems pulished.
4. I am going to perform in Australia, find myself an accompaniest or band and get gigging.
5. I will do something creative every day.
I'm excited. I want to grasp this new day, new year by the horns and finally do something with myself. I have been drifting along since graduating from college and coming to Australia is the adventure I need, feeling a little safe in the anonimity and the possibilities. I can do this!
I have to think more about my goals and write again, but I thought it was better to start now, than to think too hard about it all and never start...I'm known for that. So here I am World...Here's to the year to come!
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