Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label travel. Show all posts
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Not-able-to-knit-for-a-couple-of-days Phobia
We are getting ready to go on a short trip so I have been packing. [Note to burglars and robbers: we have house sitters] I always wait until last to pack my knitting because "I might NEED to knit up until the last minute" so I can't pack it away somewhere that's difficult to get to! Who knows when there might be an emergency and I MUST knit!! Then when I finally do pack my knitting things, a bit of a panic overcomes me..... what if I don't pack enough projects to keep me busy? What if I don't have the right needles? What if I run out of yarn? Will this new place have yarn access in case I need some? Will I be able to buy what I need if I forget something? Will there be stores there that have needles in case I get to a place in the pattern that I forgot needed a different size? So I start packing more and more and more. Last time I was even packing extra balls of yarn that had no purpose other than to comfort me that I wouldn't run out of yarn because I knew there was nothing I could use them for!!!! Then I went ahead and packed more needles just to be on the safe side. That's when I realized things had gotten a bit out of control and I really needed to get a hold of myself. I took some deep breaths, reassessed the situation and packed several more knitting magazines knowing I could still read them over and over if all else failed! So tomorrow I'll pack my knitting at the last minute and try to keep it down to 2 bags knowing full well that even if I don't have time to knit one stitch (we're going to the mountains and have plans to do actual things outside of knitting!) I'll be able to sleep easy knowing at least a bit of my stash and projects are there close by..... like a favorite Teddy bear.
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