Jananas

One of the things that I hate, hate, hate about working is that it actually makes me less productive overall. Its because a large percentage of my time is structured according to what a company thinks a good use of time is – so from 9 to 5 I’m sitting at my desk reading word documents, playing with excel, and attending meetings. But there’s a good chunk of time in there that I’m spending listening to other people or just thinking about problems, and I can do both of those things with knitting needles in my hands. Think of it as multitasking that actually works (multitasking by checking email every 5 minutes and trying to work on three files at once only makes you feel like you’re doing more. it doesn’t actually make you more productive or efficient.).

Its also my first week, so I’m still adjusting to the schedule and having to dress up and am burning tonnes of brain energy trying to process all of this new information. By the time I get home at night I’m not motivated anymore to pick up my knitting or to spin. I’m more like a little kid whose so overtired they throw tantrums (which I did last night when my spinning wheel was acting up and I needed to fix it NOW and I had to do it BY MYSELF. Then I thanked Jason for putting up with my sorry ass and dutifully took myself to bed before I did any more relationship damage.).

Instead I’m trying to carve out some me time in the morning. Its only 20-30 minutes, but its set aside in my mind for spinning. Yes, its taking me a lot longer to make progress because I can’t sit down and dedicate 2-3 hours to it. But, 20 minutes every morning does add up. This week I’ve been spinning up some white superwash merino to use to ply against some super bright singles I’ve spun up over the last few weeks. They are bright and fun colours, but difficult to match to other dyed stuff. Its easier just to ply them against something neutral. I picked white because it should help the colours really stand out, although a friend suggested that I pick a brown for a more tweedy appearance. Thankfully there’s always a next time when it comes to experimenting with spinning yarn.

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