I'm trying to learn how to knit. Correction, I'm trying to teach myself to knit. And this isn't easy. If you haven't noticed, I am the type of gal who is low on patience. I'm driven crazy by details. However, I also have a need to create. To produce. And being in graduate school does not feel productive. Graduate school is focused on the big picture, the future, the whole painting. I have a need to scrutinize. This feels like a spiritual discipline, to stick with something that is difficult for me.
See, I've always kinda breezed through most things. If I didn't like it (like math, let's say) then I could do well enough. I could master the material to make the A on the test, but then fail to retain the material or actually master it. I can write well enough to write an impressive paper, without reading the book.
So, with a knitted brow, and only one curse word, I knitted for 3 hours today. I produced nothing. But, I'm not giving up. Nope. I'm going to attend to the details until I get it right. (But if someone wants to pipe up with his or her own story of how hard it was to learn to knit, I welcome it!)
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Well, I'd love to. But right now Wednesday night is hte only evening I'm at home with my husband through the week. ON weekends, he doesn't get much of me either between all my homework, psych report writing, and church. So..for now, I have to pass. I so appreciate the invite! I hope my schedule changes to do it in the future.
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