I've been under a deadline the last couple of days...and not the fun kind. To clarify, the fun kind would be where I get to play with yarn and knit up a sample. No, this is the kind of deadline I dread: editing the written pattern for publication.
Now, people who know me in my everyday life know that I have the attention span of a squirrel on crack. It's rare that I can focus on one thing for longer than a few minutes. In my day job, this is a great trait, as for most of the day I have to be in several places at once, or at least my mind does. But in my knitting life, this (self-diagnosed) ADD can be a real problem.
You see, just when I need to buckle down and edit 12 pages of charts and line-by-line instructions (gah, the horror!), I decide I want to organize my sock drawer. I mean, I can't possibly move on with my day until all my socks have found their mates, right? Right.
It's also a struggle for me to edit because my computer has to be nearby, which means that I will inevitably wander off onto the internet and get distracted by anything and everything in my path. And I do have a few good ol' tried and true sites that can always eat up half my day if I let them. Let's take a look at my distracted afternoon, shall we?
Of course, I always start out with a little iTunes to keep me focused. I will neither confirm nor deny that I purchased the Dirty Dancing soundtrack to rock out to while I proofread. And, no, it did not help me have the time of my life.
And then, to counteract all the brain cells I lost by consuming the drivel on UsWeekly, I take in a little NPR. But only for about two minutes before I get really depressed at the state of the world and move on.
Then, because all of the yarn in my stash will never be enough, I head over to ogle the deliciousness on my favorite yarn sites, starting with Blue Moon Fiber Arts. Pictured here is my new favorite BMFA colorway, LL Cool Sock. I've already acquired two skeins of it and then also 1 skein of each of the solid colors that comprise the multi-colorway. Someday, when I have the time to devote, I WILL make the most colorful pair of kneesocks you've ever seen. Someday...
And then - surprise, surprise - I am drawn to Tanis Fiber Arts like a moth to a flame. I am so completely in love/obsessed with her colorways. I could buy one of each...and if I'm not careful, one of these nights of insomnia I just might be driven to that act of insanity pure genius. I just love how she organizes her colorways.
Oh look, I'm checking my work email. Something I do about a gazillion times a day, even when I'm not in my office. Check out that clean inbox! That's the result of years of hard work in cultivating an obsessive email ritual where I have to respond to/file/or categorize an email within the first 10 seconds of it reaching my inbox. Don't ask me why I do it...I really have no idea. I'm in therapy for it though.
Hmmm....I wonder what's going on on Ravelry....Am I the only one who compulsively checks out what their friends have favorited? I find the best stuff that way. What can I say? My friends have great taste!
Oh, yes, back to editing...sigh. Yeah yeah yeah. I know, it's got to be done.
So, there you have it. That was my minimally productive Sunday afternoon. What about you? What are your favorite sites to visit to pass the time? Do tell!
By the way, I DID get all of my editing done, thank you very much.
