Insomnia happens to me sometimes. If I spend too much of my day, and too many days in a row, on the go-go-go I can’t turn it off and sleep. Usually chamomile tea helps with that but it didn’t last night.
So I did the only reasonable thing a knitter who can’t sleep can do: I got up and set to knitting. You can make some real progress in the middle of the night, ya know.But there are consequences to staying up all night knitting.
Consequence #1: There are not enough eye drops in the world to make me look fresh and awake. But there are enough to make my eyes feel like they are no longer full of sand and I am properly thankful for that.
Consequence #2: Blog posts the morning after an all-night-knit-fest are kind of cruddy. Sorry.
Consequence #3: Kitties are unhappy. This of course is the only consequence that truly matters. Its officially winter-time you see and they expect a full eight hours of me lying in my bed so they can lay on top of me. In the summer time they couldn’t care less what I do at night. They are off doing their own thing. But when the weather turns chilly, Cowardly Boy Cat has spend the night curled up on my butt and Feline Overlord has to sleep with her butt in my face. Last night’s routine was interrupted and now kitties are cranky and all up in my business.
I’ll have to bribe them with mackerel or tuna. And I’ll have to get a good night’s sleep tonight and let them use me as a cat bed.
That is what I’ve been up to. I’ve gotten past the mid-way point which is nice. At this point I’m sure of its size, its shape, and how much yarn it will take to finish. When I’m in the middle of a new design and I don’t know those things, I feel anxious. But once I know how it will all play out, I can relax. So this shawl is at a good point and it won’t be getting me up in the middle of the night again. Probably.
But I do need to put in some time and finish that one, get a pattern ready, get it photographed and published. Plenty of work left to do.
I guess this post turned out to just be a tease huh?
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12 Comments on "Insomnia Makes for Good Knitting Progress"
Well, do sleep well tonight! I finished the meshed hat, and took note of the cardboard templates, now I am wondering if I just spray with distilled water or do I wash the thing….the Crochet Dude sprays the completed items with water and I was wondering if the same technique with that and blocking applies. 🙂
Good question!
Actually i did both with this hat because I wanted to know just how firm of a block it could take. the Blue & orange version & then the one I just finished up last week was a full soak in the sink. The black & rainbow was a spritz to dampen.
The full soak really stretched out the hat both times and, after the blocking disc, I have hats that wear like tam-o-shanters (which I like). The spritz gave me a hat that was more beanie-into-slouchy
HTH!
Must have been something in the air last night. You are the 3rd person today who told me they didn’t sleep a wink last night.
Hope you get some rest. you’ll need it. Cuz Christmas! is almost here.
I think there will be no danger of sleeplessness tonight. I’m already yawning and wondering if its too early to go to bed.
And here I am, checking back again at 350AM…right on schedule.
I hope you weren’t up for too long. You need some sleep hun!
Sorry to hear about your chronic pain condition. That can be so difficult to live with. Does knitting help?
And about the comment section… I am using WPDiscuz for that section and Gravatar for tracking users avatars. You might check your settings with those apps. [shrug] That’s all I can think off.
I was in the all-nite club too…cake from a Christmas party too late but I got lots of knitting and finished a crocheted bowl too!
At least something good comes out of a sleepless night right?
Well, since I’m a day late, I seriously hope you got some Z’s by now. Not sleeping sucks, but I kinda miss having insomnia and finishing a whole project overnight.
If you care to go through so much work, some kitties can be satisfied with an old pair of pj pants stuffed with a blanket or some rags and a heating pad. However, I suspect your two sleuths would catch you moving around and demand reparations for your trickery.
lolol. My spoiled babies would probably not be fooled by a dummy in the bed. However, they might settle for a heating pad. They might prefer that to me in fact since a heating bad never squirms or turns over or starts yelling “off! Everybody off!” in the middle of the night.