Things Get Worked On
Knitters! Help my fellow Pittsburgher, Suzie, figure out what happened to her hat! Go here, and click on the question, "How did it go wrong?"
I'm in one of those stretches of knitting wherein things get worked on but nothing gets done. Possibly this is because I have too many works on needles. I am willing to admit this. But I figure it's mostly because I have So Much To Do.
Of course. It's the end of the semester. I've got, today alone, 24 journals to grade which must get done today, 6 papers to grade which must get done today (they came in early so that their authors could take advantage of the "rewrite option"),* one meeting to discuss which courses in Medieval or Renaissance literature should be offered by us in the next two years, one meeting to discuss the manner in which the "How to Be a Graduate Student in English Literature" should be conducted, one meeting to discuss which of the applicants for the position in 18th century literature we'd like to interview at the MLA conference in San Diego, and one mega-meeting of chairs and graduate directors in the college. This last includes, my DayTimer tells me, lunch.
Anticipated knitting: well, not much, though maybe some tonight, if I get through the student papers.
And perhaps this sock, during meetings:
Yes, I think it's always good to have socks around to knit on. Very good for meetings. They don't take up much space, and for most of them you just go round and round. At least, these.
The deadline for the leper bandage project is over, and I received MANY yesterday, lots from students I don't know and never saw -- they just got handed over by other students who collected them. Will post pictures of them soon, before I mail them off.
Now then. While I was gone, Amber and Megan seem to have created about 94 new cards in the Knitting Tarot. So I'm way behind in discussions, and the major arcana is pulling itself together.
The High Priestess, as Amber conceives of her, represents both what a project could become, and how the project is shaped by the idiosyncrasies of the individual knitting the project.
About letting projects help create themselves.
And, therefore, NOT about getting hung up on the directions. The directions are a map, and sometimes you need to leave the trail.
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*In my "rewrite option," students can rewrite a paper, and if it turns out better than the first attempt, I'll award them the grade that's in the middle of the two -- that is, as an example, if one were to write a "C" paper and manage an excellent "A" paper on the rewrite, one would get a "B" for the project. When I was much much younger, I would simply award the grade for the rewrite, but learned quickly that this meant I would get to grade rough drafts the first time around. I don't think so. You make me read it, I grade it. I grade it, the grade counts.
I'm in one of those stretches of knitting wherein things get worked on but nothing gets done. Possibly this is because I have too many works on needles. I am willing to admit this. But I figure it's mostly because I have So Much To Do.
Of course. It's the end of the semester. I've got, today alone, 24 journals to grade which must get done today, 6 papers to grade which must get done today (they came in early so that their authors could take advantage of the "rewrite option"),* one meeting to discuss which courses in Medieval or Renaissance literature should be offered by us in the next two years, one meeting to discuss the manner in which the "How to Be a Graduate Student in English Literature" should be conducted, one meeting to discuss which of the applicants for the position in 18th century literature we'd like to interview at the MLA conference in San Diego, and one mega-meeting of chairs and graduate directors in the college. This last includes, my DayTimer tells me, lunch.
Anticipated knitting: well, not much, though maybe some tonight, if I get through the student papers.
And perhaps this sock, during meetings:
Yes, I think it's always good to have socks around to knit on. Very good for meetings. They don't take up much space, and for most of them you just go round and round. At least, these.
The deadline for the leper bandage project is over, and I received MANY yesterday, lots from students I don't know and never saw -- they just got handed over by other students who collected them. Will post pictures of them soon, before I mail them off.
Now then. While I was gone, Amber and Megan seem to have created about 94 new cards in the Knitting Tarot. So I'm way behind in discussions, and the major arcana is pulling itself together.
The High Priestess, as Amber conceives of her, represents both what a project could become, and how the project is shaped by the idiosyncrasies of the individual knitting the project.
About letting projects help create themselves.
And, therefore, NOT about getting hung up on the directions. The directions are a map, and sometimes you need to leave the trail.
*****************************
*In my "rewrite option," students can rewrite a paper, and if it turns out better than the first attempt, I'll award them the grade that's in the middle of the two -- that is, as an example, if one were to write a "C" paper and manage an excellent "A" paper on the rewrite, one would get a "B" for the project. When I was much much younger, I would simply award the grade for the rewrite, but learned quickly that this meant I would get to grade rough drafts the first time around. I don't think so. You make me read it, I grade it. I grade it, the grade counts.
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