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You might have noticed there has been little of my own knitting shown in the last week or so.  Truth be told after my announcement about incomplete projects, I took myself aside and had a serious talk.

Knitting takes up 2-4 hours per day every day of the week, and I am not one of those people who can run a race and knit.  My style of knitting requires that I sit so that means I sit at least 2-4 hours every day.  This is not good for one's overall health.  Even with my daily walk, I am not moving around enough.

Then there is the guilt I feel when I don't complete something OR I complete it but it doesn't meet my relatively low standards.  There's all the yarn and needles, not to mention the money spent on yarn.  This can cause financial stress.  Plus I have taken a real interest in photography and certain types of art projects.  These activities actually require more movement than knitting.  And I am not reading as much as I'd like.  So in light of full disclosure I am writing to announce I am giving up knitting.

I know this will require some changes.  First I will share my stash with those interested in what I have, sell some of it online and give the rest away.  Ditto for the needles and other paraphernalia.  I plan to take photography classes here and in Minneapolis.  As for the blog, I haven't yet decided.  Either it will have a name change or a new one will be started.  With more free time I intend to do more moving in the house, the neighborhood and perhaps the gym.

So just like the cherry blossoms, a season comes to an end.

Most blossoms are now gone.  The green leaves are prevalent.

And those blossoms are now rotting on the ground



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Did you believe any of that?  Really??   APRIL FOOLS.

I am addicted to all things yarny and could only consider giving away any of my stash one skein at a time.  That stuff is dear to me, it inspires and motivates and sometimes just plain calls out to me.  This stopping of knitting will not be happening as written.  If anything I might knit less but never not at all.

Unfortunately, much of what I've written above is true.  I do need to spend more time exercising and working down both my weight and stash.  Photography is a growing interest so I do really need to take more classes to become proficient.   Having said all of this, I need to spend the 4 hours per day where I am not knitting doing a better job of taking care of me.

Indeed there was a bit of a slump after the Ph.D. post.  But there are generally a few such slumps per year so I'm learning to roll with them.  The slump is now over and I do have some things to be revealed so stay tuned.  And here's hoping your April 1 was full of good, safe pranks.

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