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ysobelLifelining is a /pain/. Literally; knitting I can manage using long (13.5") dpns, but yarn needles are tiny in comparison. I wish I had one of the interchangable circular needle that you can lifeline by threading the dental-floss-or-whatever through the hole for the adjustment key. So much less tedious omg. (That, or a knitting needle with a hole drilled in it, or something.)
On the bright side, I am not only /past/ the point where I messed up before and had to frog back, but I have completed another repeat. Go me. \o/
I also figured out part of what was keeping my knitting slower than what I expected. I mean, I'm nowhere near close to being a fast knitter, but my progress was abysmal even for me. But it occurred to me today that every time my arm mobility changes significantly, I have to re-learn how to knit; not the theory behind it, but the actual muscle movements. And while you're learning you /go slow/.
Der.
But I also need to learn not to compare myself to other people, if only because they don't have to deal with the same limitations I do. The fact that I knit at all is amazing. And if I tell myself that enough, I might even believe it... :)
On the bright side, I am not only /past/ the point where I messed up before and had to frog back, but I have completed another repeat. Go me. \o/
I also figured out part of what was keeping my knitting slower than what I expected. I mean, I'm nowhere near close to being a fast knitter, but my progress was abysmal even for me. But it occurred to me today that every time my arm mobility changes significantly, I have to re-learn how to knit; not the theory behind it, but the actual muscle movements. And while you're learning you /go slow/.
Der.
But I also need to learn not to compare myself to other people, if only because they don't have to deal with the same limitations I do. The fact that I knit at all is amazing. And if I tell myself that enough, I might even believe it... :)
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Date: 2010-07-29 06:06 pm (UTC)