Getting to Work

Earlier this week, it took me 45 minutes to send out a 1 paragraph email to my knitting tech editor to double check the row gauge and send a chart in a different format in my pattern she’s working on for me.  I think I was interrupted close to 45 times.  I need to learn to type faster.

Missy was missing Tuesday morning.  She didn’t show up for breakfast.  Her GPS collar was not registering on the map.  We called for her and she didn’t come.  I called the humane society, and they took down our information.  With all the kids needing some direction in school, I pushed Lena outside (she prefers to nap inside all day) and told her, “Lena, I can’t find Missy, and I just don’t have time today for this.  Go find her and tell her to come home right now.  I’m very upset with her for running off.”  (Missy needs to be tied up when we go to town, as she gets into trouble in a hurry when we’re not around.)

10 minutes later, I see Lena escorting Missy back onto the property.  Coincidence?  Probably not.

My new tech editor sent me her revisions already yesterday.  Today is my afternoon “off” or “by myself” so I may actually get to go through it while the sun is still up, and not the wee hours of the morning.  This pattern may be ready sometime next week.  It’s not quite the August deadline I set for myself, but I’m glad to take the time to do it right.  Deadlines I set for myself are the hardest to enforce!

Also, I spent some time chatting on the phone with my friend Alicia this week.  I always pinch myself when calling her my friend.  She’s another Christian, homeschooling mom, knitting designer.  You don’t find that much in common that often!  She’s lives in that beautiful part of Maine where she’s in contact with some great independent designers and companies and has sat in on some great discussions on the design business.  She gave me some good advice about my collection, yarn support, etc, and I’m mulling that over and may release some of the designs for my collection earlier.  We’ll see.  There might be some more stuff to show off to you guys earlier than promised too!

I’m so delighted with all the knitting and pattern-finishing-up going on around here.  This has been a beautiful, but long summer!