Knitting and SG-1
When my life gets stressful with lots of due dates and major life decisions I try and find escape in fantasy, where the characters face much greater, life-threatening challenges than I ever will. It helps to put my own challenges in perspective. Usually this fantasy takes the form of some large novel, possibly a series. It almost always leads to obsessive reading.
Currently, while I embark on the task of trying to secure a job post grad school, I find myself seeking sanctuary in the SciFi (and no I will not start type ScyFy, no matter how cute the SciFi channel thinks it is being) series StarGate SG-1. This show is great as it appeals to my nerdy science-mathy side as well as my nerdy anthropology side. If you have never seen or heard of the show, the premise is that what many of our ancient cultures thought were gods were actually aliens whose advanced technology made them appear god-like to our ancestors. There are lots of neat ties to Egyptian and Norse mythology. The show also explores the dark and light sides of human nature in a way that very much reminds me of Doctor Who. Actually, I have begun to think of the show as a cross between Star Trek and Dr. Who, both of which are shows I love.
Anyhow, what does this have to do with knitting. Well, usually, if my escape from reality takes the form of a novel, I can’t very well knit while I read. However, watching SG-1, I am able to get a bunch of knitting done while I escape. It doubles the enjoyment. By the way, if you are interested in watching SG-1, seasons 1 thru 8 are available on Hulu now through May of next year.
I am currently working on a short sleeve blouse with a diamond stitch pattern in it. You can see pictures of it in my last post. However, yesterday I found a project which I had lost during the move. I was beginning to think it was lost forever, but low an behold it was tucked away in a drawer I overlooked.
Bamboo Beach Cover-up recently found
The project is one I started last May. I had intended to finish it before our Florida trip this last summer, but due to the franticness of moving to a new house, it didn’t happen. Then, during the move it got stashed away (for safe keeping I am sure), and was lost to me until yesterday, when I searched the house in another desperate attempt to find it. I could have always started the project again, but I was really missing all the little knitting supplies that were in the bag with that projects: row counters, tape measures, stitch markers, stitch holders, etc. Now I have them all back again, yey! Anyhow, now the goal is to finish this project before the next summer trip. I think I can handle that.
January 25th, 2010 at 6:42 am
Awesome! You found it! That’s great.