Obligation or Devotion

My approach to finishing and seaming the Ostrich Approach -- bury the project in a bag or basket and wait for a visit from the knitting pixies or a miracle. This is not a good plan, as I recently discovered two forgotten projects in my office! While I vaguely remember buying the yarn, I do not remember casting on.

Like a spoiled child, I resent seaming and finishing because it is "extra work", and as such, I approach the task with the mindset of slavish obligation. Such a mindset feels crappy and does nothing to motivate me to the task.

However, I am trying to reorient my thinking towards tasks such as seaming and housework. Most often, the work we dismiss as mundane is the work that must be done, regardless. Maybe I would feel better about the task (from beginning to end) if I saw the value of the work -- seeing the devotion rather than the obligation of it? When I look to such fine examples as Fluffa and the Wry Punster, I realize that half-assed seaming and finishing is a complete disservice to my knitting and me.

My desire to finish (and finish well) Nerissa was overshadowed by the physical discomfort of wearing the Tubular Camisole. Knowing that the suggestions to try it with a different shirt and skirt were probably easier, I decided to more fully explore my new attitude and tweak TC.

I should have photographed the yarn carnage from cutting the top ribbing, but I was too absorbed in the task for photo opportunities. I wanted to reknit the ribbing (with a strand of clear sock elastic) before bedtime.

*cue irony music*

I cannot remember where I stashed the elastic during last week's yarn reorganization frenzy!