The affects of Island Time

There is a concept of time that most people know about, and what we on Orcas Island have coined 'Island Time'. A local artist has even released an album that captures the true essence of this concept. 'Island Time' is about 10-15 minutes behind any clock in Mainland USA. In my house, we have 8 clocks, none of which say the same time. We did at one time change all our clocks to tell the same time, yet they have all gone their own way. Really 'Island Time' really means that people have an excuse to be late or take more time to complete projects. I say this to rationalize why it took me two days to pull out all my yarn and photograph it. Think of how long it will take me to put it all back!


Once I began finding all my yarn, I was reminded of all the things that I wanted to do with it. 70% of my yarn is meant for a certain project. I also began thinking "this really isn't that much". I might even go so far as to say that the 30% without a destiny will most likely remain that way. Poor yarn! So all that I have fits into this unit, crammed in a bit, but not too bad. It has room for my books, random patterns, a tub for all my needles, and all the other random bits and pieces that are absolutely necessary for knitting.




In an effort to begin following my projects, I've begun a project book. It's actually called and Action Book! And it's so full of action. Each page documents a project: all the changes that I may have made to a pattern, small pieces of the yarn that I used, and hopefully a finally photograph of the project to finish it off. Lately I've been making gloves with half fingers. The pattern that base them off of has several errors, but in the end most of the pairs of gloves are different. I have a hard time remembering the subtle changes I make in the pattern, so writing them down as I go just give my brain a break.


So instead of photographing yarn and holding to the long rant I had about changing my ways and becoming more organized and finish things, I do what I do best: I got distracted. So in my lovely action book, there is a page for slippers, felted slippers. One of my friends gave me several large pieces of leather in exchange for slippers that would have leather soles. How could I pass that up? So the entire summer has gone by, I finally bought the yarn and of course I had to begin two nights ago. But here they are, almost done and ready to be felted. I really want to finish these though, since my next project is really exciting. I'm doing a knit-along with my sister. We're tackling a sweater, my greatest adventure yet. I've got the yarn, pattern, needles and I'm itching to start. But I must at least hold to my decision to finish projects and actually finish these slippers. So close and yet so far!