The start of a new year should mean a fresh start and everything going splendidly until it gradually starts to go pear-shaped (emphasis on gradually) however for some reason the comments from lovely people taking time to comment have disappeared from my email inbox and I only recently figured they now reside in my spam box, all without me changing any settings. Humph. The other pear-shaped potential problem is Adele.
I'm not sure about this project (Adele - a nice clean and simple Debbie Bliss pattern), she is soaking up some much loved and discontinued Rowan and I think she could be lovely... if only she would stop twisting. The back skews off in one direction, the fronts skew off at an angle and the sleeves - well I expect they will be leaning away from "true" as well. Just as well she isn't stripey I could look spectacular when I wear it - like a candy cane. The other worry is the buttons, I have a lot of button worries in my life - but then my general button issues are probably too boring to post and best shared in some sort of therapy, however the photos of Adele show BIG buttons, this not only worries me - it scares me. Buttons make or break a project and the idea of BIG buttons is perturbing to say the least. And just how big is too big? or what if I then veer off in the direction of too small? How small is too small? Oooh worry.
Work (which is what finances the knitting after all), is not going well either at the moment - we have a new system and one of the projects I am working on is the guinea pig, so when things have gone bad (which they have this week) then instead of wondering why things have gone wrong and trying to sort them - staff go on witch hunts, for such a small organisation it is amazing to watch how certain people clump together and then hunt in packs and I suspect it is my turn, nobody wants to know the glitches of this system they only want some blip to launch themselves at and therefore hurtle off on yet another crisis-generating round. This is sucky, but it gives some other poor sods a break. So at the moment I am feeling a bit low and a bit miserable as the fingerpointing and leaping from crisis to crisis feels draining, roll on Spring (and a sneaky-peak at the new Rowan did give me a wee lunch-time pep - it is VERY pretty).
Oh god, the management of change, it takes me back. People competing to see who's the most ill-done-to, and heaven forfend that they should have a constructive thought. I'm very glad to see that you aren't taking it (too) personally and I hope it eases off soon.
I always check my spam just in case something real has slipped through, but I do it with my eyes closed so that I won't see any ghastlinesses, so it's not very effective. I do wonder, why would you buy a degree from someone who can't spell?
Posted by: Helen | January 20, 2009 at 02:13 PM
Oh I do hope things have settled down and the bullying is over.
Posted by: sandy | January 30, 2009 at 06:45 PM
So sorry to hear about the crappiness of work! Hope its better now. Now wonder you've gotten all fixated on the button issue - that will work out too. I always dither on the button issue. It is vitality important is it not!
Posted by: RoxyKnits | February 08, 2009 at 06:57 PM
The work crappiness is epidemic, economic downturn and all. I try not to take any of it personally, and just trundle along as best I can. But worrying about your knitting? Don't worry, be happy.
Posted by: Celia | February 10, 2009 at 10:35 PM