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So, I recently took up knitting.

Life is pretty hectic in my house. I am a WAHM to my triplets.  Thank goodness they go to T-kindergarten in the morning everyday! 

I run my own business out of my home and let me tell you that I am the hardest boss I have ever had, besides being the director of sales, the factory rep, marketing director and my own administrative assistant (TripletDad is the webmaster and bookkeeper). Additionally, it is so hard to draw boundaries between home and office when your desk sits squarely between your kitchen and your family room!

Lately I’ve been feeling overwhelmed.  I belong to a couple different clubs (for my MOM life) and some organizations (for my business life) and I try to keep in contact with my friends.  Add to that some pleas for help with organizing a 20 yr HS reunion and a 24 yr grade school reunion and my parents’ 50^th wedding anniversary and you almost have an idea of what my life is like lately.

Despite not knowing when I would fit it in, I’ve been wanting to try knitting for a few months. I read a couple of books recently that have knitting as a major theme or a side story.  They peaked my interest. At first my new hobby made no sense to my DH.  “Why add another thing to my plate?” asked TripletDad.  Good question.  My first answer was that I want something to keep my hands busy while I watch TV. Usually my hands are busy putting snacks in my mouth in the evenings while we watch our TiVO’d shows (I LOVE TiVO! But that is another topic in itself).

I thought about it some more as I struggled to cast-on while using a written step-by-step beginner’s book.  I was thinking about my complicated life and all the ‘Have-tos” I deal with everyday. So, my second answer was that sometimes I need time to just do something I want to do. 

I was struggling and not knowing if I was doing it right, so I took my funky looking practice piece to my MOMs club meeting for craft night. There were a few ladies there who looked over my shoulder and told me my work looked good, but they thought I had created a new stitch – and I was informed there are only two stitches in knitting – LOL! So they taught me to knit and purl correctly and sent me on my way. Thank goodness for support systems!

I set my knitting project aside for a few days while my BFF was in town.  I found myself detailing to her how my life seems to tumbling in a zillion different directions and I struggle to keep ahold of it all but parts keep getting away from me.  If I’m doing great at my business I feel I am suffering as a mom.  If I am doing great at mom-stuff, I feel I’m not paying enough attention to my husband.  If I am handling those three things well, my friendships tend to suffer.  It’s as if once I grab one thread of my life, another one slips out of my fingers...

There was my ‘Ah-Hah!’ moment.  Maybe taking up knitting was my subconscious trying to find a way to weave the strands of my life together.  A physical manifestation of my mental needs...

Well, I hope it helps.  Meanwhile, I really am having fun with learning to knit – when I find the time to weave it in to my busy day.