Does Spinning Burn Calories?
Spinning, as in I just turned in the final pattern for The Book and now I find myself in the middle of my studio just spinning. That is one big old honkin' thing to mark off my to-do list and now... what?
I signed the contract to do The Book last spring and have been working on it diligently since then. That's about eight months of work along with everything else I have to do here out of my studio to keep everything up and running. What I didn't realize until now is that even when I would take an afternoon off to you know, take a shower and get dressed, I still had The Book and all the moving components of that giant project in the back of my head. No matter how close or how far away from the project I was, it was always running in the background.
Did you know that there are people out there that are actual "project managers"? I would like to get me one of those! But for now I'm starting with a lawn service this year. I love being outdoors but sometimes the lawn needs mowing twice in a week here in Houston. I'm not going to miss that. I'll put hiring a project manager on hold for now.
Anywho, back to spinning. I've cleaned my desk off and made neat little piles of things "to file" and "to do" and "to sort" and now Cleocatra can sleep next to me all day again (she was not thrilled with my "working" and "paying the bills" all this time). I have bagged up the extra yarn to donate to charity. I think i'm caught up on emails (but don't quote me on that). Oh, and I launched a line of crochet tools didn't I?
It's all a blur.
Yarn for charity? What a great idea!
I think I'm going to spend the time from now until fall comes around again stockpiling basic hats and scarves as I make them, and then just start carrying them with me to give to people asking for money on the streets, and to give away at Food Not Bombs downtown. It does always feel good to help!
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I happen to be a project manager, and crochet fanatic. Google interacts with a free project management app called manymoon. www.manymoon.com. If you want some basic PM lessons, you can find me on ravelry - let me know, I'd be happy to help.
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WOOO HOOO!!!!!!!
Congrats on finally getting it all turned in.
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What a great idea to donate your yarn to charity. I'm going to do the same with all of my extra yarn. Congrats and I think spinning does burn calories, every little bit helps!
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Hi Dude.....I taught myself to crochet over this past summer and have been completely obsessed with it since.....and I"vie been having fun with your "All Washed Up" dishcloth book. Recently my 12 yr old son wanted to learn to crochet....he fooled around with some yarn and a hook but we got so gigglely ( he's a HUGE goofball this boychild) he didn't get very far....but he'll be back lol. I think donating yarn is great.I have been crocheting toys for a local red cross daycare and I've been having a blast. I also love spoiling our cats, we have five....I can't help it they FIND me rofl..... my daughter Cassie thinks Cleocatra is beautiful and wanted you to know all our cats are rescues....we beleave very strongly in giving homeless animals a loving home! They all love Mom's new yarn habit and happily subject my projects to rigerous comft testing (it's a hard job but someone has to do it) in our house it's.....want to see Mom's latest creation......move a cat it's under one of them......somewhere....
You ROCK Dude....keep them patterns coming!
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