I had this idea. A new focus for the blog. But I need to do some more thinking.
In the meantime, I’ve knitted today. I’m making a sweater for Ashley. I’m more than halfway done. I started working on it a week ago. I really do have a manic tendency. Just last Friday, I started talking with a friend of a friend (and now new colleague, I guess) about my knitting and she said that I could make a living out of it. You know, sell my stuff on Etsy.
And then, at Carmen’s and Lara’s birthday picnic on Wednesday, when asked what I do when I don’t do research, I felt compelled to say that I knit. Because what else do I do? I used to care for horses, but not anymore. I used to sing in a choir, but not anymore. I used to attend creative writing class, but now I haven’t really written prose for years. I used to be the member of a number of councils and advisory boards, but not anymore. I even taught Swedish for immigrants through the Red Cross for a while, but felt I had to take a break with that when thesis writing became too overwhelming. So what do I do? I exercise. I bake. I watch TV shows. And I knit.
My point isn’t that I should turn my knitting into a business, now that it’s the only thing I do anyway. No, I still feel it would be wrong to ask for money for the things that I make. But maybe this idea of mine could be my new thing? A new project, now that the master’s degree is in the bag. I can feel the potential. We’ll see.
Katja Malmborg 