Insomnia

Can't sleep again. Insomnia sucks. Oh, sorry ma, "inhales profusely!" So, yeah, here I sit at 2.30 am EST typing diligently away. Ok, I'm not diligent about much these days. Just can't turn my brain off. I was knitting, but the left wrist is sore. I've been thinking a lot about why I knot and I've realized that, for me, it's not about what I make so much. It's that actual knitting itself.

Different knitters knit for different reasons. I have a bunch of really cool, and what are for me, complicated patterns. Of course, I can't use any of my many dpns so that's not saying much. But the fact is, simple patterns take up just enough brain power to either distract me just bit, or make me focus just a bit, whichever is required. So, while I do not yet consign myself to the group of "I knit square things" knitters, I definitely understand where they are coming from. Hopefully, with time, I will be able to knit some very beautiful unique square things. Heaven knows, the one sweater I've knit so far was not a resounding success. And, as it so heavy and bulky, it will become part of the pile of knit things that Mom will have to remind herself of me while I am in Korea. I just don't see that one fitting into the luggage. Even if it did, it would never make it to school. No need to set myself up for unnecessary taunting.

Well, this is the point where the wrist gets even more rest, I bust out the book, and hopefully get to sleep early enough to get out of bed while it is still "am."