I typically don’t really enjoy learning for learning’s sake. Which doesn’t mean I don’t like to learn. I in fact, love it. But I like to have a reason to do so. Which is why I never paid attention during math class. My instincts were right. I did not need that crap at 16. However I find myself interested in taking a few math classes these days because the skills would be valuable for me right now. To those High School math teachers with your gloating “I told you so’s” No you didn’t. I doubt that I would have retained anything during the last ten years or so. There is a time and place for everything and the time for three-dimensional geometry is actually closer to now than it was when I was in school. Unless I needed to calculate the angles between a boy and me, there was no need for me know this stuff. I think I would be able to learn math now more than ever. I have the desire and the actual need.
My artwork often drives my learning process. I have learned quite a few things simply because I needed to know how to do it. Machine shop skills, basic electronics, and sewing would be such examples. And now I find I really, really must learn to knit. Because of this:
Seriously adorable. The little blue button eyes for the owls are calling out to me. Back in college I did try joining a knitting group and learned to knit one, pearl one but had no real project goals so my learning never progressed beyond a very long, likely unfinished, acrylic (yech) scarf. But now I really must have this sweater. The sweet part is that the designer has the pattern up for free online here. I am also uh, “between jobs” So ostensibly I can devote time to learning to knit the damn thing. Despite my usual DIY approach to learning, I think I need to be mentored through this sweater because I really have no idea what I am doing. I need knitting friends.
