Catch up

It has been pointed out to me that it's been a while since I was last here.

Bad blogger.

Uni has caught up with me and a couple of life events took their toll. I have learnt from experience that I have to take care of myself. So I have done. Unfortunately that means my priorities alter and to be honest, whilst this is a pleasant out-let, it's not the thing that drives me in the same way as, for example, my degree, my art and yarn.

However, I now have 3 glorious weeks off and am hoping to catch up with things that have slipped.

So what have I been up to? Well. I've just finished my Surface rotation which was highly enjoyable. I had thought that this may be a specialism. I know it's going to be a choice between that and knit. My tutors keep saying "Knit" but I was prepared to be more open minded. Note the past tense. I really enjoyed the project and learnt some fab new techniques - especially the embellisher. OMG, it's like oil painting with yarn, but I digress. During this rotation, I talked to my tutor about future employment and crossover in disciplines and it comes down to this. The employment opportunities are better for knit. Plus I can use alot of Surface techniques within knit. So that's almost that decision made.

I also had a presentation for VMC (art history and context). It was group work and alot challenging. When you work with a group it's inevitable that your grade is reliant on others. This is fine for those members who just turn up, but for my inner Hermione it was an exercise in pragmatism. In the end I just wanted to pass. Yes that's right. No over-achieving for me. So imagine my joy when I got my grade - 70% WOOT.

Oh and did I tell you I got my knit grade? Bearing in mind it was my first "proper" rotation and I had some "stuff" that went on over Christmas and New Year that meant I lost a little focus. Anyway I got - 62% and 65%. I was very pleased and I think there was only one other person that got a better grade which means I can only do better and I have someone to chase.

I'm finally feeling human after an end of rotation infection, (stress makes me feel run down and a willing incubator), and I've caught up on my sleep. Now I'm facing 3 weeks of pottering. I've got some Uni stuff to do - a 2,000 word essay and some paintings - but aside from that I've got free time.

It feels very odd. I'm sat knitting and keep thinking I should be doing something else more important. I'm sure by the end of 3 weeks I'll get better.

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