A cry for help
Desire to crochet cute mittens has completely eclipsed desire to ever finish Ph.D. Send help.
This is mostly a knitting blog.
Maximilian was born on Dec. 10, 2010, so for the time being, I'm busy with him while taking a leave of absence from school.
28 comments:
That's a cute mitten top and I am intrigued by how you will continue . . . wait, this isn't helping is it? Get back to Ph.D'ing it, woman!
Hahahahaha! What a great post! Good luck with that Ph.D. :-)
Cute! You always know how to give a smile.
I know that feeling... Sometimes you need a break from graduate school, and sometimes you need to buckle down. *sigh*
I just finished a Swallowtail Shawl in six days. This is in avoidance of grading freshman comp papers and finishing my dissertation conclusion. (In my defense, I'm going to give it to my adviser after my defense.)
I think that there's something in the wool fumes . . .
I say, finish that mitten!
Totally understandable. As someone who has finished a PhD, I can tell you this: when you are ready to make it the top priority, it will get done. Until you push all other distractions to the side, ignore your significant other, neglect your friends, etc., it won't get done. However, that final push can be very short, depending how much energy you can give it. External deadlines are what did it for me. If you can scare up one of those, it would probably help.
News Flash - Fiber arts may increase procrastination. Oh yeah, we already knew that about ourselves =))
love the mitten so far
Can you use the mitten as a reward system?!?
I want to draw a sticking out tongue on the little face. Then it can tell you, you want to work on me, but you have work to do, so nyah!
It'll be summer before you know it and you'll wonder whether mittens will ever be needed again!
What kind of help? More yarn for the mitten or someone "accidentally" deleting your dissertation so that you can drop out and knit all day?
But it's a cute mitten. Your best bet is to finish the mitten as quickly as possible.
Help? For what? Mittens can be worn, used and loved. And a Phd will only need framing and then there's the whole, where to hang it debate. Stick to mittens. :) Good luck on both.
Hmm, I would be of no help. I'm nearing the end of a 6.5 yr Phd. Started knitting in my first year...funny thing is, my husband does NOT knit and finished his in time. Go figure.
Can't help. In the midst of crocheting cute slippers instead of working. If I find a support group I'll let you know.
you could just wear cute mittens and dazzle your advisors into thinking you've actually finished. would that work?
darling brainy,
does your cuteness ever cease?
Dude, I'm not surprised... I'm just grateful that I finished my PhD before getting addicted to knitting. Despite the cuteness of the crochet, I have confidence that you will finish! Isolating myself in the library always helped me focus...
finish them (now!), and then get back to PhD... i had the same thing, wanted to knit until three days before the exam, and then panicked slightly. ;-)
Funny, my desire to compulsively check supposedly-on-hiatus-knitting-blogs has completely eclipsed MY desire to ever finish the Ph.D.
What's the problem??? I thought Ph.D stood for "Philosophical Darning" (as in socks)?
Sympathetic. When help comes, please direct towards Fort Collins. Desire to doodle knitwear designs in lab book has totally eclipsed desire to research tularemia alpha enolase.
I've been there. It'll pass.
I'm sending encouraging vibes right now--come to the other side, come for the glory! ;)
I say keep on truckin'! I can't wait to see your completed mittens especially since I created that pattern for CL... :P
Hang in there. The Ph.D. is as much an endurance contest as it is about your intelligence. Of course, the desire to create woolen thingies is the most important sign of superior intelligence anyway. {grin}
Elizabeth poses a good question. Where to hang the framed degree... At work? In the hallway? You could crochet a drape for it...
Hmmm...the mitten is awfully cute...and probably more fun...
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