Learning to Knit Again

Learning how to knit at the age of 9 was challenging, especially since I am left handed. I remember being one of the only girls in my class to actually do the knitting assignments myself. Most girls in my 4^th grade class had their nannies or grandmothers do their knitting homework for them. Although I had a hard time learning how to knit I still loved it, and practiced constantly until I was able to figure out on my own how to combine and create stitches which were new to me. 

Last week, my knitting skills where challenged yet again. I decided to learn how to knit on a machine, with the intention of designing our new Knitting Peace knitwear. Luckily for me my mother in law is an expert knitter (hand and machine) and was kind enough to teach me the basics of machine knitting. After a few hours of playing with the machine, and getting a handle on what mistakes to avoid, I was able to knit this piece.  It’s my first, and I love it… as I loved the first tiny scarf I made, with my pink yarn back in the day of pigtails and chubby fingers.

I know it doesn’t look like much, but it’s a start.

 Learning to Machine Knit

Hackers De-light

A few weeks ago, I experienced every online retail stores worst nightmare… my website disappeared; everything was gone from virtual space, which in my mind’s eye looks like infinite unknown black empty space.

Now most tech-savvy folks would quickly know to have the site’s backup reloaded giving place to the end of the nightmare. However, I am not tech-savvy, nor have I ever cared to be despite the tech savvy advice and teachings of my tech savvy friends (you know who you are).

So, now weeks later, I am stuck and dumbfounded with the news that a Hacker has attempted to steal my web traffic, causing mayhem on my website, and the consequential disappearance of it, with no backup anywhere to be found.

True to character I ran through a cycle of typical reactions, which look like this:

Denial: It’s just a glitch, it will fix itself

Procrastination: I don’t have time to deal with this, so it better fix itself

Hope: It’s not a big deal, help will be provided, the Universe is very generous

Panic: Somebody please help!!! It’s been weeks since my site has been down; I don’t think it’s a glitch

Judgment: Stupid me, how did I let this happened?

Physical manifestation of pain: beyond belief back pain, requiring complete bed rest for 4 days and help for everything…

(I kind of felt like this)

Yep…   a plethora of opportunities for growth, which I can only now see with clarity. Through the lens of a higher perspective, I can laugh at how my human condition had attempted to fix the issue through avoidance and judgment, which inevitably forced me to be completely still and deal with the real issue at hand, which had nothing to do with the website disappearance.

The real issue at hand is how I chose to react, and how I can choose to react differently the next time I am gifted with a situation I have very little knowledge about.  Avoiding asking for help when I don’t have the answers is not a strength but a weakness. Asking for help in most cases can speed up the healing process needed to resolve an issue.  I get it, finally…  I hope, for my husband’s sake, that I do J

What this means for our loyal followers is that Knittingpeace.com is under construction at the moment, and will be back better than ever very soon. Should you feel inspired by one of our pieces, please shoot me an email (Sonia@knittingpeace.com) and I will be happy to assist you. 

My knitters are working full time these days, thanks to all of your support, and our intention is to continue to grow and expand while knitting in peace.

~Namaste