I’m traveling but that doesn’t mean I’m not machine knitting!
I am so grateful to Cristina Talpa for her make-a-scarf workshop. Amy found it via the Makery and we thought it seemed too good to pass up.
And it was! While the workshop is geared for total beginners to machine knitting, Cristina smoothly adjusted to work around things I already knew. She taught me some great new techniques and helped me improve some less-than-optimal techniques I came to the workshop with.
Plus, this scarf! I love it! Amy enjoyed posing me on an outing in Berlin today to snap a few photos.
I’m so grateful for the opportunity to meet an expert (and experimental!) machine knitter, work on a garment together, and chat about the state of the craft.
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"text": "I\u2019m traveling but that doesn\u2019t mean I\u2019m not machine knitting!\nI am so grateful to Cristina Talpa for her make-a-scarf workshop. Amy found it via the Makery and we thought it seemed too good to pass up.\nAnd it was! While the workshop is geared for total beginners to machine knitting, Cristina smoothly adjusted to work around things I already knew. She taught me some great new techniques and helped me improve some less-than-optimal techniques I came to the workshop with.\nPlus, this scarf! I love it! Amy enjoyed posing me on an outing in Berlin today to snap a few photos.\nI\u2019m so grateful for the opportunity to meet an expert (and experimental!) machine knitter, work on a garment together, and chat about the state of the craft.\nThanks so much, Cristina!",
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"html": "<p>As some of you may recall, I spent the first half of the year <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/tag/writing\">#writing</a> and publishing on this blog (or <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/projects\">one of my other blogs</a>) every day. <strong>Every single day.</strong></p>\n\n<p>And <a href=\"https://jaredwhite.com/20250705/declaration-of-blogging-independence\">then in July</a>, I declared my \u201cindependence\u201d from my daily blogging habit yet claimed I would continue to post very regularly and only give myself a day off here and there.</p>\n\n<p><strong>I completely failed.</strong> \ud83e\udee0</p>\n\n<p>For a while, I did keep a log of the days I didn\u2019t publish. It didn\u2019t go well. <em>Even in July</em>, I couldn\u2019t stick to my \u201cmax four days off\u201d plan.</p>\n\n<ol><li>4th of July</li>\n <li>10th of July</li>\n <li>16th of July</li>\n <li>19th of July</li>\n <li>22th of July LAST ONE, DAMNIT!</li>\n <li>28th of July THIS IS IT, I SWEAR!!</li>\n <li>2nd of August</li>\n <li>7th of August</li>\n <li>10th of August</li>\n <li>14th of August</li>\n <li>18th of August</li>\n <li>23rd of August</li>\n <li>24th of August</li>\n <li>25th of August</li>\n <li>27th of August</li>\n <li>28th of August</li>\n <li>29th of August</li>\n <li>31st of August</li>\n <li>2nd of September</li>\n</ol><p><em>\u2026and it only gets worse from there.</em> \ud83d\ude2d (I totally gave up tracking this mid-October.)</p>\n\n<p>Listen: I could give you a laundry list of excuses\u2014many very valid!\u2014why I completely fell off the wagon. But that\u2019s just it: they are excuses. <strong>And when it comes to blogging, I\u2019m done with excuses.</strong></p>\n\n<p>So I\u2019ve decided I\u2019m going to <em>schedule my blogging habit</em>. No more squishy \u201cpick a day off\u201d silliness, because obviously that didn\u2019t work. Here\u2019s what I\u2019ll do instead:</p>\n\n<p><strong>EVERY BUSINESS DAY</strong>. Monday\u2013Friday. Without fail.</p>\n\n<p>By giving myself the weekend off, like normal people, I will get roughly 8 days off each month which is nice. But now it\u2019s not my choice. <em>I will (metaphorically) flog myself if I stray from this schedule.</em> No room for error. None. \ud83d\ude45\ud83c\udffb\u200d\u2642\ufe0f</p>\n\n<p>I watched \u201cWick is Pain\u201d the other day (a <em>fantastic</em> documentary currently streaming on Netflix), and this is my new motto: <strong>Blogging is Pain</strong>.</p>\n\n<p>\ud83d\udca2 <em>Bring it.</em> \ud83d\udca2</p>",
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