Archery at work
Archery at work
Originally uploaded by crankyisgood. I can't remember if I was posing for this shot (haha) or not, but if I was, I hit it spot-on. Not the target, no; cheap plastic archery sets plus not-naturally-physically-inclined (and by this I mean the *physics* of sport--just a sec, I'll explain) equals no points for my team. Luckily my lack of talent in this arena does not equate to my actual job, even if it was a work BBQ.
The bodice of this dress, which I bought at Una Mae's Freak Boutique in Chicago (highly recommended!) is way cuter than the poke-out top of the skirt implies. It crosses over with big fabric-covered buttons in the front, and has tank sleeves (as in, none, just nice wide straps).
Now back to the physics thing. I actually do okay when someone can tell me "now pull your arm up here, shift to the right, aim, got it!" But I am not naturally gifted at looking at my target and getting my body into the position to get the ball there. I am gifted at things like knitting, sewing and typing, and I have a strong body, so you'd think I wouldn't be so bad at these things. But with every more physical task, like bicycling, lawn bowling, regular bowling, volleyball, basketball, even driving a car, it takes a lot of mental effort and often the kind of advice described above to figure out how to do (fill in the blank) and then a decent amount of practice to get good at it. But I can get pretty good at it--though we still don't know if I'm any good at suction-cup archery, though 5 minutes got me from three-feet drop-offs to actually hitting the white board (and with some help from the condensation on my beer bottle, the arrow actually stuck!).
I'm working on a Secret Knitting Project so pictures will be delayed a few days. Next up is a pretty sweater from the fall Rowan for Jennifer, our leader at Hilltop (visit our blog at http://hilltopyarn.blogspot.com/), adopted from Emily. I'll definitely post progress pictures of the sweater to motivate myself to knit knit knit. (Can I confess that I'm actually looking forward to the seaming? I know, I'm not sure what's wrong with me.)
PS THANK YOU so much for all the kind comments on my shawl. thank you thank you thank you.