So, according to every book on psychology I've ever read...

[karma_aster]

Learning to let go is an important part of the healing process. And I should try and make a concious effort to do that. You can't swim if you keep hanging on to about five or six ten-ton-weights, yeah?

I've also been reading The Dance of Anger in spurts and jumps, which is a book I've had reccommended to me many, many times, but I've never

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[vickyocean]

I seriously need to read that anger book, because at this moment I can't think of a way to express my anger at my immediate boss at her complete obliviousness of our insane amount of workload. She doesn't listen to our reasonable pleas for extra help or overtime to get the work done and instead keeps handing us stuff that needs to be done ASAP. I've been grinding my teeth so much my jaw hurts and bitching to my co-workers, but I honestly don't know how to express my anger to her other than beating her upside the head with the next file she hands me that needs to be done ASAP and screaming at her that everything cannot be done ASAP or quit my job, but there's that pesky rent and bills issue.

Hmm, sorry about the venting. I'll look up the Dance of Anger.

[karma_aster]

Hey, we all need to vent sometimes. And learning to deal with anger is important. Here's info on the book if you want to check it out.

[beckyh2112]

Hmm, The Dance of Anger sounds like it may be an interesting book for me to read. I ought to check it out next.

[karma_aster]

I think it's worth a read, really.

[christyedna]

If you don't want to see a jump where you start a new color, I know how to fix that.

Let's say you're switching from black to yellow. When you finish the first row of yellow, it'll be a row higher than the black. Pick up the last black stitch along with the first yellow one and knit those two together, like a decrease. It's not a decrease, because it involves more than one row, and your stripes will be perfectly even. There are more details and pictures here. I may or may not be applying further peer pressure to try socks since you seem to have knitting in the round down. DPNs are your friend. I promise.

[karma_aster]

Yay! I'll have to try that. Course, with this pattern, it doesn't actually matter, but still!

[christyedna]

It's still fun.

If you're going to make your own chart for illusion knitting, make sure it's either a very simple pattern or you have a working printer. Writing it out by hand (read: counting lots of boxes on a computer screen) is tedious.