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03/07/2006

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I am 100% not ready for Spring. I have lots of sweater projects and the weather getting warmer simply won't work with my knitting plans. For instance, Starsky. I'd like to knit this. The Knitpicks Sierra is very affordable, in fact. Now, of course, I have a few projects I need to finish before this can really be considered. Like the Deep V Argyle Vest. And that Eau de Nil sweater that really needs a better name. And my purple cardigan from IK. All very exciting projects (ok, reasonably exciting) that need to be finished so I can WEAR them in the WINTER. Eek! Time's wasting!

I was super exhausted last night and couldn't write a single word of the paper I have due this evening, on whatever topic I'd like, for my Special Ed class. I had nothing to say about autism and early intervention - the articles I found were interesting but I had nothing interesting to say about them. Randomly, though, while procrastinating, I found this article (pdf) about a woman who taught her students to knit in her humanities class, and how that developed into something really big and really good with her school. Specifically, it helped the kids with ADHD stay focused and decreased behavior problems in general. Well, I can write a few pages about knitting without too much of a problem, so this morning, writing became waaay easier. I was also super excited that the article has lots of strategies for talking about knitting in the classroom and connecting it to your subject matter. Now, as a future math teacher, I wasn't particularly convinced that this would fly, but it's a nice idea in theory, and at least something to consider for next year, when I start teaching for real!

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