{"id":350,"date":"2011-03-09T16:20:30","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T15:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=350"},"modified":"2011-03-09T16:20:30","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T15:20:30","slug":"not-everything-in-life-is-knitting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maya-b.com\/?p=350","title":{"rendered":"Not everything in life is knitting&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although lately I\u2019ve felt like my life is all about knitting, and it hasn\u2019t been all that joyful at all. Coming from me a statement like this might come out as I have double standards, as I always tell my fellow knitters that knitting should be pleasurable, and as soon it leads to stress, discomfort, or pressure of any kind we should leave the needles to rest for a while. As knitting is something that should add positivity to our everyday life, we have to make sure we keep and nurture our creativity, motivation and passion. <\/p>\n<p>When following the path of a knitting shop dream we knew that this would mean a lot of hard work, and it sure has. We opened the shop right before the Christmas season, and it soon became clear that we needed to keep the shop open on Sundays as well. So since then I\u2019ve been working six days a week, and my only day off has been Mondays when both of my kids are attending school and nursery, the consequence is that I practically haven\u2019t seen them. I miss them, and that makes me feel down. I know this feeling, I recognize it from when I was working with my Master Degree (even though within a completely different academic area), everything in life evolves around this that you are working on in such a way that it ends up being immersive. Yes, changing your life and starting something new is stressful, scary and incredible exiting. I need time to breath!<\/p>\n<p><em>I det siste har jeg virkelig f\u00f8lt at absolutt alt handler om strikking, og det har ikke v\u00e6rt bare gledesfylt i det hele tatt. N\u00e5r det er jeg som ytrer dette s\u00e5 h\u00f8res det kanskje en smule dobbeltmoralsk ut, siden jeg alltid er den som sier at strikking skal v\u00e6re en glede. Til mine strikkevenner sier jeg alltid at s\u00e5 snart strikkingen b\u00e6rer preg av stress, forpliktelse, og ubehag s\u00e5 er det p\u00e5 tide \u00e5 la pinnene f\u00e5 hvile en stund. Stikking er noe som skal tilf\u00f8re positivitet, derfor m\u00e5 vi forsikre oss om at vi beholder og verner om kreativiteten, motivasjonen og lidenskapen.<\/p>\n<p>N\u00e5r vi bestemte oss for \u00e5 forf\u00f8lge dr\u00f8mmen om en garnbutikk i London visste vi at vi sto foran enormt mye arbeid. Vi \u00e5pnet rett f\u00f8r julesesongen og det ble snart tydelig at vi ogs\u00e5 m\u00e5tte ha \u00e5pent p\u00e5 s\u00f8ndager. S\u00e5 siden da har jeg jobbet seks dager i uka, og min eneste fridag har v\u00e6rt mandager hvor begge ungene er opptatt med skole og barnehage, s\u00e5 jeg har praktisk takt ikke sett dem i denne perioden. Jeg savner dem, og det gj\u00f8r meg nedfor. Jeg kjenner denne f\u00f8lelsen, jeg husker den fra da jeg fullf\u00f8rte Mastergraden min (selv om den var innenfor et helt annet akademisk felt). Alt i livet dreier seg om dette som du jobber s\u00e5 hardt med at det til slutt blir altoppslukende. Ja, det \u00e5 gj\u00f8re en livsendring og starte opp noe nytt er stressende, skummelt og fryktelig spennende. Jeg trenger rom til \u00e5 puste!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maya-b.com\/blogimages\/tate1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maya-b.com\/blogimages\/tate2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maya-b.com\/blogimages\/tate3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So we\u2019re closing on Sundays, the shop seems to have established itself in the area, and so the need to be open \u201call the time\u201d doesn\u2019t seem so necessary anymore. And I\u2019ll be spending more time with my family, and we\u2019ll start enjoying this incredible remarkable huge city that we\u2019ve moved to.<\/p>\n<p><em>S\u00e5 n\u00e5 stenger vi p\u00e5 s\u00f8ndager, butikken ser ut til \u00e5 ha etablert seg i n\u00e6romr\u00e5det, s\u00e5 det \u00e5 v\u00e6re \u00e5pen \u201cd\u00f8gnet rundt\u201d virker ikke som s\u00e5 n\u00f8dvendig lengre. Jeg skal tilbringe mer tid med familien min, og sammen skal vi endelig f\u00e5 begynt \u00e5 utforske denne fantastisk fascinerende storbyen vi har flyttet til.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maya-b.com\/blogimages\/tate4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maya-b.com\/blogimages\/tate5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday we decided to visit Tate Modern http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/modern\/default.shtm Personally I absolutely love Tate, and the opportunity it gives me to see original works by artists like Salvador Dal\u00ed and Pablo Picasso leaves me in awe. However this time the aim of our trip was to test the children\u2019s activities http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/families\/events\/modern\/ We started with lunch in the espresso bar which gave Nemi the opportunity to be artistic with the camera, then we headed off to try the \u201cSurrealist challenge\u201d. From the Family Area we got a workbook with a route to follow of different tasks to complete and a box with the equipment needed. The conclusion was that the fun part was trying to find and spot the details showed in the book, in the Surrealist exhibition. The artistic tasks turned out to be a bit boring, Nemi wished for more materials to work with (she asked me where the wool was&#8230;) and I think the limits for the tasks were a bit too tight for creativity to really flow. Finally, we got carried away in the Tate Shop http:\/\/www.tate.org.uk\/shop\/, which has a huge selection of books, posters, and artists\u2019 products. Leaving Tate I noticed that spring is here. I feel so much better now!<\/p>\n<p><em>Sist s\u00f8ndag bestemte vi oss for \u00e5 bes\u00f8ke Tate Modern. Personlig s\u00e5 er jeg fullstendig forelsket i Tate, det at jeg har muligheten til \u00e5 se orginale verk av kunstnere som Salvador Dal\u00ed og Pablo Picasso fyller meg med den st\u00f8rste \u00e6refrykt og ikke minst glede! Men denne gangen s\u00e5 var hensikten med turen \u00e5 finne ut hva Tate kunne tilby barna. Vi begynte med en trivelig lunch i Espresso baren hvor Nemi fikk v\u00e6re kunstnerisk med kameraet, s\u00e5 dro vi for \u00e5 delta i den \u201cSurrealistiske Utfordringen\u201d. Vi fikk ei arbeidsbok som beskrev ei l\u00f8ype med ulike oppgaver som skulle l\u00f8ses og et skrin med materialer som skulle brukes underveis. I boka var det blant annet bilder av detaljer hentet fra ulike kunstverk som man skulle finne i utstillingen, og denne \u201cskattejakta\u201d viste seg \u00e5 v\u00e6re den artigste biten. De kunstneriske utfordringene var nok litt kjedelige for pia v\u00e5r, hun \u00f8nsket seg flere materialer \u00e5 jobbe med (hun spurte hvorfor det ikke var ull i skrinet&#8230;) og jeg tror at oppgavenes begrensninger var litt for stramme til at kreativiteten virkelig skulle kunne flyte fritt. Til slutt gikk vi oss helt bort inne i Tate Shop, som har et stort utvalg av b\u00f8ker, plakater, og kunstneriske dippedupper. Da vi dro fra Tate oppdaget jeg at v\u00e5ren er her. Jeg f\u00f8ler meg s\u00e5 mye bedre n\u00e5!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maya-b.com\/blogimages\/tate6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/maya-b.com\/blogimages\/tate7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although lately I\u2019ve felt like my life is all about knitting, and it hasn\u2019t been all that joyful at all. 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