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I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date

My date with blogland, that is. Apologies for my tardiness.

Judging from the upswing in feedback, either more of you have returned from holidays or eating OCD struck a chord. I have more:

When I eat cherries, I inspect the bowl for a good one and save that one for last. In this house we call it ending on a good cherry. This habit has extended to other areas of life, going down a water slide or a ski run, for example. Not that I've been on skis since my ACL graft, give or take 10 years. I quit after a good run so I can end on a good cherry, so to speak.

This would be a knitting blog and that's the perfect activity for obsessively compulsive habits. I can think of a few. Ending after a complete row. Tough when you have 1000 stitches or so, as in a ruffled shawl. Weaving in ends as you go… Others?

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4 responses to “I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date”

  1. kate Avatar
    kate

    finishing a full pattern repeat in a cable. I can’t stop mid-cable. I have to complete the cable. it’s pathological and yes, it means some nights i am up way too late.

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  2. Dorothy Avatar
    Dorothy

    Kind of the same idea in lace – ending after a full repeat of the design. And I always like to end having done a wrong side row so when I pick it up I start with a right side row.

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  3. Rosie Avatar
    Rosie

    Remember my Dad saying……”Life is a bowel of cherries.” It is funny that I was telling my pal Linda that quote after a perfect day of kayaking ….then out for Indian food for a late lunch. Life CAN BE e a bowel of cherries!!!!

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  4. LoriAngela Avatar
    LoriAngela

    If I leave the best for last, someone else in the house will scoop it up. I make sure I have swatched and cast on the next project before I cast off a completed one. But being a nurse, I can revel in OCD for good at work. I am not evenly mildly afflicted in that crowd.

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