Tsocktsarina uses this word sometimes to describe the process of withdrawing a bit to get into the right headspace to write a pattern—at least, that’s how I interpret her use of it. Which is why I haven’t been around; even though this isn’t a secret project like some of tsock’s are, it is still really, terribly boring, and I’ve gotten so sucked into it that I’m pretty boring too. My head is all filled with numbers

and descriptions for weird little techniques

and my hands are busy pen twirling rather than knitting.

‘Tis a sad state indeed. But hopefully I’ll get a rough draft of the pattern off to my two testers this weekend, and then I’ll come back with more interesting things. Wish me luck!