Well, I think my knitting funk is official. I've barely knit other than my few appearances at Knit Nite. Don't get me wrong--I know I'll return to knitting. Its like a favorite food you will always have a taste for.

I dont know why I go through periodic knitting funks. This time though, there is quite a slew of reasons:

1. Its summer. Its hard for me to sit down and knit something when the temperature outside is nearly 100 degrees. I'd much rather spend my summers out in the pool with my daughter or in the garden watering my poor tomatoes who are struggling to endure the heat. I hope I can get at least one tomato off my three plants...

2. The pregnancy. I never expected this to be an easy pregnancy and its certainly proving me right. I've got all the side effects (exhaustion, morning sickness, soreness...) as well as all the preventative measures and medications I'm taking to keep me and the baby healthy. I take several medications a day with the prospect of more added this week; my new doctor is quite aggressive and, while I am extremely thankful for that, its hard to see the pile of prescriptions add up. I'm trying to lay as low as possible and keep my strength up so I can do the fun things with the Munch. I'd rather slide on housework and home cooking than not have my play time with her. As of today, I am 8 weeks, 3 days. I still have quite a ways to go but I'm hoping I'll begin to feel better when I get to the second trimester in a few weeks.

3. Other hobbies. It seems as soon as I stop knitting for a moment my mind begins to wander to other things I love to do. One of those things is reading. I've read dozens of books and its really refreshing to want to read again. I suffered massive burnout after grad school and just in the past year or so have I managed to get over it (of course, Harry Potter was totally exempt from that--I *always* want to read those books.)

I've also been playing a lot of boardgames with my husband. We both love boardgames and when Munch was small, we rarely had time to play. Now that she is older and her sleep cycles have (mostly) normalized, we have some time between her bedtime and ours to sneak in some quality time playing games. Our standby is usually Carcassonne but we've been trying out some new games lately, the most recent of which is Reef Encounter. We barely finished a game (due to the end of naptime) but it could easily become one of our favorites.

So what do you do during a knitting funk? Do other hobbies begin to invade your time or do you take a break from everything?