Flying Again...

I'm sure this is getting old, but I haven't knit a thing since I finished the baby blanket, mostly because I was kind of sick of the knit stitch by the time I was done.  The end of my week was relatively mellow and I've just picked up the swirl scarf again for metro knitting, so once there's something more to look at, I'll share. 

In the meantime, I'm making some small progress on the trapeze.  To start, I'm taking off one-handed these days.  I was in the middle of a lesson when one of the instructors said, quite casually, that I was pretty confident up there and I shouldn't need to do a two handed take-off anymore, so try it one-handed next time.  I've managed to get it mostly right, as you can see here.
 
If you'd asked me where I was when my left hand hit the bar, I'd have told you that I was well below the platform, not close to a foot above it.  Perception is strange, but now I know that I have a little more time than I'd thought before.  Cameras are a wonderful thing.  I'm also getting closer to making my split look pretty, but still need to keep my back straight.

Notice the catcher in the picture?  (In the orange tights, I don't think you could miss him, even in the twilight...)  I managed to catch my splits twice last week, my first "release trick" which means that unlike the knee hang, where you're transferred from the trapeze to the catcher directly, in this case, you completely let go and fly to the catcher.  It's such an amazing feeling!

Comments

[Elaine]

Yay! I was hoping they'd teach you the split next. It's the prettiest trick.

(No, I never flew. I just used to watch my friend Deborah do it, in Baltimore.)

[Shanti's Mommy]

I'm not getting tired of this at all ... still hoping we can do something at the Circus Center in SF when you are out here.