On the socks—I want them but somehow,
I just don't want to knit them. So I carry them with me, to and fro,
to doctors visits, and other activities, and instead, I read the
paper, of do the crossword puzzle, or week old magazines.. and not
much gets knit. And I am on the 4th stitch pattern. I
think I finally found one I really like.
Meanwhile—I think about other things
to knit..
--A scarf—a fun little design of my
own (Evolution) –But I hate knitting scarves—but I want this
scarf—I love the idea of it, even if
I dread the work of knitting it
--A hat—I owe a friend a hat—double
knit please—She too has been ill, and wants a warm hat .
I have been lucky this winter—the
north east has been having a mild winter—but it does still
cold at night-- and night comes so
early in the winter.
--Another scarf—for me. Something
super soft and not to big, or maybe a cowl. I hate things around my
neck—and most of the winter I have the top button (snap, to be
honest) of my jacket undone—but some days are so windy—I need
something as a filler. I have the yarn (50/50 merino and silk—now
I just need the will.
--A light weight vest—I just checked,
and it was 2012 (4 years ago!) that I knit my lacy little vest of
sock yarn—and planned to make another because I was so happy with
it. I have the yarn—I just need to do it.. I am not small, (but I
getting a bit smaller) but it only took a month (while knitting
other things at the same time) to knit myself a vest/shell on size 3
needles.. It seems daunting to knit a garment with fine wool and
little needles, but it really wasn't.
I also need to finish up the third
baby blanket (One square, one round, and the triangle shaped one
still to come)--And I have been neglecting my granddaughters... They
need hand knit hats- fun flower ones, and pretty ones, and mittens to
match—again the mild winter has saved me, but they both admired my hat (this one) and deserve pretty hats of their own. (click on any of
the images to enlarge)
This is an incomplete list, and it's 3
months worth of knitting!
Sitting on a back self of my mind are a
few sweaters –One in alpaca, (pink)--in a sport weight hand dyed
yarn, and one in a worsted weight.. One day.
I bought this yarn with the first
thought of making a pair of socks, but now I am thinking of it as a
soft lacy scarf—I have given a way a few lace scarves that I knit
just for fun.. maybe another lace scarf for me to keep and wear.
(yet another scarf in my mental queue!) Maybe my waterfalls pattern..
But unless I get knitting—none of
these projects will every become anything.. so its slow progress!
