I have a confession to make: I’ve hardly done any
knitting this week. Not because of being too busy or anything, just
because of forgetfulness. I keep forgetting about my knitting. Last
week, I was on vacation and did manage to get an
okay amount of knitting done. I used up another skein of Cascade 220
on my cardigan (no picture because it looks exactly the same).
And I finished the heels on both socks and got them set back up for two at a time knitting
But that was maybe 3 hours worth of knitting.
Maybe. Sure, I was on vacation and I was spending most of my day going
around and visiting people and going out to eat a whatnot, but I still
feel like I should have found more time to knit.
And I’m not one of those super confident knitters who can take their
projects out with them to dinner or things like that. The patterns that
I’m knitting also wouldn’t have lent themselves well to knitting while
trying to visit with friends. The cardigan
is all Stockinette stitch, but it is a bit large. And my socks, while
they aren’t a complicated lace pattern, do still take some
concentration. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll take what I can get, and I’m
glad I got past the heels on those socks but I haven’t touched
them since.
Now, this bad habit of ‘forgetting’ my knitting is
something that I’ve been battling since I began knitting. In fact, it
is one of the reasons why I stopped knitting originally. I just kept
forgetting to pick it up and in the end, other
projects took over my interest. It isn’t that I don’t like knitting,
it is just that I get home from work and every time I’d go to sit down, I
get sidetracked and before I know it, it is time for bed and another
day has gone by without knitting a single stitch.
I have come up with a few ways to help me fight this bad habit and
remember to pick up my knitting.
Normally I have a few projects in bags but at least
one out on my desk at home at all times. Having something laying out
that I can see immediately makes it really hard to ignore. When I have
projects out, I’m more likely to pick them
up, even if I know I can only knit a row or two on my socks. That’s a
row or two more than I would have knit otherwise. This is especially
powerful when it gets close to the end of a project. It is extremely
hard to resist finishing a toe on a sock when
you can see how close you are to finishing every time you walk past the
desk. I may have put off laundry multiple times for an extra hour just
so I could finally finish a project.
Discovering knitting podcasts was what got me back
into knitting and they help keep me knitting. Nothing motivates me
quite like watching someone else knit. Next thing I know, my hands are
itching to get some yarn in them. Only thing
is, I need to watch those podcasts in order for me to feel motivated.
And (as the next blog post will explain), that’s been a bit tricky this
week.
I did get back to the spinning wheel this week,
which is great. I spun maybe 2 oz of this dark grey Gotland fiber that I purchased from woolery.com.
It is spinning up quite nicely but I’m still getting used to the new
flyer
on my wheel so it is a bit thick and thin. It is getting better as I
go, so I’m hoping by the time I’m done with the full 8oz that I’ll have
enough confidence to move on to some of the more luxury fibers I have in
my stash.
I also have just a bit of stash enhancements for
this week. I know I wrote at the beginning of the year that I was going
to try to use up my stash before buying new yarns. And that has helped
slow down the purchasing (which my bank account
is happy about), but it hasn’t stopped it altogether. These purchases
were made over the course of the past two months, so it really isn’t too
bad if you put it in perspective.
My first stash enhancement was an experimental
colorway from Voolenvine Yarns. The base colorway for this yarn is her
Moondrop, but Kristen added black speckles to it. Just lovely. There
were a few skeins of this colorway and mine is
in her Narwhal base .
Next, I purchased some other experimental colorways from Gynx Yarns.
Next, I purchased some new fiber from Hobbledehoy Fibers.
Plus, she was generous enough to add in another little sample
Finally, I received my first skein in the Voolenvine Yarns Gorey Yarn Club
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