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I’ve been knitting furiously on the V neck Cardigan. I only have about an inch and half to go for the body then I can pick up stitches for the neckband. Once the neckband is complete I can proceed to the sleeves then be done with it.
And all I can really do is think about being done with it. I can really think about is finishing this sweater and I want to do is finish this sweater. The problem is that I really don’t want to knit this sweater. Only I can’t really finish the sweater if don’t knit the sweater. Right?
I’ve tried to analyze why I’ve fallen out of love with the knitting and many reasons come to mind. It could be the miles of stockinette. It could also be the weight of this thing. It’s getting really heavy and even though the sun has been hiding behind dark clouds the past few days, it hasn’t felt that cool here. So a lap full of sweater isn’t the most pleasant of things.
I think it’s because picking up stitches for a neckband is just way out of my comfort zone. I’ve never done this before and I’m not looking at this with the fearless adventuress spirit that I usually take with me when I embark on a new technique. Instead I see it looming at me like some kind of horrible chore that needs to be done, like cleaning the kitty litter.
Shame on me! What’s changed with me? Nothing so far as I know, but this whole week I’ve been kind of down and out. The contest helped cheer me up and the prospect of mailing out the prizes still cheers me. Other then that I’ve just been feeling kind of blah.
Maybe it has to do with the weather. Like I’ve said there’s been dark clouds all week but for my side of the island there’s been very little rain to go with it, which dissapoints me to some extent. I’m not asking for buckets of rain like the North Shore received, but I would like some showers or some hint of winter weather.
Then again, maybe it has to do with my basketball team losing this week, which makes me feel pretty silly. Really my team hasn’t had this bad a start to the season since 1996 people! I keep telling myself they’re a developmental team. They’re a work in progress.
Much like my sweater. It’s a work in progress. So even if it does look like a gigantic green pile of felted yuck it’s in development! It will eventually attain a state of beautiful. Tonight I shall venture forth to the Aloha Knitters meeting and hopefully I will be distracted from the pain of losing 2 games in a row, which has not happened since the 1990’s. I am still faithful to you my Blue Devils!
I would like to thank my readers for putting up with all this Sports Talk. I would also like to ask if you all heard about the dastardly banker doings of the Blue Moon Fiber Arts Sock Club Fiasco?! Unbelievable. Also, does anyone know of a good online source for Socks That Rocks? So far I’ve only found The Fold. I was hoping to find a place with an online shopping cart as I am becoming rather phone phobic. I also think I’ve contracted hypergraphia from Crazy Aunt Purl. Look how long this post is! Truly, blogging is my therapy.
