As I pinned Haute Luce to the blocking board I envisioned finishing it last week and I was so thrilled with myself, figuring I would have a completed sweater before the new year was two weeks old. I thought I might wear it to knitting group on Thursday night.
But here it is Wednesday night, over a week later, and the sweater still languishes on the floor. Part of me doesn't mind because I have been happily occupied with other things: reading and sewing mostly, aside from those necessary evils that must be done before boss and family revolt. I spent more time on a sewing project than I planned and I have continued knitting the remnants of the Tahki Donegal tweed. The hat is finished and now I am working on a scarf.
It has been the perfect kind of week for a little bit of mindless garter stitch, and I have been quite happy to have it. The thing is I really don't mind garter stitch, and it is nice to have a really simple project I can just pick up and work on for a few rows before moving on to something else. I even worked in a couple of rows on the blue sock, but I was at someone's house and the lighting was not good, two dropped stitches on those 000 needles was enough to put an end to that project for that night.
In fact I could go on like this forever, working in the sewing/fiber/knitting room. The world could just go on its merry way and I would be content, for a while at least. I have been missing this sense of just enjoying myself with my hobbies and it is lovely. It is too bad that laundry, vacuuming, and other worldly activities must intrude, but nonetheless, when I have time I am relaxing in my space, happily engaged.
I know I will get the purple sweater off the blocking board. It is the next major thing on my fiberly agenda, now that the sewing project is out of the way. It is unlikely that I will get it sewed together in time to pick up the stitches and knit the neckline at group tomorrow night, Thursdays tend to by rather busy with no real personal time until I get to knitting group/class. I for one can't sew in my lap while I am talking to other people. A garter stitch scarf is a much safer bet.
I am still contemplating the VK cover sweater. I will knit it, and soon, but so far I prefer to knit a few other things first. It is a subject that I am finding infinitely satisfying to ponder and about which to dream. Knitting and dreaming; how nice.
When I'm "allowed" to buy yarn again, I'm convinced that the Donegal Tweed should be on my list of yarns to add to the stash. Can I tell you how wonderful it was to be back to the knitting group? It was a delight!
Posted by: Gina | Friday, January 12, 2007 at 11:23 PM