It might stay. It might take off again. It just wants to be friends, really. And while it’s here, we can bang out a few pairs of socks. You know, that might be cool. But nothing too heavy. No sweaters, no scarves. For fuck’s sake, don’t even think about breaking out that Habu jacket kit. Nice and easy. We’re just having fun here, just going to see what happens, yeah?
The sock yarn has started to accumulate on the bookshelf closest to my standing desk. That is, right at eye level as I work. I may have even completed a few pairs of socks while watching the kids on the playground after school every day. If I talk about it too much, the will to knit might disappear again. So let’s just keep between us, okay?
ha-ha… I’m unloading a bunch of my yarn on Rav cause cause my knitting mojo has been gone for a couple years now. Wish I’d managed to make socks while I was at it. Still got a little crochet mojo left, I think, for brainless scarves..
Socks are a great little project, and sock yarn is so tempting. Woah, that jacket is incredible! I might have to look into getting that.
I have found that now that I’m well out of the baby cave and well into my current fiction project, small knitting projects are just about perfect. As for the bigger knitting projects (dreamy long cardis), I find I only want to *have knitted* them.
It makes me feel better to see your bookshelves decorated with yarn. I thought I was the only one who had to move yarn out of the way in order to grab a book!
Shhhhhhh. (I wish I had returned to knitting sooner, while I was waiting endlessly for the kids to get out of school, get out of ballet, get out of gymnastics.)
I was JUST thinking about the HABU jacket. Maybe this summer…..
I love that jacket SO MUCH, and yet I’ve owned the kit since…I don’t know…2004? and haven’t touched it.
I love Stefani’s comment about realizing that she didn’t really want to knit the things she thought she wanted to knit — she only wanted to HAVE knitted them, past tense, TA-DA! That’s so interesting; gets me thinking about the projects piled up in my own sewing room. Which ones do I really enjoy, which ones do I think I SHOULD enjoy, and which ones are self-inflicted torture just to say “I did it” afterwards (if I survive, that is)? They all have their time and place, but it can be frustrating to be working on a project that’s supposed to be relaxing, but that is actually so overambitious that it only makes the rest of your life seem less stressful by comparison.
Welcome back, Cari’s Knitting Mojo!
How can you resist that ORANGE?!