In the 40 odd years since I first started knitting I have begun many more projects than I have finished. Since the recent knitting revival and the advent of Ravelry and my favourite knitting group The Guilty Knitters I have completed many more projects, and much to my surprise even worn some of them. However, knitting jumpers or cardigans is not doing it for me at the moment. Of course this might change in the future. Consequently I have been searching for a project that fulfils my knitting needs. I thought the Knit Camp Vest would do it but I genuinely have an issue with my finger and if it had been on straights I might have continued but on circulars then no way.
I sincerely believe that if you are not enjoying your hobby then do something different. As I have got older and I like to think a little wiser, I cannot see the point in ‘making’ myself do something that is not giving me any pleasure. This could be viewed as an excuse for giving up on projects that appear challenging and in some instances that might well be true – and my response is so what. I can always come back to it and in the words of the Yarn Harlot, the knitting police are not looking at me.
Anyway back to the search for a project, I have decided to knit another blanket from Debbie Abrahams book “100 more blankets”. This project is perfect because each square is different and can be completed without hassle, you can complete a strip and sew to the next completed strip and before you know it you have an exquisite blanket. However, half the colours Debbie suggests have been discontinued so I’m on the lookout for some yarn, cotton glace, in Tickle, Buttercup, Hyacinth and Pier. This part of starting a project is so exciting.
Those colours sound like they have stepped straight out of a novel.
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