Two days ago I had a minor heart flutter as I realized I was about 2 inches of sock away from having 1 knitting project. I have so much respect for monogamous knitters (only one project at a time), but guys- I just can't do it myself. I need to feel needed by the masses.
Okay, it's more like having a project for every situation. There's a purse project. A low light project. A brain tickling project. Those back burner projects. And I'm down to 1 back burner sweater and a nearly finished second sock. But there's nothing I love enough to start right now.
So I asked the interwebz what I should make. I had several legitimate suggestions, but still no inspiration.
The next day I got a call from a yarn shop here in town asking if I would teach another fair isle + steeking class. And that got the wheels turning.
I won't give too many specifics, but I swatched. I've had this concept bumping around in my brain for about a year now, but I always envisioned it as a sweater. Last night, it spoke to me in a shawl form. Well, a very small swatch, but if the shop owner is on board, then I'll make it a shawl.
If she's not on board, I'll make a shawl anyway but not teach in her shop. I think it would be super fun to have as a kit for sale at yarn shows.
At this point in time, it is called the Gauge Of Aquarius and it is rainbow fabulous.
And socks.... nearly there!
I took today's Tia nap opportunity to finally weave in those whopping 3 ends on Brooke's shawl and take it outside for some glamour shots. It's not -10 like it was all last week, but I wasn't hanging out too long, so there's only a couple decent pictures. But it's done, and I will give it to her tomorrow or Thursday and have it off my plate forever.
Do you remember those stretchy bands that came in potholder kits? I believe those were my very first craft obsession and they paved the way for life as a capital K Knitter. I was at a yarn show last year or the year before- I think it was somewhere in Texas- and they were selling the metal potholder frames and wool bands that had been dyed by hand. I must have been feeling nostalgic, because I bought enough to make 5 potholders. I made 1 right away and was kind of over it- the wool bands are much thicker than the acrylic ones and it was a bit of a struggle to get those last few rows in there. But I made one. And then Gavin made one when he was in the hospital for ACL surgery. And then the other 3 kits got thrown in with the sock stash for some reason.
Then I was snooping around on Ravelry and I saw someone making potholders with the Sugar & Cream cotton on a potholder frame. And then I remembered that I now own a nice metal frame. And then those 3 kits were hanging out with it...and I made a potholder. And then I made a second potholder, but the yellow bands keep breaking and I'm highly annoyed with the second. There is one more kit, but I'm just really annoyed that I paid $8 for a potholder's worth of wool bands and they keep breaking. Argh! But here's the one I made the other day before things started snapping mid-weave. Kind of cute, huh?
All for now. I have a knitter in England who keeps e-mailing me asking about an unpublished pattern. So I should probably work on that....
Toodle-oo!
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