Knit This!
It's been a year..but I've done it!
I've returned to that scarf my sister-in-law taught me how to knit so long ago
...and FINISHED IT!
I've returned to that scarf my sister-in-law taught me how to knit so long ago
...and FINISHED IT!
Andy wears the completed scarf as a
Rambo-inspired headband.
He may not knit, but he sure is inventive!
Rambo-inspired headband.
He may not knit, but he sure is inventive!
I was so amazed at how much I remembered. In fact, I was faster, less tense and generally just BETTER! See what abandoning a project will do?
Okay, you know what I mean. Sometimes, you get so stuck on a word, a design, how to get that one walk-on line just right so you'll catch the eye of an agent, or how get your pizza dough to rise like that guy on TV. You get so frustrated that you just want to scream, punch a wall or throw the pizza dough at the TV! But if you just walk away, do something different for a little while and then come back to the project - all of a sudden everything seems so simple and clear!
That's what happened with my knitting. It used to hurt my wrist so badly that I'd have to stop after two rows of twenty stitches (not even 10 minutes of work, for those of you non-knitters). And my needles were constantly slipping out from the work, my yarn would fall out of my lap and roll half-way across the room. I couldn't get anything to go right for me and my knitting. Then...out of the blue - when I returned to that same scarf - everything just flowed.
And now I'm a knitting maniac! I've got two projects going at once and both patterns I created!
Okay, you know what I mean. Sometimes, you get so stuck on a word, a design, how to get that one walk-on line just right so you'll catch the eye of an agent, or how get your pizza dough to rise like that guy on TV. You get so frustrated that you just want to scream, punch a wall or throw the pizza dough at the TV! But if you just walk away, do something different for a little while and then come back to the project - all of a sudden everything seems so simple and clear!
That's what happened with my knitting. It used to hurt my wrist so badly that I'd have to stop after two rows of twenty stitches (not even 10 minutes of work, for those of you non-knitters). And my needles were constantly slipping out from the work, my yarn would fall out of my lap and roll half-way across the room. I couldn't get anything to go right for me and my knitting. Then...out of the blue - when I returned to that same scarf - everything just flowed.
And now I'm a knitting maniac! I've got two projects going at once and both patterns I created!
Me and my knitting projects!
Talk about a much needed break!
1 comment:
Nice knitting projects. I particularly like the pants you are wearing in the picture ;)
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