I'm having a spate of strange feelings recently. I can't tell if it's boredom, sadness, frustration, or some combination of these things (and probably other things). No, I can't explain it. Let's try, then, to explain why it's not reasonable. That might help.
I love the things I am knitting right now. The lace scarf is progressing, and it's getting more and more lovely as it gets longer. The colors are swirling around each other. The lace is interesting, and I'm close to having the chart memorized. I know the one thing keeping me from having it down is that there are two purl rows with some lace stuff, and I can't remember which row has the p2tog and which has the p2tog-tbl. It's going to be beautiful, though.
As frustrated as I am with the Green Gable, it's going to be a nice top once I get it right. I have not unravelled the decrease rows yet, and am going to wait until I figure out how to fix the problem. The yarn, Cotton Frappe by Elsebeth Lavold, is amazing.
I started working on the Minnesota project again -- the one I took with me to the conference in St. Paul. I'm using Silky Wool on US 2 needles. The fabric is denser than I thought it would be, but it's really nice. I'm actually surprised by how soft it is, though I can't say why I'm surprised -- it's silk and wool, not twigs and barbed wire. But, it's slow-going, and as much as I want to wear the garment, I'm feeling a little bored with it. (You should know that the back is about half done, so I've made a ton of progress since I photographed the mere hem I had in Minnesota.
They're all what I would consider long-term projects. Nothing that I'll finish in a few hours or even a few days (unless I quit my job.)
Then there are the real-life projects I have going on, all of which are long-term as well.
What I really need, though maybe I need another project like I need a hole in the head, is something I can feel successful about in a relatively short amount of time. I've got plenty of materials, and maybe the frustration is that I want to be inspired. Feel inspired. And I want to finish something.
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Exactly how I felt in grad school, stephanie! I always wished I had one of those advisors that gave me small, completeable projects so that I could feel I was making progress...
I would do a hat or socks, Stephanie. It sounds like you need a little instant gratification and then off you go - or if you have the book that she's making it from, evergreen knits has the sweetest little double knitting doll going.
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