So I'm starting to knit again. Again? you ask. Did you stop?
Well, yes, kind of. I had a flurry of knitting pre-Christmas and then I started this darling vest for a friend's baby boy who was due in March. I made almost all of the front of the vest and then I ran out of steam. Busy days at work meant I would much rather sit on the loveseat and zone out while watching TV than keep my hands busy with knitting. When I'm really busy at work, I don't have that extra energy at the end of the day. My brain is tired.
However, work has slowed down a bit with the summer, and I find myself itching to dive into the big pile of yarn that I've accumulated in the guest room closet. If only so our future guests will have some place to put their clothes, rather than being stared down by a mountain of yarn when they open the closet door.
Last weekend, Jason and I drove up to a concert at Tanglewood. It's really the first long drive we've done this summer and when I realized I would be sitting in the car, in the daylight, for 3 hours on the way up, I figured I should make myself useful. I grabbed a couple of skeins of yarn and some big needles and started a charity hat to donate to the Rhode Island veterans this winter. A few years ago, I connected with a local woman on Ravelry who collects charity scarves, hats, gloves and blankets for local veterans every year around Thanksgiving. I can bust out a warm hat in no time. It keeps my hands busy AND does some good.
By the time we drove up there I was about halfway done. Then we sat on the lawn for a couple of hours waiting for the concert to start and I almost finished it completely. The only thing that stopped me was when my decreases got too small, and I didn't have any double pointed needles to transfer my stitches to. It's only a matter of about 10 minutes to finish it at this point.
Today we're going on another long drive and I have a baby sweater and hat to make for a baby shower at the end of August! Then I will finally finish the vest for my friend's baby. Good thing I made it for a one-year old, because I think that's about the time he's going to get it...
In the meantime, I'm starting to think about Christmas knitting.
2 comments:
Yay, knitting! Can't wait to check out your projects on Ravelry. I've been in a bit of a lull too with the nicer weather, and if I have a free evening am more likely to be out weeding than inside knitting. But yes, for long car trips, it's great to have something to work on--for me it has to be something a little bit mindless so I'm not trying to read a pattern (and getting carsick) the whole time.
Seriously, if you're going to knit for Christmas, this is the time to start, lol. Otherwise your recipient will end up like my boys, getting their Christmas socks in July ;)
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