My head has been full of yarn and yarn projects these last couple of days as I try to sort out Christmas gift lists. For some reason I’m finding it rather overwhelming as I attempt to assign stashed yarn to dreamed projects. I just want to be knitting but I’m afraid to cast on only to tear out if the size ends up wrong.
And all along while I’m searching ravelry and my stash I have a nagging feeling there is something else I’m supposed to be doing. Oh, something like attending to the bread which I left to rise too long, the load of diapers awaiting a sunny day, the school lessons we didn’t quite finish, or perhaps dealing with the peaches, tomatoes, jalapenos and apples we picked up at the market this week.
But before I start into one or more of those tasks I’m going to enjoy a pleasant reflection over the knitting I got checked off “The List” this week.
All those hats I committed to knitting up for our family photo have been coming along nicely. Four out of six ain’t bad (only found three for the photo…hmm). The Hurricane pattern is quite fun and easy – although I agree with Debbie that they are more reminiscent of a tornado. I thought I’d too often drift off into knitting bliss and lose track of the swirling pattern but it hasn’t been a problem.
There are a couple of other projects that are asking to be completed but what fun is there in that? Instead I’m hoping to cast on a quick pair of fingerless mitts for E whose previous pair sadly disappeared and perhaps start in on the gift knitting with a couple of these bookmarks (I finally bought the book).
As for reading there hasn’t been much other than nightly bedtime stories with the wee folk but I have (just barely) begun This Life is in Your Hands and have been thumbing through The Great Big Book of Children’s Games. Hoping I’ll have something to share on them next week.
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