Good to go.

My mandated one row on the chair pad is done for the day.  It feels freeing to say that.  

I went on to work on my sweater for most of the morning.  In the afternoon, I dug through a stack of bins from the wool closet.

Besides the fact that I have really nice yarn, I found something that changes me red and black sweater plan.  It started with looking at 4 skeins of Red Cascade 220 at the end of a bin.  Not enough for a sweater so I kept my eyes open on yarns that could work with red to help make a whole sweater.  I found the black Regal and was good to go.  It was all looking good till yesterday.  Yesterday I found 4 skeins of red Regal.  Should I be making the sweater with all Regal?  Now I have to think about it again so it is all going back to the bins.  Sigh.  So many great choices.

After digging in the yarn and making that discovery, it was time to put my feet up.  I decided to knit on my bed shawl.  

First up, I realized this isn't going to be a plain triangle.  It's going to be wider.  Oh well.  It will be a shawl and that is the main thing.  I  think I'm making good headway on it.  I have used about a half a ball of yarn so far.  I have 5 skeins of the teal so it will be a good size before the Hyacinth goes on for the edging.  

It feels a bit odd to be knitting on something other than a sweater.  I love knitting sweaters.  They are what I wear all the time but Shawls have their place too.  I usually wear them snuggled close to my neck to keep me cozy and warm.  I have not had a new shawl in years and years so this whole thing is sort of exciting.  

I have one more stack of bins to go through and then that process will be done for a while.  I have sweaters to knit on.  I want to work on a sock today for a little while.  I am thinking of working on my bright yellow Hiraeth sweater for the weekend.  The brilliance of the yellow will be the perfect antidote for the blustery wet weekend weather.  All good to go.

Working Away

Working away on my sweater is a very good thing for my mental health.  

I decided to add a bit of ribbed detail at the underarm.  It will help me keep track of my progress and stop any of those acres and acres of stockinette feelings that might creep in.

I don't usually suffer from that.  I love knitting stockinette in the round.  It is the most perfect thing.  It feeds and soothes me deep in my soul in a hundred ways.  But sometimes, oh those rare times, I just want it done and acres of stockinette can feel like a chore.  

The ribbed detail here feels right for this sweater.  I loved the idea of making it fully ribbed but that would have been too much.  This will be perfect.  

Working away on the chair pad?  It is sucking the life out of me and making me lose the will to live (not really).  I meant to get a whole bunch done on the thing yesterday.  I meant to work till it was done.  Could.  Not.  Do.  It.  

And then I thought, hey you.  It's your project and if you are not enjoying it, why suffer it?  I do want it done but not if it leads me to feeling blah.  I decided that I will commit to a row a day and no more.  I already did it for today and that feels good.  I can handle 5 minutes of hand work chores.

 It's now time for coffee and time to knit on something fun. 

I have always been a morning person.  I got up easily and could do the work of the day without anyone around me.  When my kids were small, it was the only time I was alone.  When I woke in the morning, I.  Had.  Energy.  I never lay in bed.  

These days, not so much.  I love laying there snuggled in the cozy warm cocoon of my blankets.  Luckily, I am retired and there is nothing urgent I need to do.  I can lay there and while away the morning.  Well not really.  There is always that morning privy run But I treasure the long slow waking. It is so wonderfully decadent.  

Because of this mornings long slow start, I am off to start my day.  See ya later.