Still feeling completely uninterested in knitting - although I did get a good hour or so in last weekend. What do you do when you have completely lost interest? Is it just a phase? And it's not that this particular project is boring...I can't muster enthusiasm for anything yarn-centric right now. (Except for wearing it, ha.)
April 20, 2012
April 14, 2012
There is hope yet, variagated yarn!
To go with my ridiculous choice of yarn I decided to choose an equally ridiculous pattern. Why is it ridiculous? There are so many reasons. But why bother with details.
Take a look:
Obviously, I'm not going to be duplicating this disgustingly gorgeous, gorgeous photo. But doesn't mean I can't have fun.
Bonus perk is it calls for a silk and a kid mohair to be worked together - so perhaps this is my chance to bring calm to the impending color nausea? Or it could make it worse. That's the gamble :) and the fun. Will definitely be buying a neutral companion yarn...can you imagine? Two different color schemes battling it out? YUCK.
This is the yarn I'm starting off with - Schaefer Yarn Andrea in Catherine the Great:
Perks:
The pattern is free and extremely easy to memorize. Low-impact where-ever possible! That's how you set yourself up for success.
PS - just learned that this colorway exists in the same yarn. Love! Must! Stop! Myself!
Take a look:
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| to DIE for |
Bonus perk is it calls for a silk and a kid mohair to be worked together - so perhaps this is my chance to bring calm to the impending color nausea? Or it could make it worse. That's the gamble :) and the fun. Will definitely be buying a neutral companion yarn...can you imagine? Two different color schemes battling it out? YUCK.
This is the yarn I'm starting off with - Schaefer Yarn Andrea in Catherine the Great:
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| not my picture but EXACTLY what my wound skein looks like |
Perks:
The pattern is free and extremely easy to memorize. Low-impact where-ever possible! That's how you set yourself up for success.
PS - just learned that this colorway exists in the same yarn. Love! Must! Stop! Myself!
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| also called catherine the great? confuzzled. |
April 11, 2012
Radio Silence
I know I haven't blogged in a while and although I probably rake in 1 or 2 regular readers, I feel compelled to apologize and explain.
I'm sorry! I needed to take a short break that blossomed into almost a month - how easy that happens. But good reasons are two:
1. Our family went on a 2500 mile road trip! This is actually a terrible reason because who thought it was a good idea to go on such an extreme road trip with 2 dogs and a toddler? BAD IDEA.
2. I'm pregnant!
So being pregnant is an excuse because of morning sickness. Blogging, knitting, eating, thinking and breathing all seem to take a backseat to clutching your stomach while in the fetal position and moaning for death to come quickly.
Exciting new, yes, but pregnancy blog this is not. :) Look forward to more of the same, cranky posts blissfully free of baby-gushing. I try to save that for when it counts - and saying it to myself on the internet seems pretty darn silly. Not that I am against talking about it - I'm not - but, well, this is a knitting blog! Lots of knitting blogs talk about babies and I mean I'm ok with babies but the only good stories I can think to tell usually involve poop and I've been warned that poop is not the type of topic that will earn me friends & followers and wow my colleagues.
I would warn you of upcoming increase in baby-geared knits but apparently I already own that department, so you shouldn't see any significant change.
Thanks for reading, more posts to come!
I'm sorry! I needed to take a short break that blossomed into almost a month - how easy that happens. But good reasons are two:
1. Our family went on a 2500 mile road trip! This is actually a terrible reason because who thought it was a good idea to go on such an extreme road trip with 2 dogs and a toddler? BAD IDEA.
2. I'm pregnant!
So being pregnant is an excuse because of morning sickness. Blogging, knitting, eating, thinking and breathing all seem to take a backseat to clutching your stomach while in the fetal position and moaning for death to come quickly.
Exciting new, yes, but pregnancy blog this is not. :) Look forward to more of the same, cranky posts blissfully free of baby-gushing. I try to save that for when it counts - and saying it to myself on the internet seems pretty darn silly. Not that I am against talking about it - I'm not - but, well, this is a knitting blog! Lots of knitting blogs talk about babies and I mean I'm ok with babies but the only good stories I can think to tell usually involve poop and I've been warned that poop is not the type of topic that will earn me friends & followers and wow my colleagues.
I would warn you of upcoming increase in baby-geared knits but apparently I already own that department, so you shouldn't see any significant change.
Thanks for reading, more posts to come!
Variagated Yarn - the evil Siren
For some reason I keep falling in love with variegated yarns - then once they've been wound or knit, I want to vomit from the color chaos. Why can't I seem to remember this, especially when throwing down over $50 for an especially sexy skein??
Any one else have this problem? I keep thinking maybe I'm just picking the wrong kind. I LOVE things like this amazing cardi featured on my effing favorite blog ever, Knitted Bliss:
Or this delightfully tasteful Noro piece:
But for some reason I keep ending with something like this:
Guaranteed not to stripe?!?! That's something people were going for?!?!
I love gorgeous color combinations but can't handle when they are mashed together to look like a snow screen on an old TV. Pure nausea.
So basically today I'm depressed to know that this:
...will at it's best, become this:
Of course, this is just me - I can grip that some people love this. And the woman who worked this shawl above is DIVINE and I envy her steady hand. I'm sorry if anyone loves this and thinks I am nutso. I also happen to hate it when my food touches other food on a plate. So...clearly I'm nutso. I am also too depressed to find a pattern for this yarn I bought yesterday. Sigh.
Any one else have this problem? I keep thinking maybe I'm just picking the wrong kind. I LOVE things like this amazing cardi featured on my effing favorite blog ever, Knitted Bliss:
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| adore. EVERYTHING. about this. |
But for some reason I keep ending with something like this:
Guaranteed not to stripe?!?! That's something people were going for?!?!
I love gorgeous color combinations but can't handle when they are mashed together to look like a snow screen on an old TV. Pure nausea.
So basically today I'm depressed to know that this:
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| gorgeous |
...will at it's best, become this:
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| color stew |
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