This Pipsqueaks sweater is getting to be annoying. First, here's a tip, if you're knitting for a child, try to measure them - chest, wingspan and length - before picking your pattern size. (Yeah, I know that's not a tip, that's common sense, which I seem to be short on sometimes.) This sweater will have grow room to spare although it's the "right" size. Not generally bad, except that I'm running out of yarn, which of course was mail-ordered over a year ago. Worked until I was bleary-eyed last night (after 1 AM - wow TV is really bad late at night!) and I just can't keep telling myself it's going to make it. Will email Elisabeth at The Knitting Garden (my Rowan source) with my fingers crossed.
I've gotten some nice emails regarding my stash photos. Those chests are my pride and joy - the first antiques we've ever bought (as opposed to those picked up curbside in my youth). We still don't have chairs in the living room, but I don't care. When we bought them (after standing around the store for hours debating the logic of blowing our furniture budget on one purchase) we had no intended use for them other than decorative. It took me about two days to realize I had the ultimate yarn hiding place storage in plain site right in my living room!
I dug bags out from behind my clothes, under the beds, etc. and sorted them in good light. It takes a certain energy to face up to your unrealized dreams - you know what I mean. Each of those packages was bought with an idea burning in my mind. Only other knitters see the hours spent perusing patterns, flipping through magazines, dreaming. So much potential waiting. Waiting. Waiting. Openly embracing my stash was part of a 2004 new year's resolution to enjoy these pursuits without (too much) guilt or (too many) apologies.
Now I guess I'd better think about 2005 knitting resolutions huh? Use stash maybe?
PS, Speaking of apologies, I've developed a habit of posting, then editing here and there through the day since I tend to get called away several times during every post. (Where did you get this Sharpie? Stop torturing your sister! What was that noise?) I used to write technical manuals for a living, so it's feels normal to release a working draft, then keep editing (to death). Now I realize that aggregators like Bloglines might be picking up my 5 versions of a post tweaked over the course of a day. Sorry if this has happened to you. From today I will try to keep posts on my side until they're ready. Live and learn.
That's not a half bad resolution for 2005. I think I have a similar one, though it might be a hair difficult considering I finally have a really good LYS.
Breaking resolutions isn't like breaking the law thankfully :)
Posted by: Risa | November 14, 2004 at 06:36 AM