I am not a monogamous knitter, I've told you all that a few times now. I like having a bunch of projects on the needles so I can knit various complexities. I like the feel of different combinations, yarns needles, where I am in the process. It is all good.
Every once in a while the stars align and I end up finishing several projects around the same time. And sometimes the stars align even further and I don't cast on something new I just go on to finish another thing. I can remember the concern that gripped me one day when I realized I only had a second sock on the needles. I had not cast on anything after several finished projects. Oh the horror of only one thing that was soon to be zero!
Recently I knit down to a few things on the needles and had a big old cast on weekend. And that was so fun I cast on more the next weekend.
Currently I have three first socks, three shawls and a curtain on the needles. See the problem is one of the socks is patterned and I need to pay attention to it so it sits there next to my knitting chair while less involved things get knit on. I am about a third of the way through a shawl that I am going to love wearing but actually don't like knitting. By the time I stop making mistakes and stop reknitting rows I will have knit it three times over. Quite frankly I am a bit beyond frustrated with it. I finally put in stitch markers and managed to finish a section. Now I am starting a new section and either the stitch count is off, impossible I have checked it several times, or the stitch repeats move from one section to the next which is the reason all my stitch markers are now in all the wrong places. But I just cannot face knitting and moving them all only to find out I will have to do it all over again. Sigh I really do like knitting.
Oddly enough the curtain is my most joyful thing right now. A friend sent me yarn that can only be accurately described as confetti cake in yarn. Bright and neon colors on a white base. Shh lean in I have a confession, part of me thinks having an undyed white base for yarn is just an half finished job. I know the skill to dye speckled yarn is a skill too, it just feels lazy and unfinished to me. I know, I am working on myself but the first bit is admitting you have a problem.
But this yarn is just making me smile. I knew I could not knit socks from it because of my problem. And our front door has a window in it that I have never known what to do with. I hate that some tall people can see right into my living room with me living on the couch.
So why not make one of my favorite shawl stitches into a square curtain with my happy confetti yarn? Something bright light and airy. I tried a couple of stitches like cat's paw but it was not happy fun knitting so I knew it would not work. Instead I remembered how much I love Feather and Fan or Old Shale. Now I have a project that is making me smile and happy. No driving around neighborhoods trying to spot my happy curtain when it is done, OK?
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