Yesterday I told you about the project that I finished up to say good-bye to 2011. The best thing about that is saying hello to my first project of 2012. Of course, it is knitting. But, it is proving to be a bit of a challenge.
I suppose there are some knitters out there who just find a project and start on it, but most of mine have a long history before the yarn is even cast on. Like Shrek….I guess I am kind of like an onion and so goes my knitting process.
A year or more ago, a good friend took a trip to Portland for a wedding. Unable to help myself, I said, “if you see a yarn shop, pick me up some yarn.”
As the story goes, they hunted down an little independent yarn store and asked for a little help. I am not sure what they told the salesperson but they found the perfect gift for me! It is this gorgeous yellow, grey, brown and white variegated cotton/wool mix. AND to sweeten the deal and assure my devoted friendship forever, they bought me a pattern for a lace wrap and enough yarn to complete the project. **Just in case you ever need to get my “friends forever” status buy me a pattern and the yarn to complete it. I digress.
I have been swooning over this yarn and project ever since. “Why then did it sit in its beautiful skeins for over a year,” you ask.
Because, I have guilt issues. Guilt that this was too nice of a gift to utilize until I return the favor. Guilt that the yarn is so beautiful and I might ruin it if I mess up the pattern. Guilt that I really promised so and so that I would knit/or do such and such. Guilt that I will have to periodically ignore Law Man when the lace pattern changes or I miss a YO. Guilt that I really can’t knit other things when I knit lace. **note to non-knitters…I have a one track mind and lace is just something you can’t cheat on. Like I said, I have guilt issues….don’t even ask about my obsession with what to do with all of the left over cardboard from Christmas. It almost ended in divorce. But, in case you have guilt issues too, Goodwill recycles cardboard, any kind of cardboard.
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So, I figure, what better way to start off the new year than beginning a project that is just for me, just because I can. New Year’s Day 2012 I cast on and I have no idea when I will finish it since I have had to start over three times already. But, I will not feel guilty I will just lust over this beautiful yarn until it becomes my beautiful wrap.











































