What is it about trying to travel, talk AND knit at the same time? It’s not like I’m the one driving, y’know. (Thank goodness.) On Friday night as we were packing for a trip, my husband mentioned to me that he has a very nice colleague who just adopted an adorable 1-year-old daughter, and would I pretty-please consider maybe possibly knitting her a tiny little baby blanket from us? What, are you kidding? In my eagerness to encourage his support of my knitting jones, er, hobby, I practically leapt from the couch when he asked and I started immediately riffling through my pattern books. I picked something ridiculously easy (I thought) and happily settled in for some serious stitching this weekend as he drove, the kids slept, and we all toodled down the road on a brief overnight trip to visit with family.
But for some reason I could *not* get into the pattern. Simple one … but I’m wondering if I’m just too distractible to do lace? It’s not even a HARD pattern. Just a 16-stitch repeat, not even any border to the blankie. If I wasn’t forgetting to do the yarnovers, I was screwing up the sequence of stitches, dropping a stitch, or just forgetting what I was doing if I tried to be sociable on the ride. I’m thinking now that, unless I want to keep hissing “Sh, I’m counting!” every few minutes, I’m thinking that the lace? She is not for me. Or at least not for when I’m around anyone else while I’m knitting.
Somewhat annoying … perhaps I am just one of those people who take a while to get into the rhythm, though? Or perhaps I should have made better use of stitch markers. I plan to test the Little Lavendar Baby Afghan project again later this week and finish it quickly, before the child is old enough to take it to school with her. ;o) I’m thinking that a few nights of TV and knitting after the little ones go to bed will make this happen. Hoping!
Mental note: Take along on future trips JUST the projects of simple knitting made from interesting yarn; save the fancy stitching (at least when it’s a new pattern) for quiet nights at home. For trips: Stockinette and Noro, perhaps, or stockinette and ribbon yarns. I saved my
knitting zeal for the weekend by putting aside the blankie and doing the Noro thing; never let it be said that an over-packer doesn’t have small victories by having another project in the wings. Yeah — at least I finished a small scarf for myself!
And I even wore it for a while, even though it was 70 degrees when we got to Vicksburg, MS, unlike the 45 or so we left behind in Memphis, TN. And when I started to sweat on my precious Noro, then I got real and shed the scarf, leather jacket and shoes, and I padded around the rest of the weekend in my sockfeet except for when we actually left the hotel rooms. ;o)
It’s good to get out of the house occasionally, eh? Even if you’re just going to another one.
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