Knitting

(Is there a limit to the number of chances I get?)

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So, I was about to put a cry for help: my knitting mojo was lost.

I didn’t really want to knit anything I had on hand (i.e. easily accessible). I didn’t really like anything I was working on (too simple, too small (a project), too tiny needles, too big (a project), too boring, …)

And then I remembered that it really was just my self-imposed rules (pick it up from the top of the pile, knit it, deal with it, move on) that was causing the problem.

And since these rules were/are self-imposed, I get to change them. (Funny how being the Boss of Me works, huh?)

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Last year, when Schoolhouse Press published Knit One Knit All I was so charmed by the previously unpublished EZ garter stitch patterns, that I decided to knit them all.  (It was during the Time of Chaos and Doubt). And then I bought a lot of yarn.

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This particular pattern Brimmed Hat – Panache (Rav link) stumped me.  Two problems:

1) the yarn (Unspun Icelandic Wool worked 2 ply) is sticky and fragile – meaning it broke often. (Especially when Nickie was felting it in the wheel.)

2) I can’t count.  The pattern is simple enough short rows – but not in a straight-forward sequence. Well it has a pattern, but if I put it down mid-row, I’d forget where I was.  Nevermind that I was not using a row counter or notes – I simply expected to keep track of where I was (during the Time of Chaos and Doubt.  Yeah, that was a bad idea –  I ripped and put it to the side …)

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So I found a little scrap of paper and a pen, and even I can conquer the Brimmed Hat – Panache.

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