So, as it turns out I have no sense of time. This was pointed out to my by a dear friend last night. I could not begin to argue with him over it because it was so glaringly true.

 

Case in point, I was just peaking back at the 25 things before I turn 26 post. I realized that I wrote that list over two years ago. I still have things on that list I haven’t done. The quilt is the most obvious of them. I should really start that quilt once these socks are all done. On the plus side, in the recent past I have managed to read many interesting books and I can now muddle my way through several songs on the banjo. The banjo playing is predicated on the fact that no one can be listening to me because it makes me nervous and I lose all ability to play.

 

So, what have I learned in the past 24 hours?

1- I have no concept of time

2- I am a work in progress

3 – I am actually making progress, slowly (hurray!)

Officially added to the to-knit list

I’m kind of over the moon for this particular sweater. Not so much the short sleeved version though. That is because I stumbled across this lovely version. I realized upon wearing my tea leaves cardigan that the tight knit fabric made it drape a bit wonky. There is nothing I like less in a sweater than a wonky fit, seriously. But I do so love the bright red cascade 220 I used and so I am loath to just give the sweater away.

It dawned on me that I don’t have to keep the sweater as is, I can unravel it and try again. I am feeling rather inspired after having followed knitted notes for some time now, she has yarn and just figures out how to do things. It’s the same mentality I had when I started sewing as a wee young thing. Somewhere along the way I lost that crazy jump-in-head-first-figure-it-out-as-you-go spirit that so motivated me as a youngling. Patterns be damned, I am going to sort this sweater out if it kills me. Pardon the hyperbole, what I mean is I will sort this sweater out even if it causes me seemingly endless frustration (which I am sure it will.

The knitting pr…

The knitting progress has stalled out on many things. The Dude sweater was finished this month and promptly ran off to Toronto. The socks are massive (why do men have to have crazy big feet, really) and so are taking longer than I’d like. I’ve set an end of the month deadline though, so there’s that.

The banjo progress is coming along nicely though. Now that it’s -30c out I have all the spare time in the world to sit and practice.

Music related, here is a new (to me) artist who I’m pretty wow-ed by even though this isn’t typically what I’d listen to. www.davidbazan.com