Restless Knitter

I’ve been working on 3 things lately. The Prairie Blanket, Poinsettia shawl, and HLJ. The sad truth is, I realized this morning that I’m only enjoying one of them. I’ve known I’ve had issues with one for a long time, but it’s time to face the reality that one of them is definitely not going to get finished. First I picked up Poinsettia. I have to force myself to work on this and I’m not even completely through the first square. I’m not enjoying using the larger needles on fine yarn. It just feels unnatural or something. I’m almost done with the first square, but I don’t know if I want to do the other three. I take that back. I know I don’t want to do the other three, I just haven’t decided if I’ll do them anyway. The shawl is pretty. I want to make it. But not in pieces. Does that make sense? I knit because I like doing it, but how/when do you determine if the finished object is worth it? At what point do you decide to give up or to keep trucking on?

Which brings me to HLJ. I still love the jacket, but I’m not happy with mine. Those holes are still driving me up the wall. And they’re just a small thing in the grand scheme. Yet they torture me. How long must I work on this before my mind let’s go of this minute little detail? I don’t know. I also don’t like the color. Well, I like the color but not for this project. It will be great for something else, but I don’t think it’s right for this. I could attempt to dye it when it’s finished, but what if that goes badly? Then I’ll be kicking myself in the ass for putting so much time into something else that I won’t wear. Do I give up now or do I give up later, after I’ve spent even more time hating those holes? I’m leaning towards now. Sadly, I know myself well enough to know that I likely won’t start it again for a long time.

I am enjoying the blanket, even though there’s a lot of garter stitch. I’m normally not a fan of garter so I’m a little surprised that I like this so much. I can only guess that it’s for the following three reasons, 1) it’s for my daughter, 2) it has enough other detail that it keeps it interesting, and 3) it’s a break from the two things I’m not having a good time with. If I drop the HLJ and Poinsettia, would I still find it as enjoyable? I think so, but since I’m not dropping Poinsettia, I won’t be finding out.

Perhaps I’m just in a mood and should wait before I rip anything out. There’s another trip to Small Town this weekend and I’m not looking forward to it. I’d go into the reason, but just typing it makes me seethe with anger and it would probably bore you anyway.

World Wide Knit In Public day is coming up and there’s one planned not too far from where I live. I’m going to go as long as I can work myself up to not being so shy. It would be nice to get to know other knitters in the area and it sounds like fun. Yep, I’m gonna go. Unless I chicken out at the last minute

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