...but not after two whole nights spent tearing The Chaos apart to locate my stash of knitting needles. I had even went so far as to hit Michael's during lunch yesterday to buy the needles I needed - knowing full well that a minimum of TWO SETS of the damn things were at home.
Somewhere.
Luckily for my wallet and my sanity, Michael's didn't have ANYTHING I needed.
And I found ALL my needles last night.
PHEW!!!!
So now this sweater languishes once again in the bottom of my project bag sitting next to the couch, buried under the new projects ready and waiting to go once the one on my needles is done.
Every night this week that wasn't spent searching desperately for needles was spent going through a shitload of knitting patterns, my boxes of yarn, and my gift list and seeing who gets what and in what yarn, and wondering CAN I POSSIBLY KNIT IT ALL BEFORE XMAS?!?
You know, typical knitter crap. You KNOW you are or already HAVE gone through all this, don't deny it my knitting friends.
For the non-knitters, welcome to the insanity that is Xmas gift knitting.
Usually it starts earlier for me, in October or so, but I haven't picked up the needles on anything since Mom's birthday Damask shawl in June. After the shawl, the weather got really HOT and I lost my mojo. And it has stayed too warm-ish to knit until the last few weeks.
It came SCREAMING back Sunday night-along with high winds and colder temps. Just in time to (hopefully) knock out a few small gift projects. Now that I have all my damn needles, I think I'll be OK.
Here's an important tip...organizing all your knitting stuff into one general area only works if you ACTUALLY PUT IT ALL IN THE SAME DAMN SPOT.
So now after I finish off this post, I'm going to go back to watching Bocelli live from Central Park on PBS and pick up the needles and continue on with the first project on my list.
The only thing missing from this whole setup tonight is my faithful knitting companion Kitty. I do so miss her company on these solo nights at home. :(
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