So sorry I have been MIA but I needed a bit of a break from many things, which I’m sure many of you can understand and even relate too. With work taking up so much of my day, it leaves very little time for my creative endeavors. This saddens me but it’s life. Those of you who are still working probably can relate to this quite well, and understand the struggle of trying to do all “the things”. At the end of the day though being creative should not be a race to the finish line (in my humble opinion) but should be a way to mend one’s soul, soothe one’s spirit and most of all be a time to reflect. Finding balance between work and my creative nature has often be hard for me but I will get there eventually.
With that being said my online presence may falter a bit too , which means I may not post as much here on my blog or comment on yours (I will catch up though), but I want you to know how much I appreciate your online friendship and support.
Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life. – Gregory Peck
I have not done much at all since the beginning of last week. My work teammate and I had high hopes of knitting time together at our team meeting but that didn’t happen. We really didn’t have much time to even breathe last week during our two day meeting, and I somehow lost the sock I was working on too…sigh.
The loss of the sock makes me sad as I loved the needles I was using and will now have to replace them. The positive of the sock before loosing it is I learned how to make a shadow wrap heel and loved learning something new. I definitely will use this heel method more often.
I have one finished object, a cozy for my French Press. For the main portion I used a lovely skein of handspun that was gifted to me many years ago and for the ribbing I used Patons Kroy in black, I was happy to also to use repurposed buttons!
For this project I used size US 6 needles and casted on 72 stitches. I worked a two by two rib for each end for 1” and a broken rib for the body. I also made four I-cord loops for the buttons at the left edge as I was knitting, and spaced them about an inch apart. I did not have this piece blocked when I took the photos but blocked afterwards, and I will say blocking helped tremendously. Now I have a fun finished object that is functional too!
I am still working on the body of my Mimungo pullover, which is tedious boring stockinette but it’s mindless and perfect to work on while watching movies. My Harvest cardigan has seen no love but hope to work on it a bit this weekend. Meantime I am trying hard not to cast on anything else but I will have to say Andrea Mowry’s new shawl design, Melt, has me itching to cast on. I have never tried the brioche stitch and think this would be a great piece to give it a try. Anyone else liking this design or casting it on?
Have a great weekend!
A Life With Wool 
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