My knitting's acting out.
Dear knitting,
I don't mean to neglect you. Sometimes I've got to work long hours - even those Saturdays that are "our" time - to put a roof over your head. I wish you'd be more understanding.
Do you think I like it when new yarn for Crichton arrives at my door and I can barely knit one row before passing out? Believe me, I don't. I long for a vacation day so that I can fix that. (If you'll let me fix it.)
But when I do have time to knit, I don't feel that it's fair to manipulate that. Just because you miss me, it doesn't mean you should yield things that are too small or too large for my purposes in order to make me spend MORE time with you. Take the latest sock, for example.
Just this Saturday I rushed to the yarn store after work so I could purchase some Naturespun Sport (I've changed my mind about this yarn - my latest balls are soft and not unspinning themselves as previous ones have, so I like it - no, love it - now). I picked out delightful colors and cast on that evening, using Simply Socks by Anna Zilboorg as my guide. The first sock was way, way too small. That's ok - I can rip it out. The second sock, after a false start or two, is gorgeous:
And is also far too large for my Sockapaloooza pal. However, it fits me exactly. (And, yes, knitting, I know the colors aren't accurate above. The green is much more leafy and spring-like. I guess I'll have to have a talk with the camera, too.)
This is the sort of manipulation that is unacceptable: I cannot, in good conscience, rip out a beautiful sock that fits me exactly, and you know this. Instead, I'll add another pair of socks to my ever-growing list of things to knit, forcing me to feel more guilty about not spending enough time with you.
I feel bad enough about it as it is, knitting. I don't mean to neglect you. Please don't take it out on me. Remember - every time you make me run to the yarn store for different yarn (since, of course, I don't have enough to make two pairs of socks in these colors), that's less time I can actually knit. Please, if you must be difficult, be difficult in a way that only uses up stash.
I love you so much. Let's make it work.
Yours,
Tipper
Tipper @ 5:06 AM * link
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