Saturday’s My New Favorite

Last Saturday was a surprise. It started slow. I rolled out of bed when I felt like it and read for hours while eating. It wasn’t until late afternoon/evening that I ventured out. I stopped for a latte, trying a flavor I hadn’t had in at least a year. The sky was grey with rain and the air was moist and breezy- my favorite kind of day. I was listening to a CD I had just made with some great new songs. Then I headed to Hobby Lobby.

You haven’t heard about any of my new yarn loves because I haven’t had any. I can’t even remember how long it’s been since I was last at a craft store. And I bought yarn! Once back in the car, it hit me: I was having an awesome day. A freaking, whole-heartedly, soul-warmingly GOOD day. It’s been such a bleak time for me, feeling like I’ve completely lost myself and not being able to even accomplish the simplest things. I’ve been lost. Saturday I reclaimed a bit of myself.

I topped off my day with a little exploratory drive and some knitting in front of Jane Austen movies which lead me to a new project. You can’t expect me to work on the same dozen for too long can you? Besides, the only one I could actually find made me want to scream and the only challenging one was MIA. Enter new Hobby Lobby yarn and I am ready to make another shawl. I threw the pattern together and I’m off. Even though I’ve already discovered some problems (miscounts) and discovered that the way I was knitting it was too wide so I effectively rotated the pattern in lieu of frogging. Such is life.

As long as it’s been since I waltzed into a craft store, it’s been nearly as long since I’ve spent any quality time on Ravelry. Oh yeah. Inspiration ho! Knitting is something I look forward to again, even if I only actually knit for 5 minutes and look at it for the other hour. I may not be fast and I may not knit more than two rows a day, but I feel like I may have some FOs this year. Except for this new shawl that reminds me of spring. That might be my FO for spring 2011.

Edit: I’m such a slacker that I couldn’t get this posted last Saturday. Luckily, this one has been much like the last. Only this time, I found my challenging UFO and have knit for hours. Yes, hours. Seriously. I’ve gotten a lot done on it with very few mistakes. Since this is my first real lace piece, I’m quite proud of what I’ve got so far. I think I’m even half-way done!

I’ve promised challenge pictures from last month, and I’ve finally found my camera. They’re coming soon. In the meantime, I’m making good on this month’s challenge and am pushing myself to work more than I have in a good long while. Hopefully, it will pay off as much as I think it will.

I hope everyone is having as good a day as I am. Looking forward to catching up with you guys again soon. Happy Saturday!