I knit. I spin. I crochet (a very, very, little bit). I have a bunch of yarn -- most of it my handspun. I have patterns. I have fibers, threads, beads, a spindle, a spinning wheel. I have ideas.
I just don't know what to do next. I currently have a pair of toe-up, two-circular socks on needles (we'll come back to that later - much later). I have made one teeny-tiny baby slipper out of some of my handspun yarn. I'm still working on my version of Mason Dixon Knitting's Moderne Baby Blanket - love, love, love log cabin knitting.
I just don't know what to do next. I currently have a pair of toe-up, two-circular socks on needles (we'll come back to that later - much later). I have made one teeny-tiny baby slipper out of some of my handspun yarn. I'm still working on my version of Mason Dixon Knitting's Moderne Baby Blanket - love, love, love log cabin knitting.
I could knit I could put in some work on the socks -- we all know that's not gonna' happen. I could make another teeny-tiny baby slipper to create a pair for some imaginary baby that one of my friends might, at some point, give birth to. I could bind off and weave in the ridiculous number of ends on the Moderne, then begin the laborious task of finishing it with an applied i-cord.
Or I could start something completely new with some of my own, lovely, handspun yarn or something else I have stashed about.
I could spin: I could grab some already combed and dyed fiber and make something chunky, or skinny, or whatever.
I could get out the hand carders and labor over cotswold and firestar and border leicester to create something truly unique and funky out of fresh rolags (don't know why, but I love this word). I could overcome my fear, and try to make my first beaded handspun (shiver).
Or I could go to the movies. Or clean my apartment. Or take a nap. I'm paralyzed! Aaargh!
Whoo! I'm finished with my little melt-down.
The socks are not gonna' happen. That's a given. I'll clean up a bit first to clear my head. Then, I'll finish the blanket. That's the plan. Let's see how it goes . . .
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