A few months back I received a surprise package from a friend containing the most beautiful Quince and Co yarn. I wanted to use it for something special and useful and after a lot of searching of Ravelry cast on for a pair of gloves using a vintage pattern. They were abandoned not long after as I felt I had too many projects on the go....and I realised I didn't feel excited at the idea of knitting gloves (in sock yarn) as they were too much like knitting another pair of socks...and I already had two pairs of socks in my project basket!
After picking them up a couple of times and then very quickly placing them back down, with only a few more rows completed, I finally accepted the inevitable last week and ripped out everything I had knitted so far and cast on for something completely different....
....after a couple of false starts, I quickly found a rhythm, became just a tad obsessed and the result was that 3 days later I was the proud owner of a Ishbel of my own....
...It is a great pattern and feels like it grows really quickly (which in this case I guess it really did!). The yarn is amazingly soft and drapes beautifully and the colour is perfect to brighten these grey Autumn days. Having looked at other examples I am convinced that the pattern I have ended up with looks like none of the others but as I love it anyway I am not going to worry myself too much as to why that may be! It was just what I needed to get my excitement for knitting back and two other projects are now on my needles, one and three quarter socks are finished (unfortunately from different pairs but I'll get there in the end!) and my pinwheel blanket is just waiting for a bigger circular needle to arrive so I can start on my next skein of Manos yarn...
...yep I definately feel I have got my mojo back and that feels good....for me at least, I am not sure my family agree, knitting is more important than laundry, cleaning and cooking right???
