Do you ever feel like the slightest little thing can stop your knitting dead in its tracks? For example, changing colors. I know it’s silly, but this bag sat in the basket for weeks while I said “oh yeah, gotta change colors on that one.” But I finally made it through it.

However, it was only a stripe, so I must change colors again. Another one I’m struggling to continue: A sock. The pattern calls for SSP (slip, slip, purl?) on the heel. Don’t know how to do that one. I guess I have to make a trip to the yarn store or find a solution online. So the sock hasn’t made it on any plane trips even though it would make the perfect portable knitting project. Here she is, doesn’t she look lonely?

“Please knit me”

And then there’s this doll I’ve started. It has two issues. Well, I got past the color change. But I think I mentioned previously that this project just takes a lot of concentration. A lot of counting, increasing and decreasing. So I guess I just haven’t had the time and patience to pick it up in awhile.

Then there’s this wrist warmer I’m working on. I’ve made it through the bottom wrist part. Now I’m at the part where I have to read the pattern again and add in a second needle to make the thumb hole. It also has a few dropped stitches that I have to pick up. Yeah. So that’s where it lies. It took a trip to Chicago and Hawaii, but I didn’t pick it up either trip.

So what HAVE I been knitting? Well, just a nice little scarf. I guess the rest of my life has been sort of hectic with travel and work. All I can handle right now is knit a few rows, purl a few rows, over and over and over and over. It’s nice. No pattern. No counting. No color changes! There are a lot of knitting blogs that are all about knitting complex patterns. But I’m keeping it simple for now. Here’s the scarf:

One of these days I’ll finish something!