basic breath

My knitting does yoga. Om.

One disadvantage to being busy all day around computers is the temptation to look for things online. I find that especially when I don't have as much time as I would like to be creative, I surf here and there looking for delicious yarn, trying to staunch the pain of not having it in my hands. Last week sometime as I was debating the merits of several different brands of thick cotton yarn, I came to: I do not need more yarn. No more yarn! I have drawers of yarn! Enough to make four summer cotton sweaters. I need to knit up what I have first or give it away. This happened on one of those days when I spent half an hour pawing through drawers trying to come up with something to wear. (Those of you who think I never match anyway so what's the point, you can be quiet here). I realized once again that what I need is a plain, offwhite sweater. Now that it is getting warmer, it can be in cotton. So I cast on for a plain top-down v-neck raglan sweater in chunky cotton. It's so basic that it is just infused with the essence of om. I am trying a new-to-me decrease: k1 yo k1 all in the same stitch. Nice. Different.

The needles are #9, for me they feel like tree trunks! Ok, well, trunks of young trees. You know what I mean. I had to go to my LYS this afternoon to get a longer needle. This yarn is not that fun to knit with, it's more or less like knitting with cotton clothesline, but... it will be a useful sweater, right? Right. I hope this project lasts at least down to the waist.

Comments

[lynette]

i can feel the serenity of the pattern. it looks good so far and i love those decreases. is there a pattern or are you creating it? hence, more of the 'om factor'. ;)