loyalty

If you've actually been reading my deranged knitting posts, you may have guessed that I'm not what one might call a "loyal knitter". I think I've only used the recommended yarn for a pattern once or twice and it was because they were part of a kit. 

I'm not concerned about using the right weight yarn, I just recalculate my gauge and stitch counts accordingly. I mess around with colour and pattern details like there's no tomorrow.  I am really only loyal to my sense of taste, necessity and laziness. 

And if a project isn't exciting enough (and I'm not in the middle of a TV marathon or something like that) my mind starts to wander. This is what happened during the second slipper/Fibonacci scarf incident and it's what happened with the triangle scarf  

I realized I was happening again when I was spending more time upatsirs poking through my stash than actually knitting the scarf

In the past, I've tried to be loyal in this regard, I really have, but it never works.  I just end up procrastinating the work in progress, and dreaming about the new one... so it really isn't worth it.  as soon as I start the second project and get to a satisfactory point in it, I can continue with the first one no problem.

I find it actually helps to have more than one project on the needles.  you need something easy to knit when you know you will be distracted, and something else that is engaging in some way (colour work, lace, exciting and new or just adorable).  It's also helpful to have something small to feel a sense of accomplishment sooner, and a longer term project that you can chug away on and not feel pressure to finish anytime soon.  And something portable.  It's always good to have something portable.

So anyway, there I was working on the triangle scarf and lo and a behold, I keep finding myself looking at my yarn stash.  What?  how did I get up here?  I thought I was folding laundry.  I thought I was making supper.  I thought i was knitting my little knitter's heart out. But here I am staring at my many many skeins and balls of yarn... imagining... what?  What is it that's calling me? 
Some little Christmas socks.

Aren't they adorable?  Totally worth it.