January 19 2012
Filed under General
Over that last few month I have lost my knitting mojo. It was due to a number of reasons, I was fearful that if I knitted whilst suffering, I would always link knitting to that time, and grieving. I guess I didn’t want one of my passions in life to be associated with a dark period in my life, Whatever the reason in 2011 for 5 months I had one project on the needles and did not work on it at all.
As 2012 started I opted to pick my knitting needle again. I looked at my WIP, the Grannie Smith Cardigan in Lace-Garn, it was nearly finished, I had seamed the body together and was working on the second sleeve. After really looking at it decided I hated it, as it was knitted in pieced the lace looked silly on the seams, the sleeves didn’t fit well and after nearly half a years worth, I wanted something I loved!
So I hunted on ravelry, and found a new pattern Laar, the body was knitted as one, the lace was simple and it has short row sleeves (a new techique for me) and the majority of the body was worked in stocking stitch – scored! After a week of solid knitting, I started the pleated under the bust and then started the lace, a week later I had finished the body.
However, one of the side effects of losing my knitting mojo was forgetting the whole, taking photos, updating my ravelry notebook and blogging. These photos where taken at haste in poor light on my iPhone this morning, so I had something to add to this post! I am hoping to get some better photos this weekend.
Do you update your ravelry page as you knit? Do you have your camera in your knitting bag? How do you insure you blog about your WIPs.
