Knittin' in the Mornin'

Since coming to London I've been knitting a lot in the morning. Well, not that much, but I'm giving myself about an hour to get ready and get to work, and since the commute is about 5 minutes (including picking up a blueberry muffin from Starbucks) I have a lot of extra time. Which means I average around 2-3 rows on my Linus blanket every morning. And I really like having such a simple, soothing knit for the mornings. The pattern is meditative in its simplicity, the yarn feels good (it's Caron Simply Soft and it makes a really squishy, lovely fabric in this pattern) and I can really see my progress. This blanket is something I'd like to wrap my baby in, if I had a baby to wrap. I'm really liking the way the sky blue, navy blue and lemon yellow work together (though the navy blue is oddly more matte than the other two - could be a dye issue). I'm not looking forward to weaving in the ends, so I'll be weaving them in as I go, once I get back to the same continent as my yarn needles.

In future I think I'm going to try to have some easy, happy project to work on in the mornings, it's a good way to start my day. (We'll see if this lasts after I get back to NY.)

I need to learn to knit and read at the same time. My Grama used to do it, so I know it's not impossible. I'm not entirely sure what kind of thing I'd have to rig up to make it possible but it would totally improve my quality of life. I've gone the audio book route, and while I do love that, I really like the visual act of reading. Besides audiobooks are a bit pricey.

Post the First

I have no stash. Ok, that's not entirely true. I have two (or possibly three) skeins of Manos de Uruguay cotton in a pretty purple and two cones of ColourMart silk in cobweb weight. Apparently this is nothing. Having read through the entirety of Yarn Harlot's archives, as well as Wendy's, I realize that something is missing in my life. And that's stash yarn. I have no stash yarn.

Oh, wait, I just remembered. I have 10 or 11 balls of Rowan Calmer that I had intended to make my first sweater with. But I then abandoned that project because I was too scared to make a full on sweater and made a Soleil shell instead. Which is almost done. So maybe I shall actually start that Rowan sweater this time.

But still. My stash is pitifully small. And perhaps some would consider this to be a triumph of actually finishing projects and an economical use of my yarn budget (although honestly I don't really have a yarn budget, I just buy yarn when I start a new project and whince when I see the price tag). But now I want to have a stash. I want sock yarn of many colors. Which means I should probably learn to knit socks.