Stalemate

My knitting and I are at a stalemate, and kind of an angry one at that. I am still knitting every night, but it's not what I should be knitting. I'm avoiding two projects, both of which have been nestled on my couch for about three weeks now. They are both fair isle, they are both fiddley, and they are both not for me. It's not a good combination no matter how you look at it.

I generally don't mind knitting things for other people. Sometimes I even love it. But the past few projects have all required yarn outside of my stash, and I am so stash-focused that it's actually kind of painful to purchase new yarn. (Let's just all reflect for a moment about how I have not purchased yarn for myself since last April. When you think of how much yarn I used to buy, well...simply put, I am a hero. To myself.) Really, it all comes down to a yen for some selfish knitting.

I signed up to do the Harlot's Knitting Olympics. Four years ago, we were moving into our house during the Olympics and I decided I was going to knit Baby Norgi. It's now in a Dumpster somewhere, but I did learn a lot when I actually got around to working on it two years later. I have time to knit something really good this year. I'm planning on the Wood Hollow Vest, a relatively new pattern that I am smitten with. True, I don't really wear vests, but it would be a nice addition to my admittedly sad wardrobe. And there are no sleeves to knit. I have some delicious Elsbeth Lavold Silky Wool marinating in the stash for just this occasion.

I will swatch today (a good Olympian always trains), but then I will be diligently focusing on finishing up those two languishing projects. I need to get them off the couch and out of my mind. I have a few movies to watch, and I can feel a Harry Potter marathon coming on. I could use Herimone's knitting needles right about now.

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