Just as I finally accepted that maybe my knitting mojo was lost, but it wouldn’t be forever, and it’ll all wait for me over the rainbow, it’s okay that I have all this yarn but nothing to do with it… I got bored of the Internet.
Apparently after you’re stuck to the Internet for entertainment for four days while trying desperately to forget the fact that you simply don’t have enough oxygen, you might pick up the sticks and string again just to do something else. Find an old favorite cartoon and rock on.
I realized in a fit of feverishness that maybe the reason I haven’t wanted to knit is because I keep wanting things to come out perfectly: make a gauge swatch and do math from there. But I was not smart enough for that. I just wanted to follow a pattern that would make something that would fit right. So I cast on for Fence, a pattern I’ve had my eye on for a little while and one that everyone on Ravelry agrees that the pattern just doesn’t make sense.
I’ll let you figure that one out. I laughed heartily at myself for being so dumb while sick (the brain is addled!!1!) that I decided to stop thinking about knitting but pick a pattern that does not make sense as written. Go me.
Maybe I’ll even get around to photographing Witchy and showing them off, too. Who knows?! Off to begin a front to match my back piece.
I can never finish a knitting project, but I guess that is because I make to many holes in the piece to make it look too ugly to continue. And starting over never happens (as I then can’t be bothered with it)
Wait.. so you made that AFTER you lost your knitting mojo?
If I lose my knitting mojo (not that it even exists), all I’ll have a picture of is a ball of yarn!
I suppose that’s how I feel about writing poems though. I realized yesterday that I haven’t written anything in a couple of years and it made me sad… I stopped writing poems after I had to analyze poems in English class and realized that mine will never EVER compare to, say, Emily Dickinson’s poems. I know it’s art and it’s all about expressing oneself but for some reason, I always yearn for perfection and because I know that it will never come, I’ve given up. Don’t let that happen to you!
Nah, I made that a few hours after the knitting mojo showed itself after weeks of being lost. Notice how I HAVEN’T posted anything about knitting in a while? ;) It was gone the whole time is why.
I don’t know why but yearning for perfection in writing never happened to me. I am such a perfectionist in other areas though, that that’s odd. I guess it’s because I really don’t hope for much writing-wise… other than good grades on papers. But you! I think you should not give up either. Go out on a spring day and see what kind of words come out!
Knitting mojo — or mojo of any kind — is a mysterious thing. Good luck with the rest of the pieces! It looks great so far.
Y’know, the mojo for my knitting seems to come and go a lot more now that I’m in college. It’s funny, because I think I got more knitting done in high school when I had less disposable time (which really makes sense, because I am more productive with less disposable time to dispose of on facebook/youtube).
The vest looks like something that would be good for spring and fall especially (although winter too).
Despite the fact that I have been knitting, the necessary effort to post pics to the blog/flickr/raverly hasn’t really been around.
I lurve this vest. Man, I seriously need to learn how to knit.
Ooo gotta love an all over pattern! That one looks fabulously squishy!
I totally feel you when you lament about ‘feeling sick of the internet’. Considering how I am mostly stuck at home now with hardly anything to do (or study, bah), the internet is my only companion. I tend to have a usual regime of things to do on the internet each day. But once I complete it all … there’s nothing left. I try to hunt for interesting articles to read. However, Google Reader has made it so easy, congregating everything in one place thus saving time, and I find that I end up reading a lot faster than usual … leaving me bored with nothing to do all over again.
People may say that the internet knows no bounds. But suuuure. It is not as if every individual has such a wide range of topic interests. o.O
Anyway, knitting is all about having fun! ;) Don’t let your perfectionist tendencies take over what is meant to be a hobby. (Although I admit, I tend to do that all the time. :/)