Knit Like A Turtle | DearDiary.Net

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Here you have the left front of my first cardigan. The back is finished. I am knitting this project in a completely different mode than usual.

For one thing, I'm holding this yarn double, for another the yarn has a lot of bumpiness to it and that slows me down. For another, I like doing each stitch with care because it's yarn spun by P. and I want it to be a thoughtful work. The lanolin makes my hands soft while I knit. I don't want to rush such an epic project. . . the list goes on and on.

I told Hub Man the other evening that knitting this sweater reminds me of when I read Gone With The Wind. I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen to Scarlett, but I also didn't want the book to end it was such a good read. I remember only allowing myself to read one chapter a day toward the end. I was so sad when I finished it!

So, I pick it up, I knit a few rows, methodically, thoughtfully, then I pet it and admire it and put it down and go do something else for a while. It is odd to have shifted out of my 'let's get this thing finished!' mind set, that I end up feel very odd and dreamy around this sweater.

It's just that I am aware the weight of the hours of skillful work that went into creating the yarn. You can't treat it like something that came out of a factory now can you?

I don't think so.

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