There are days when I get insane about knitting. I pull out yarn. I pull out patterns.
I knit swatches and suddenly I want to knit several sweaters, a fancy lace camisole, a few pairs of socks all at the same time! I have so many projects imagined that I feel all itchy about it.
I wile away my day as my mind runs on and on with calculations and grand plans. I probably have more projects in mind than I can knit in a lifetime.
I don’t know why I get this way. On those days my mind is as cluttered as the work table in front of me.
I finally settle down with the steady knit, purl, knit, purl on the rib of a green sweater.
“It may be that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.” ~~~ Wendell Berry, Collected Poems
I thoroughly enjoy your songs.
There are worse things to be insane about
As always, it’s best to step back and simplify whether it’s with writing, knitting, pretty much anything. As always, thank you for the post. Back to my writing!
Oh I get like this about virtually every crafty endevour, simply not enough hours in the day for it all, but its fun thinking about it huh? I wish I could knit awesome stuff like you!