I must be crazy. Last night, as I was posting one paper and writing essays for my final exam for one of the constitution classes I have to take for my Arizona certification, I started knitting the alpaca wrap for my mother that I've been meaning to for, oh, I don't know - ages! I came across the yarn the other day while searching for a book (I have yarn stashes all over the place!), and couldn't get the wrap off my mind. Now, granted, I have a pair of socks in progress, two more classes that start today online, and a sweater (Picovoli) that I've already promised my sister that I will be starting later this week when she arrives and I can take her measurements, but I started this thing anyway.
Maybe it's because it was midnight and the house was quiet (after all, how can I knit a Christmas present in front of my mother - have to wait until she is sleeping!), maybe it's because after wool socks, I needed to feel something really, really soft and snuggly on my needles. Whatever it is, it's adding to the insanity, because I started yet another project in the middle of the night last night, and I have absolutely no business doing so! ACK!
I am right there with you. First, alpaca: yum, yum, yum. I bought a bunch last month to do something with, not sure yet, but had to have it b/c it so soft. I swatched it one night at midnight b/c I had to work with it. And the starting new projects when you have no right to? I want to start at least two new projects, both shrugs, and I don't even have yarn for them. This is problematic as I am trying not buy any yarn this month.
ReplyDeletelove your baby blanket too! I might make something similar for my two sisters-in-law who are expecting.
Theresa,
ReplyDeleteI just checked out your blog, and it appears we have the same disease! My mother gets so frustrated with me for starting new things before other things are finished, but I get it from her, so she should be used to it! I just don't understand!