My knitting mojo has waned lately. I started out the year strong, nearly finishing a pair of socks, but then life got in the way of my knitting. Usually I knit at kid sporting events, doc appointments, and in front of the TV at night. But Terry and I have been coaching the boys' volleyball and basketball Y teams since fall (I know, who am I?? This leg of the parenting journey is all new to me....), so I can't sit and knit at the game- instead I'm running back and forth on the court. And we are all pretty darn healthy, so there are no doctor appointments.... at least until the two-year-braces-journey starts for James. And I'm just so done by the end of the day that the idea of just casting on something seems exhausting. And even at school events lately I'm chatting with other parents and having a jolly time instead of knitting. I mean it's a full life and all, but dang, I miss the stitches.
SO. Tonight, Friday night I'm casting on a new project. Just a simple ribbed hat for Henry. Something I can finish in the weekend, and then maybe cast on another hat on Monday for James. I was thinking teal, but then Genie e-mailed me about her grandson's green hat and now I want to do the same. I'm thinking in Apple Green in Malabrigo's worsted weight Rios. You all are such influences!
Henry hasn't gotten a new hat since I knit him this one last year in Tosh DK's Danger Will Robinson, which to me is the best color of all time. But I'm thinking that perhaps I might add a big stripe of this color in with the Apple Green hat. I want to be able to see this kid on the playground!
Do any of you mamas and gramas do that same? Put your kid in a highlighter yellow shirt or neon hat so you can find him on a busy playground? I feel like that's a tip every parent should know.
I'm hoping that getting a Henry-sized hat done this weekend will provide me enough momentum to keep going and going like it always does. But I just have to start.
If you want to see my progress this weekend, follow along on Instagram. I welcome all encouragement so that I keep going on my weekend knitting adventure. All the way to the finish line.
That almost neon green caught my eye in the photo you posted of your desk. I was thinking what I could make with it. I think a stripe of the Danger Will Robinson will look great. I didn’t do it with hats but my kids & I went to the Y for family swim at a Y that didn’t enforce the requirement that a parent be present. So it’d be a couple hundred kids in the pool. I always put my kids in neon colored swimsuits - mostly highlighter yellow, pink, or orange.
I’ve promised myself that I can buy more yarn ONLY after I finish the Aran onesie I’m knitting for a friend of one of my daughters. She was due the end of March but baby was born 6 weeks early.
Posted by: Donna | February 21, 2020 at 06:27 PM
A simple project like a hat is a great idea when you're in the thick of non-stop activity with the family. I applaud you and your husband for your active role with your kids in their extracurricular activities. This time of life is so precious, important, and goes by so fast that there is almost never a point where you can say "too much already" and drop out of their world. You are cementing your relationship with them in a way that will stand them in good stead when peer pressure reaches it's all time high as they get older.....and your presence, love and wisdom with stick with them through those times. So, enjoy your time with the boys, your husband, and all the interactions with other parents, etc. in the present moment. Soon enough you'll have more knitting time as they grow up and do more stuff independently; as much as I looked forward to that day, when it finally came, I had a lot of nostalgia for those busy times that were gone! And that's when I immersed myself in learning how to knit....it's all in the timing. I wax nostalgic, because I LOVED raising a family.
Posted by: Diane | February 22, 2020 at 09:46 AM