The whys

Why do I knit?

I first started knitting in college, and made a perpetual scarf in acrylic yarn, perpetual until I learned to cast off. I'm not sure why I began, but it was a short lived hobby.

When my first husband died yeas later, I knit a scarf on the long flight to London to his funeral to keep my hands busy and to keep my mind busy.

My grandmother was a prolific knitter. She knit in acrylics. She smoked Virginia Slims. I grew to love her. I received many of her hand knits, much of which I never really appreciated.

I knit because it really does focus me, keeps my mind focused and I produce something that I can lovingly give away.

Currently

This is my current project. It's a very simple and sweet baby sweater that requires no sewing, and that's more than fine by me. I currently have no children but I like the idea of a quick project, the pleasant feeling of near instant gratification. This is my second take on it. I had the body nearly completed when I made a catastrophic mistake that could not be fixed. That is the zen of knitting, the idea that sometimes mistakes can be fixed, and sometimes they cannot. The first attempt of this sweater was with inexpensive yarn, but this time around it's with the big guns so I need to take my time. So far: