I only have a little bit more to go on my socks, then that will free up a slot for a new project. I really am itching to work on something new, so I’m not sure why I haven’t worked on my socks for weeks.
But yesterday, I finally figured it out. My next project in the queue is to make some fingerless gloves with my handspun. Why would I want to stall on my sock project? I’m not one of those spinners who likes to just admire her skeins. I want to knit with them. Well, the reason is that knitting with my handspun is so overwhelming that I can’t tolerate it. Seriously. I know it’s weird, but really strong positive emotions can be just as uncomfortable as really negative ones. I still have a pair of socks that I haven’t touched in a couple years. One time when I was working on them, I had to keep putting the socks down, because I was literally screaming the whole time! I know; I’m weird. It was just so absolutely incredible that I was knitting socks with yarn that I had spun myself! I think I need sedated when I use my handspun. I’m close to stroking out, I tell ya.
I really want to start those handspun gloves, but I’m scared! So silly. So, so silly.
What are you afraid of? If you screw up, just frog and redo.
I’m not afraid of screwing up. If you go back and re-read the post, you’ll see that I’m afraid of the overwhelming feelings I get when I knit with my handspun.