I am back into knitting big time, and I’ve started knitting shawls. Pretty, lacy shawls.
“Do you even wear shawls?” you might ask. No, no I don’t. But they’re ever so pretty and I appreciate the challenge. And guess what? I’ll be able to knit 2 beautiful shawls from only 3 skeins of knit picks gloss lace. That’s a lot of knitting for not very much money. And it’s absorbing knitting that keeps me paying attention. The only part I don’t like (I think) is blocking. This might be knitting blasphemy, but I have never blocked a piece of knitting before. Most (I’m lying. All.) of my first projects were knit in acrylic yarn.
The only reason I think I don’t like blocking is that I seem to be putting off that particular part of knitting. That’s why I have two shawls completed that don’t look nearly as pretty as they could. Would have been three, if I hadn’t ran out of yarn on my first attempted shawl. I knit the entire skein, watching and watching the skein getting smaller and smaller. I was convinced that I would have just enough. I was wrong. So I unraveled the whole, nearly-completed shawl. It didn’t even hurt my feelings. I just shrugged my shoulders and balled the yarn. That’s why I’m sure I’m a process knitter. I care more about the actual knitting part than having the product at the end. Not to say that I don’t love have someone complimenting me on something and then looking amazed when I tell them I made it.
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