…Limbo
lim·bo [lim-boh]
–noun, plural -bos.
a place or state of oblivion to which persons or things are regarded as being relegated when cast aside, forgotten, past, or out of date: My youthful hopes are in the limbo of lost dreams.
Gah! I have been neglecting my hooks lately. Without making excuses (which I am totally going to do!) I have been boggled down with work (it’s May, do you know what you are doing this summer? I know what my library is doing!), The Bee (I am prepping myself for a Bollywood styled production of The Emporer’s New Clothes…only a mother and homework that seems to be forgotten or half done because she ‘was going to get to it soon’), and everything in between that comes from being an unorganized mess. I have been dragging my bag of hooks and yarn everywhere but have done little with them aside from shoving the bag on the floor of the backseat when I have someone riding along with me (my trunk is too junky to put the bag in…see above).
Anywho, there are a bunch of UFOs that are not getting any love, no progress on my knitty things and tangles of yarn that The Bee and Liliana think are present for their amusement only. I really mean to work on things but honestly crocheting has been stressing me lately. It feels like ONE more thing to do, a chore even and other to dos have been just a bit more vocal in getting my attention. The idea of futzing about with my yarn…well, I’ve been suffering from a bad case of the idonnwannas!
Last week a new family came to storytime and their son had the cutest hat. It was a red double crocheted beanie featuring ELMO! After The Yarn Whisperer, OBC and I oohed and ahhed over the hat his mom shared the designer who created the hat, a left handed hooker by the name of Lefty Loops. I immediately checked out her Facebook page and we messaged back and forth after she announced that she would soon be selling her patterns.
Yesterday my Facebook timeline produced another beanie, this time with a pawprint applique. I oohed and ahhed again and after commenting how much I looked the hat was contacted by Kady from My Dandelion Wishes who shared where I could find the shop selling the pattern. I popped through the shop, found the pattern as well as several more that were just lovely…and I’m back! The thought of a new project feels exciting and possible and I am ready to begin again.
I am not sure where my ambivalence stemmed from. I’ve got the supplies, a ton of yarn* and the skills. There are some UFOs that I need to FO but like knitters with second sock syndrome, I seem to have finishing off syndrome.
Well, I am working on a beanie (natch) and I have a request from a friend for a spring scarf (Golly I hope it’s cold in June…kidding!). I think two easy projects are good to wade back into the world of needlecrafting.
Hooking it up,
-r
*Slight exaggeration. I have slighly less than a ton.
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