Lalala…

I noticed something while reviewing my “active” projects the other day. Everything I’m working on is lace. Stoles, shawls, more shawls…all of it. Not a single sock, sweater part, hat, glove in the pile. Just something lacy followed by more lacy. This could constitute a rut.

First there’s my main project, the handspun Comfort Shawl sampler. I am so close to finishing this that I foresee a marathon knitting session sans break to finish those last few rows. I’m on the second to last color/fiber on the last ball of yarn. The last two new fiber sections took up around eight rows before merging into the next segment, so there is really about a dozen rows until the end. A dozen. I must finish this.

My even more mindless than a feather and fan project is a Wisp that I started in March with the intent of using the entire ball of yarn. I’m so bored with this project that I may just measure and decide it’s long enough. This project gained a few inches while we sat in the theater Thursday night waiting for a midnight showing of The Dark Knight. You know how much I hated (spoiler warning) the latest Indiana Jones? I loved this new Batman installation with the same intensity of feeling times a million billion. Seriously, it’s that good and I’m not just saying that because Bats is my favorite super hero and he can kick your super hero’s ass.

Finally, I’ve pulled Mellifera out of hibernation. She’s still a little baby shawl. This is another handspun project using singles made of merino and tencel. I’m hoping to make at least a bit of progress on this before I get distracted by another project.

I could almost kill for something cabled and not lace, but if I stop what I’m working on, I’m afraid I won’t pick them back up.