"Nothing is more real..."

"...than nothing."

I am lacking motivation.

Mainly the motivation to knit, but also to write this blog so forgive this nothing of a post.

I wasn't happy with the way the sleeve of Ranger (Ravelry link here) was turning out so I've ripped it back, but I can't seem to motivate myself to start it again. Maybe I should just cast on another project that I'm a bit more excited about, but I've felt like that for over a week now and I still haven't. I even had some days of work and still didn't knit!

Didn't knit, didn't bake, didn't exercise. I cleaned and I read (which is like saying I breathed and blinked) but it doesn't feel the same. In my defence I have been preoccupied with house stuff.... That is very stressful. Maybe I just need to cast on something very very simple and boring to unwind.

Sigh.

Hopefully by next week I'll be in better spirits.

*Quote from Samuel Beckett.

“Sir…”

“…do we get to win this time?”

So I thought I was finished with Navigate, but after a few wears CB and I really aren’t happy with it. The neckline is just too low down.

It would be fairly straightforward to undo the cast off and increase the amount of ribbing, but I’m not sure that would result in the kind of look we’re going for. That would have more of a…Elizabethan Ruff kinda vibe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruff_(clothing)

Maybe I can knit an inch or two of stockingette and then move into ribbing? Thing is, that might still look silly and I can’t think of a way to find out until I actually do it.

Ideally I’d rip right back down to where the pattern repeats stopped, and just carry on knitting in pattern for a few more inches. I don’t know if I’ll be able to work out where I was in the pattern though. I did keep my charts (not sure why I did, perhaps I sensed I might have to re-knit it?) so maybe I can fudge it from them. The front of a complicated knitted jumper isn’t really the kind of thing I want to fudge but needs must as the devil drives.

Also not sure how a couple of inches of unblocked jumper will look like plonked on the top of the blocked pieces, but I guess we’re already out of my comfort zone, might as well dance around a little while I’m there.

*Quote from John Rambo.

“Ares hates those…”

“…who hesitate.”

I’ve finished knitting my usual “welcome to the world tiny baby” outfit of a cardigan and hat for my nephew due in April. I’m worried his parents will think it’s a little girly, but hopefully they won’t. It’s one of those things that should matter, but it does to some people and it’s difficult to tell who.

The jumper is Hundreds, by Kelly van Niekerk (Ravelry link here), and the hat is Child’s Ear Hat, by Good Knit (Ravelry link here). Both patterns were free (we love free patterns) and used up a good ol’ chunk of stash wool. The green is Hayfield DK and is surprising soft for a cheap acrylic. Would buy again.

Both patterns were well written and I like the end result. Would definitely knit both again.

Not much else to say. Badda bing badda boom.

*Quote from Euripides.