Monday, June 6, 2011

Knitting Mojo

Knitters will know what I am talking about.  You are working on one project only to see another pattern that you would like to knit, then another and perhaps another.  It seems there is just not enough time to knit all those sweaters, hats, mittens and scarves to keep loved ones warm in the cold months.  It's a good feeling.  And then all of a sudden it's gone.  The knitting mojo.  Gone.

It happened a few months ago when I decided to take a break from knitting for my Etsy shop.  As much as I enjoyed knitting for the shop, I was excited about knitting something from the mental list in my head that had been getting longer and longer.  But where to begin?  I quickly cast on for a sweater  that I had wanted to knit for a year but ended up being a bulky green mistake.  I think that sweater was responsible for sucking away my knitting mojo.  Or maybe all my creative mojo was being directed toward my new passion, soap making.  I couldn't seem to keep up with all the ideas for soap.  A balance of sorts, I guess.  Either way, after that green seater, I didn't want to knit much of anything. So I worked on a pair of socks, the occasional face cloth and I was bored.  Bored by knitting.  

Then Saturday afternoon happened.  A rainy Saturday afternoon when I found myself with a few free hours.  Yes, that's right.  Lego had provided me with a whole afternoon to browse knitting patterns at my leisure.  And it came back.  The knitting mojo returned.

 
I now look forward to sitting down with my knitting in the evening.  It is relaxing, that clickity clacking of the needles.  But far from boring.  I am already planning my next project.  Welcome back, knitting mojo.

9 comments:

  1. Yes, welcome back. It's such a nice reunion of sorts when a part of our joy knocks again. How nice it gave you time to really welcome soap before returning. You have such fun!

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  2. Yay...glad it came back. I do that with sewing sometimes too...get sidetracked by other projects or ideas...I think it's just the crafting mind...we wander to all sorts of ideas that are swirling around in our head.

    Great post!

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  3. hooray for knitting! i am looking forward to a couple of hours in the car today while michael drives so i can get my knit on... hard to find the time otherwise these days, but the mojo is there...

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  4. I lost my knitting mojo too. I was working on a ugly sweater too!!

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  5. Beautiful work! I'll have to check out that Etsy shop of yours.

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  6. Knitting is just that. I find myself much more excited about knitting if I have yarn that I end up liking very much, then it is fun. Sometimes it is hard to know when bying the yarn if it is going to work or not. Always more projects in mind than on the needles, though...

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  7. glad you have regained your knitting mojo- mine seems to be a bit misplaced these days, or perhaps replaced, as my brain fills up with sewing ideas. i know too, that knitting tends to fall by the wayside when the weather heats up, but i'm sure the cycle will come around again, just as the weather starts to crisp up again for fall. can't wait to see what you're working on!

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  8. I can definitely relate. It especially evaporates when it's for a project that isn't imminent...ie: I'm knitting in summer when I don't need these things until fall/winter. And then I don't have enough time once I get down to it to actually do the dozens of patterns I store up! Sigh, such is life.

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  9. As a relatively new knitter, I am experiencing this strange desire to just buy wool randomly whenever I see it without even knowing it's for. Is this normal? Knitting mojo? I don't think I've quite got mine yet, but I'm working on it ;-)

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