Knitting away my guilt

The peachy socks are done and I am master of the short row heel and anti-weaving toe! I also finished some felted pouches for my needles.

After finishing those projects, visiting the yarn store against my promise to myself, and starting new projects that couldn't be helped I've realized what a selfish knitter I've become since after the holidays. Everything I've got going right now are for me--more socks (2 pairs) and a shawl for the spring and summer (which by the way is sooo yummy looking). Okay, I guess I can reason with it and say I deserve this, which I suppose I do after all the years of hampered knitting while I was earning my Master's degree. So I will give myself this but will begin concocting something new for someone other than my selfish self.

So these new projects...The socks. I have one on the needles right now and this yarn just hypnotized me when I first saw it. I think it's the beginnings of spring fever and seeing the robin's egg blue color spattered around other springy colors in the skein, then imagining what that sock would look on my foot in my blue Chacos. The other socks are soon to be cast on. They are more of the deeper brighter color persuasion with lots of intensity. I also imagined what that would look like on my feet in my Black Thong Chacos. And since these sandals are thongy I think I will try making thong socks, you know kinda like what the Japanese customarily wore whith a special little place for just the big toe? I found this perfect pattern from Spun Magazine for Geisha Socks.

So the socks are fine those were totally planned and totally selfish although laden with a bit of guilt--though I can live with myself for that. What I am embracing with all my guilt is the stuff I bought yesterday and proceeded to turn into a shawl.

I was at work thinking what a great thing it was that March 1st decided to come along and that Spring was a few weeks away. Then I got to thinking that the selfish sweater (which would be my first human sweater ever, discounting doggy sweaters) I was thinking I would make for my selfish self was probably not practical as the weather gets warmer. I started thinking about tank top weather and cool evenings that would probably warrant a shawl or a wrap. So...I talked my selfish self to stop by the yarn store (a completely unplanned visit) and proceeded to buy scrumptious yarn in amounts I've never hoarded in my short knitting career.

The shawl pattern I picked is nothing special since I wanted a very very very very plain pattern. I mean the thing has no pattern at all and was gladly free. It's just knitting back and forth. Increases and knitting. I guess that's why it's called Easy Knit Shawl from FrugalHaus. But the yarn, this yarn, oh man, so yummy and delectable. I'm thinking watermelon and cherry blossoms, irises, and silver stars. And it feels smooth and different compared to all the sock wool I've been using. Despite my supreme guiltiness and urge to flog myself for unabashed knitterly selfishness, I am enjoying this shawl.

The yarn is Cherry Tree Hill Spanish Moss a blend of Rayon, Cotton, and Linen. God, don't you just wanna eat that! I bet it tastes like fruit and smells like cut grass and twinkles like fireflies.