Dog, Horse or Bird?

One thing that I can tell you for sure, is that from this point on, I will be weaving in my ends as I go.

Most of the time--especially with garments--I never ever weave in as I knit. Why? A couple of times I did just that and then ended up having the frog the entire shebang and deal with cutting out knots, finding where ends were woven in and losing a ton of yarn in the process, not to mention what I consider to be one of my better characteristics: Easy-going-ness. Ha.

So, I started, on a lark, knitting some log cabin squares. I haven't ever really knit a log cabin square so I poked around a bit and came up with what I thought was a wonky enough square that would lend itself to sock yarn leftovers that have color changes. I'm not a matchy-girl so it suits me just fine to knit the squares and have them look off kilter.

And so I knit. 

And knit.

And I swear: I'm not bored. Just waiting for something to happen, if you know what I mean. Writers dabble in words or write whatever the heck comes to mind when the words don't come easy. Artists? I'm not much of one, but I bet they must have some exercise they do to get the juices flowing. Me? I guess I just knit squares.

Come to think of it, my last two books required that I knit hundreds of swatches. Square-shaped swatches. So there you go: Now that those two books are under my belt and the next one comes out this Spring, I'm back at knitting squares.

Call me an old dog, or maybe a horse that knows its way home when his rider falls off and dies or something. Or call me a homing pigeon, or one of those zany swallows that poops everywhere when they finally arrive back home.

Or maybe don't call me at all. I'm too busy with this thing.

Comments

[cimorine]

I hate weaving in ends. Kudos to you for doing it!

[Shirlee]

I sympathize with you, but I must say that your writing of this post was a very enjoyable read : )

[Amy O']

yes... I can relate. what does one do when they have been spinning for 8+ years and most of said spinning consisted of 4 oz hand painted braids? https://www.instagram.com/p/BAP34JwoFO1/?taken-by=amyomalley

I'm loving this project - and making it completely random. Perfect for knitting in the passenger seat.

[Wendy]

Amy: Great minds, huh? : )

[Marty Ward]

Love your log cabin squares! Could you share your recipe/pattern and size?

[Keith McFarland]

You were ahead of your time. NY Times "The Health Benefits of Knitting."

[Wendy]

Keith!

[Lorraine]

Have you seen the Tiny Owl Knits Beekeeper's Quilt? It's fantastic, and a great way to use up extra sock yarn: https://tinyowlknits.wordpress.com/the-beekeepers-quilt/ . I just watch the instructional video when I need to cheer up :)