I don’t have a great deal to report, but as it’s been a week, I thought a quick post would be a good idea. If only so that I don’t fall foul of the SP-10 four posts a month regulation.
With a variety of personal issues taking centre stage, knitting has been at a virtual standstill. I am coming to the end of a very brightly coloured Regia yarn sock, but it’s only the first of two, and I am flirting with the idea of ripping it back and re-doing the heel.
I hate ripping things back, mainly because I have so little spare time that what I do have is precious. The feeling that I have wasted several hours of it is something I find utterly depressing, and incredibly infuriating. Although people say that I might have learned something, I don’t find that helpful when I realise that, say, four hours (and more, for the actual ripping) of time I couldn’t really afford to spend on knitting in the first place has disappeared from my life, with nothing to show for it. Sadly all it does is increase my feelings of guilt and wastefulness, and decrease any benefit, like relaxation, that I might actually get from the knitting process.
Isabella is still in limbo, again for issues with ripping. Having redone the neckline several times, I do not have the patience or inclination to redo it. But nor am I inclined to rip it all out. The top is pretty, and I cannot afford the the wasted time or money involved in ripping it out and thinking of something else to do with the yarn (as I would probably need more unless I wanted to do another vest top).
2 Comments
June 4, 2007 at 3:25 am
I’m so sorry about the ripping! I have a few things myself that I’ve had to rip back and have set aside because I’m afraid to face them again without a few stiff drinks first
I hope you don’t stress too much about it or feel too guilty – you’ll come back to them eventually, and when you finish it won’t have been a waste of time! Best of luck….
June 8, 2007 at 3:13 pm
I wish I could say something helpful, but I tend to feel the same about ripping stuff back. I’ve got half knitted jumpers which I’m never going to finish, but nor am I about to undo them.