Well my room is organized and all my lovely yarn stashed away in baskets. I stood back to take a look at my “stash” and was a little saddened that I had given up all my wonderful wool when we left Kentucky to move back here to Arizona. The textures, the colors and all the projects I had planned seems like a distant memory. As any knitter, I still don’t think I have enough yarn and long to fill every inch of my room with what I can cram into it. I find myself looking through the latest knitting magazines oohing and awing over all the latest patterns and textures of yarn for fall. I’m drawn to all the beautiful new wools and wool blends, but I live in the desert where knitting in wool isn’t feasible.
One thing I truly miss about leaving Kentucky was the changing of the seasons, the colors of the trees in October in brilliant yellows, gold and reds that was a true inspiration to dig out the needles, wool yarn and start making heavy sweaters in a cabled patter. I will miss not being able to wear lovely sweaters knitted in wool. I have convinced myself that I can change out the yarn requirements to cotton or some other blend, but it’s just not the same. What is a knitter to do?
Oh well…. just another trip to the yarn shop to decide.
