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Like a fever

 I mentioned that I had my knitting all planned out for our recent holiday, and then out of the blue decide I HAD to knit the Traveler Shell. Which is fine, but I don't know where that mania came from. And then last week I was cruising around reading the MDK 'bang out a sweater' for 2025. They do this every year in February - knit a quick, thick jumper. February being the hottest month of the year here in Melbourne I generally casually follow along from afar. This year, they announced the Bolin Cardigan by Norah Gaughan and I felt that I HAVE TO KNIT IT. I don't know why  - it's a fine cardigan, but very warm - mohair held with 8ply. It didn't really suit me, timewise because I had planned to knit a Weaver B, in January to February, and we are away for the last week of February (when I will be starting Leon's Winter Set). Despite all this I was obsessed. I could not stop thinking about this cardigan, planning it, preparing for it.


 I swatched for it, and realised that the vintage mohair a friend gave me was scratchy and not very nice.


Then I realised I'm a grown up, and an artist and I deserve nice things so I started look at buying yarn. I thought about using the yarn from the pattern, but it's got alpaca and Katie is allergic to alpaca and I spend a lot of time with Katie. The I found something that looked perfect in my local yarn shop. 

And on Wednesday night I woke up (at 3.33!) and like a fever breaking the obsession was gone. I still want to knit it, but I've returned to my previous schedule, which is less stressful, more weather appropriate and closer to sanity. It was a fun week feverishly planning this rushed knit, but probably more fun than actually doing it! Normal knitting schedule has resumed.

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