MIA

Geez! I've just realised that it's been over a month since I last posted. It seems like only yesterday but also a lifetime ago. This last month has been the perfect storm where work, family, extended family and health have all collided. I've managed to muddle my way through the craziness but the one casualty has been my "me time" and especially sewing. Before this I had embarked on a more technical detailed project (Simplicity 1421) which I had committed to for April MAGAM. So far I've sewn three seams. That's it. And honestly, I'm not keen to take on this project when the rest of my life is so hectic.

In the meantime I do have some progress to share. I have had to travel a bit lately and had planned for quiet evenings which I mostly got. To tide me over, I started knitting a cowl. Not just any cowl. Seamstress Erin's roses and leaves double knitting cowl. I thought twice about starting this. Would it be too much? I'm not the best concentrator when I'm travelling for work. And I wanted a relaxing project. I decided that it would fit the bill and I'm really happy to say that it has. This pattern is a fab balance between repetitive knitting that is good stress relief and an interesting pattern repeat to stop boredom setting in. The pattern is repeated three times in each round. Just right. Enough to get comfortable but not too much that I lost interest. So I'm now just over one third of the way through. And I'm pretty darned happy with it. Ravelry notes are here.