Tuesday 26 April 2011

You're not the boss of me now

Tsk tsk no blog in two weeks? Naughty...


I got a bit fed up with my knitting and my silly rules about what I must finish before starting anything new. Well those rules just made me not want to knit any of my WIPs. The recent sunny weather made knitting woolly socks, gloves and a scarf unappealing. Also I got this little delivery:

APRIL2011 001

Pretty boxy project bags from Zigzag Stitches on Etsy with a charming owl print, I love them

APRIL2011 002

It would have been rude not to start a new project to put in one of them right? I will not let my WIPs and my notebook on Ravelry be the boss of me and shall knit what I please when I please. Excuse blur though it adds to the "what am I knitting" mystery I suppose!

DSC02722

Also the sunny weather rather gave me an itch for one of my other favourite activities...camping! In all the sun of last week I got our kit out and gave it a good airing ready for our first camping trip of the year in May, I can't wait

APRIL2011 003

Annoyingly the weather has resumed it's usual grey Britishness, how dare it?! I should have known all that sun was too good to be true...I just hope that wasn't our entire summer, I have pretty cotton dresses to wear, BBQs to eat and fields to sleep in.

8 comments:

  1. Your new bag is super cute and definitely deserved to be filled with a new project. Cast on, I say! Seize the day.

    ReplyDelete
  2. I have an owl bag on its way to me from zigzagstitches too. Her bags are my fav!

    ReplyDelete
  3. I'm exactly the same - as soon as I start giving myself rules I end up not wanting to do anything. A gorgeous new project bag seems like an excellent incentive to change the rules ;)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Hurrah! I've been having the same battle with myself, one side won and something new was cast on last night, LOL!! Lovely bag, too cute!! Have fun camping, I'm sure that's a good place to knit.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Oooooooooooh! Luvverly bags! I must go and investigate, you naughty enabler you!!!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Ooohh!! Those bags are lovely, the owls are so cheerful! I so understand your rules, I tend to to do that too. But you're right! Why should our knitting be the boss of us?! Happy WIPs and camping.

    ReplyDelete
  7. I say: Cast on. I can't tell you how many projects I have going just now -- and it doesn't really matter. Knitting should be about joy not rules!

    Very, very cute project bags.

    ReplyDelete
  8. How dare the nice weather interfere with knitting! It's definitely a double edged sword. I cannot wait for camping!

    ReplyDelete