Oolong knits

May was kind of a silly month for me. Let me explain. I was planning on knitting a stranded colour-work sweater and I had been planning the design for a long while. By planning, I mean, I had both drafted a couple of patterns and knitted quite a few different swatches. However, my last attempt at knitting a colour-work sweater was a big disappointment and left me feeling like I needed to practice doing a lot of stranded colour-work before I started another challenging project. Last year, I did just that and finished not one, but two hot water bottle covers and all went very well. Last month, I knitted a stranded colour-work beanie and again all went perfect. Both those experiences gave me confidence, but when the day to cast on for my sweater arrived I chickened out and, instead, started a cowl. That was fine. It's a gorgeous pattern and a real pleasure to knit! But... but I felt like I just wasted my time. I definitely need to practice to work colour-work flat (and maybe some co...

For April, I wanted a small project, that would let me keep focus on my March project: the beautiful Purpurea Sweater by Teti Lutsak and, after finishing the sweater, still leave me some time to continue my February project (a self-drafted blanket). I decided to do a mosaic dishcloth, fun and quick!, I thought. But, that felt extremely underwhelming when I finished it in less than one day; maybe too much fun, I really couldn't put it down, and too quick for sure. It felt good to go back to work on the sweater already on the 1st of April, but, let's say I was feeling like I had fallen for an April's fool prank. To add insult to injury, I ran out of yarn for the sweater! So, that gorgeous sweater is currently in hibernation. Now, I was really thinking that April had taken away my mojo. I tried to look at the bright side: plenty of time to work on the blanket, maybe even enough to finish it, but... I couldn't keep my motivation. So, I decided on converting my April p...