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May 5, 2006

Spring?

What is it about Spring that makes us restless and even a little dissatisfied with the current state of thing? Is it simply the change of seasons? Or is it something specific about Spring? For me, Spring is unique. Partly because Spring comes to other parts of the country so much sooner than it comes here. We've been getting rain and snow and it's been cold and gray the last few days.

I think Spring signifies change and I always think about this time of year as a time to make whatever alterations I've been thinking about for the last few months. A while ago I decided that I wasn't going to list myself to death. I'm actually enjoying this whole knitting on the fly. I finished my Sockapaloooza socks and am almost done with Clapotis. I'm preparing for my next project (I'm having Purly dye me some yarn), which promises to be a lot of fun. And in continuing with the idea of having fun with my knitting (and not so much in the vein of not planning, but what can I say - sometimes to have fun you have to plan), I've joined the Amazing Lace. I'm intrigued by the whole concept and it sounds like more than just your average knitalong. So, we'll see what comes of that. I'm going to knit the Trellis Scarf from the Spring 2006 Interweave (and speaking of Interweave, I got my summer magazine in the mail yesterday - nothing I can't live without, at least after the first glance). And I have some Sundara Sock Yarn from Grumperina that I think needs to be made into Unst from Knitting on the Road. My nod towards not planning is I'm not saying which one I'll do first or even if I'll do them both. The Amazing Lace runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day, so I imagine they'll both get done, but no pressure.

One thing about Spring that I'm not so crazy about is that it makes me itchy to have new things. I'm a bit of a shopper (I'm sure no one is surprised to hear that), and every year about this time I realize that I don't have any cute or fun clothes. So, the only thing for a girl to do is to buy some. Right? I ordered a skirt, jacket, and camisole - I'll let you know when they arrive. I've never ordered from this company so I hope everything fits (but so far their customer service has been outstanding). I'm feeling a little guilty about spending the money, but then I think that I deserve to buy new stuff once in awhile, but I should be saving, and around and round I go. Guilt and indecisiveness are really pains in the ass.

This weekend is going to be busy. Tomorrow morning in the monthly knitting guild meeting and we're doing a class on embelishments. That means I need to knit a swatch with worsted yarn to have to work on in the class. I'm not sure what I have in my stash - it seems that most of my yarn is sport or fingering, but I think I must have something that will work. Surely. I'm less than excited because there are other things I'd rather be doing, but I will participate and probably even learn something. A good friend of ours is graduating with his PhD in mathmatics and they're having a party, so that's tomorrow night. I have to pick my mom up at the Denver airport on Sunday and sometime in there find some time for the normal weekend stuff like laundry and grocery shopping. And I'd really like to finish the Weekender Bag this weekend too. But, I very well may be a bit overly ambitious or optimistic or whatever. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. If Spring has come to your neck of the woods, get outside and enjoy it.