Knitting.....

I finished one of those itchy projects last night--one of those projects that you do not really like working on, but that you slog onward for other reasons. It must be finished! The itch to complete must be scratched! even if it bleeds.

I have some mixed issues with my stash. I like having a choice of things to work on next, and a stockpile of yarn for lean times (whether it is lean in $$$ or lean on time for yarn shopping.) BUT I do not like the feeling of being obligated or bound by my yarn, or tied to past choices. Sometimes I chose the wrong yarn, or I just do not want to knit the object any more. And then the stash becomes the stash of OBLIGATION. The stash that must be knit before I get to the good stuff.

This itch appears periodically, the itch to git 'er knitted, to finish up some part of the yarn collection. I recently knitted a huge grocery bag (raveled here) that ate most of 8 skeins of Cascade 220 but that was not enough. Must knit more!

So I took the Hemp (raveled here) that I had bought at MDS&W in 2006 and made a Moderne Rug. Its based loosely on Mason Dixon's Moderne Blanket, though I just used the log cabin technique, made it asymmetrical, and alternated different colors for variety. It looks homey but good. I am very glad I never tried to make a sweater from this; it is super scratchy and full of knots. But as a rug it can have a life and be free of the stash.

And mentally I can also be free. Except I may still be itching. What will I scratch next?