Who cares WHAT you're knitting?

The knitting has gone on hiatus for so long now. It's really hard to get interested in anything when things are so off kilter on all other fronts, even things that you're usually the most interested in. But I've been back in Michigan and feel at least a little rejuvinated. Then again, maybe it's just the snow making me feel all cozy inside and knitting is one of my coziest activities. And maybe it's because I'm going to be a mother for the first time this June and I've just got to knit 500 of the cutest outfits for my child to grow out of in less time than it took me to make them. Either way, I picked up the needles (the random ones that were hastily packed and brought with me) and have been working on a very simple pair of leg warmers I started a while ago.

Now, I'm not knitting the leg warmers because I need something easy, as is usually the case with me. I've been poring over patterns, and drooling all over them, but as I said, my knitting supplies were hastily and only partially packed and I find myself lacking the supplies I need to start a new project at a moments notice, as I've been able to for so long. On top of it, every time I mean to go to the yarn store, something comes up. Today it is snow. And I've just found out that the town's budget was cut and it takes them all day to get the roads plowed now. Although, we do have a four-wheel drive car. The bear I plan on making for my also-pregnant friend's baby shower might be worth the trip.

I do have to note that I made it to a Jo-Ann's the other day, the two-story one in Novi no less. I couldn't find a single skien that would work for me, even though I had 3 projects I was looking for. I couldn't even find the needles for one of them, and they were fairly common needles. Being hormonally drivin in just about everything these days, I almost had a meltdown, but narrowly avoided it. Which I'm rather proud of. Even if everyone else thinks I should be able to overlook the emotions and think rationally, they either have never been pregnant, or forgot what it was like.....or are just much better people than I am.

So I guess it's back to the oh-so-stimulating K1 P1 of the leg warmers. Actually, leg warmer, since I don't have another ball of the bulky green yarn that I'm using, and it's too late to divide the skein over two smaller leg warmers. I plan getting another skein though, even if the color is a little off, because in this new beginning to knitting I'm having, I plan to actually finish projects.