Color Addiction

I’m not sure when I first realized I had an addiction to color; all colors, in a kinds of media. There might be a few colors I am not drawn to in certain things. I don’t wear orange, but I’m happy to paint with it or use it in something I’m not going to wear, or maybe scarves.

If you take me to a store (kind varies) that has its wares organized by color I will fall down the rabbit-hole. Yarn stores are particularly bad for this kind of weakness. And if the ‘color’ can be petted (like yarn) and you can feel the texture and softness, oh boy.

On-line isn’t much better. You can’t feel the yarn, but if you’ve purchased from the vendor before you will know what you like and it is so easy to just click a few buttons and it shows up on your doorstep and who doesn’t like getting something in the mail. (Besides bills)

I don’t need to but I will still go and buy a few more (thank you DIL for enabling me). As a result, I have the ‘three bags full’ of rhyme and I’m trying to decide what to do with them. I’m obviously not knitting, crocheting, whatever, fast enough.

More socks, if I can. I’ve got the heel turn memorized. Heck, I had it memorized a while back and I could not find my basic directions sheet if you asked me. And occasionally all my sets of double point needles in the appropriate size are in use which means, finish a pair before you can start another. One way to control the projects.

An early pair much worn.

There is a fun 10-stitch afghan pattern I’ve made more than once. This pattern is on Ravelry, but there are other copies floating on the internet. It is good for using up the small quantities left from other projects and I’m inching towards starting another one. The tricky part (if there is one) is the corner turn, but other than that it is simple.

Not my picture, but you can see the construction easilyThis is one of mine when it was still in progress, see needle by inquisitive cat that has a wish to lose a life.

And a summer flies shawl I’ve made at least twice, but I like it’s look especially with a yarn that goes from one color to another. It is not free, but for $6, I’ve made this more than 6 times so the cost for the pattern is approaching ‘free’.

Not mine, but I did one in yellow, so just pretend.

You might notice I have a few favorites.

The other day I started a ‘loop’ type scarf, no pattern just knit/purl squares. I don’t know who it will go to. DIL doesn’t wear scarfs much but she does like pink and it is a very pretty pink/white…I may tempt her. But I’ve got to get it done first so, knit. Knit faster!

It keeps my fingers busy and as a side bonus, as I don’t want ‘oil’ on the fibers I’m working, I don’t eat/snack while I’m knitting. I’m hungry, perhaps I better go knit.