The second sleeve

Well, I finally got my grading done (after running to the pharmacy. It stinks taking "lots" (for some value of "lots") of prescription meds because I've  not yet hit the point of the refill times synching up, so I have to run out a couple times a month instead of once a month (and earlier, only every three months...)

I worked some on the Rosedale sweater. I had forgotten about the lanolineyness of Kureyon but it sure felt good on my hands. (It's been very dry here. I've been having to use a lotion with dimethicone in it so I don't scratch my back and cause irritated patches. For some reason I get the WORST dry skin on my back.)

The second sleeve....well, it's not going to match the first. I keep finding knots in the balls. Which makes me wonder - I don't REMEMBER the yarn I bought being sold specifically as "seconds," but maybe it actually was - every ball I've used so far has a knot in it, and usually the knot totally messes up the color sequence.

So as I said, they're not going to match. I am trying to let go of that.



I am trying to let go of lots of things related to "needing" stuff to be "perfect," because I know I will be a healthier person once I get there. But it's SO hard. (Part of it is, like Twilight Sparkle, I am a control-freak. I like being able to control things - which may be why I like knitting and quilting; it's a place where I DO have control, whereas things like grant-writing or manuscripts or interactions with other people, I don't, because other people are involved and other people behave in unpredictable ways.)

I hope I like this sweater once it's done. The knots in the balls do make me kind of unhappy because it interrupts my happy zone-out knitting and I have to stop, and snip out the knot, and decide, "Do I continue with the wonky color sequence or just start a new ball where the color will match up better?"