Most of my knitting time & energy over the past week has been focused on finishing up the Wonder Woman Wrap. All of the ends are woven in, so it just needs a good blocking and I can call it done! In the mean time, I am still working on the Inauguration Consolation shawl - I guess it wasn't a photo finish after all!
A recent cleanout of my yarn stash revealed that I had a unused Mother Bear Project kit hiding in my craft room. Who knows how long I have been depriving a child of a cute knitted bear? I started knitting the kit last weekend, hoping that would make me feel a little less guilty....but it's not working because now I have a new thing to feel guilty about: for instance, I dislike working with the yarn from the kit. I'm pretty sure it's Red Heart, and it hurts my hands and just feels yucky to me. But after reading the enclosed brochure that talked about how much the kids love their bears and consider them a prized treasure, I've resolved to get over it and make the cutest darn bear possible!
As a side note, I want to mention I don't support yarn snobbery, at least not in the form of making other people feel bad for the yarns they choose to work with. Seriously, if you dig working with Red Heart, don't let my opinions ruin it for you! It's affordable and easy to come by, and you never have to worry about dye lots. I totally get it. I firmly believe that there is a spectrum of Good Acrylic and Bad Acrylic yarns. While I'm afraid the yarn I'm using falls into the Bad Acrylic category (in terms of knitting experience, at least), I am sure that it was chosen for the kit precisely because it is easy-care and wears well. While it may not be my favorite yarn to knit with, whoever ends up with this bear will have a lovable friend for years to come.*
There is a Mother Bear KAL happening here on Ravelry through August 31, for those of you who are interested. Even if you can't finish a bear by the end of this month, I hope you'll make some time this fall to knit a bear for the project!
* Unless, of course, the bear is set on fire, in which case it will melt. Hopefully the chances of this happening are quite small.
A recent cleanout of my yarn stash revealed that I had a unused Mother Bear Project kit hiding in my craft room. Who knows how long I have been depriving a child of a cute knitted bear? I started knitting the kit last weekend, hoping that would make me feel a little less guilty....but it's not working because now I have a new thing to feel guilty about: for instance, I dislike working with the yarn from the kit. I'm pretty sure it's Red Heart, and it hurts my hands and just feels yucky to me. But after reading the enclosed brochure that talked about how much the kids love their bears and consider them a prized treasure, I've resolved to get over it and make the cutest darn bear possible!
As a side note, I want to mention I don't support yarn snobbery, at least not in the form of making other people feel bad for the yarns they choose to work with. Seriously, if you dig working with Red Heart, don't let my opinions ruin it for you! It's affordable and easy to come by, and you never have to worry about dye lots. I totally get it. I firmly believe that there is a spectrum of Good Acrylic and Bad Acrylic yarns. While I'm afraid the yarn I'm using falls into the Bad Acrylic category (in terms of knitting experience, at least), I am sure that it was chosen for the kit precisely because it is easy-care and wears well. While it may not be my favorite yarn to knit with, whoever ends up with this bear will have a lovable friend for years to come.*
There is a Mother Bear KAL happening here on Ravelry through August 31, for those of you who are interested. Even if you can't finish a bear by the end of this month, I hope you'll make some time this fall to knit a bear for the project!
* Unless, of course, the bear is set on fire, in which case it will melt. Hopefully the chances of this happening are quite small.
I think I need a workshop on guilt free knitting. I have too many projects shaking their yarny fingers at me.
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