I really love this combination of colours. These are actually two different shades of orange, and I think they compliment each other quite nicely. I think this might well be the brightest square I have done so far on Iona.
I know the different shades might not show up very well, but they really are lovely. It also looks quite small, but I am only half way through this particular square.
We all handle stress in different ways. Sometimes you don't even realise that you are stressing about something, not until that stress actually goes away. I have been stressing about things at work, trying to not give in to it, but, when you have a headache that seems to overtake you, you know you really aren't handling the stress very well. So, how to handle things? Talk about it, with someone you trust totally which in my case is my husband. I also need to get back to walking, even in the winter I still need to go for a walk. I haven't been doing as much walking as I used to, and I honestly think that is playing a part. It is how I usually work that stress out of my system, as well as the talking thing. Knitting is also a wy fo relieving the stress. I continue to knit, no matter what. I can't not knit, it is so much a part of who I am.
Do you know how difficult it is to try and come up with a title with each post I do? I could just to a heading of each day that I do one, you know, Friday, 1st July. But that sounds so boring. Good thing there isn't a competition for the best title, aye?
Anyway, what was I gonna write about? Not Iona, must be gettinga little boring hearing about how I am going on that, - which I am still doing by the way. No, this is about knitting, but maybe a little of my journey on it. You could say I am a bit of a rebel knitter. I don't do swatches, I don't even do tension squares!!!! I actually never bothered doing a tension right from the beginning of my knitting journey, couldn't be bothered. I just wanted to get on with the pattern. In all honesty, I still don't do a swatch, why break a habit of years? I know I am a tight knitter, so I know to go up a size on the needles I use for any pattern.
I also don't usually use the yarn that the pattern states. Mostly because I can't get that yarn. As long as the yar I am planning on using has the same measurements for the pattern, then I am all good to go. Good thing this isn't being read by anyone else, cos I know I would be in so much trouble right now. But, you know what? I am very happy with my knitting, and the results ares till good. Any garments I make still fit the intended person, and they seem happy with it.
So, now back to knitting on Iona. Come on, you really can't expect me to not mention Iona!!! I am surprised I have actually stayed with this one projects for as long as I have. Sure, I have made a couple of small things, but, I have always gone back to Iona. She calls to me, louder that any of my other knitting - and that really is saying something.
