What’s the difference in MORNING knitting and EVENING knitting? In a word, TENSION. I received a new KIT from MOREHOUSE FARM yesterday; the “Verona” lace shawl, which is knit with their MERINO lace. I eagerly cast on at about 8:30pm. I rapidly moved from my Lantern Moon rosewood size 8 needles to the size 9 and at the point where the stitches still felt a little tight, wondered if I should give the size 10 needles a try. Figuring it wouldn’t hurt to re-look at the situation in the light of day, I left my knitting for the night. This morning, having taken my project out to the patio to try to sneak in a few ROWS over that first cup of coffee, it HIT me. There really is a DIFFERENCE in morning knitting and evening knitting. What last night felt like TIGHT little stitches that had me pondering a[nother] needle change, this morning felt loose and fluid. My hunch is all the stress of the day accumulates to make my evening knitting an entirely different (I would venture to say, more uptight, no pun intended) experience. Not exactly an EPIPHANY, but knowing this small fact will definitely help me decide which project to pick up when… HAVE A GREAT DAY!
Verona Shawl and Coffee
