This my friends, is the start of a new adventure. There will be pitfalls, slipped stitches, perhaps some frustration. Ultimately I believe that there will be more instances of joy, awe and pure relaxation. Yes, I've decided to take the plunge and try, once again, to learn how to knit. So today I drove to the LYS ... Commuknity (wow, you have to check out this store if you're ever in the San Jose, CA area!) ... and bought these two skeins of Noro's Silk Garden color #50 yarn. The extremely nice salesman steered me to the circular addi turbo brand needles, promising that I would love the way they performed. What the heck, he seemed well-versed in the ways of knitting. Plus he and his wife are costumers so already there's a kindred spirit. Not to mention that anything with the word "turbo" in it must be good. Remember that I'm the one who gets the speeding tickets in our family. (I've been better at slowing down but it's soooo hard to do on the 5 when I drive down to LA. It's nothing but straight open road for more than 200 miles.)
My first project will be a simple scarf ... all knit, no purl, just to keep it simple. The thing that I really, truly want to make -- the thing that just makes my heart sing when I look at it -- is the gorgeous Lizard Ridge Afghan shown in the Fall 2006 issue of knitty (designed by Laura Aylor). There's even a Lizard Ridge Knitalong and here too ... wow! Okay, I'm smart enough to realize that I just can't possibly try something like that until I've practiced for a while. But I'm just dying to get better so that I can try it too. Don't you just love the colors? See, there's my love of bold and vibrant color combos again.
