Cleaning out storage has brought me face to face with my
stash…..my handspun stash. Years ago I took up spinning my own yarn. Yes….from a dirty sheep fleece to dyeing the
spun yarn into skeins. Since I am a process knitter, it was the process that
interested me, not necessarily the product. It was a skill I learned until
other interests took hold….or rather drew me back into knitting purchased wool.
So my handspun stash hibernated in
plastic bags in my storage crying out every once in awhile to “Knit me, knit
me”.
So now, I have these
many plastic bins of handspun yarn. I didn’t think I had enough of the same type of yarn to make
anything big. Since knitting the Rainbow
mitered blanket again, I wondered how it would look to knit one in handspun.
Small amounts of different colors and breeds did not matter. So I started one.
I am thinking that I can make small throw blanket or lap robes to give to
charity. Even if someone mistakenly felts them, they would make some fair rugs
or dog/cat blankets. So now I have a new
charity project. Yet, knitting it gives
me some satisfaction and purpose in this world.
I’m still struggling with finding my role in this world
without a partner, but as long as I have my home to love, my son to keep me
company, and a job to keep the bills paid, I am somewhat content. Finding “Peace” in decorating my home and my
knitting brings me joy. Someone said
that “Joy doesn’t just happen. You have to choose Joy and keep choosing it
every day.” There are days this is
easier said than done but for now I am at peace.
