The second re-knit glove in progress. Knitting it is, exciting it isn't. Sometimes knitting just is that way.
There are a million variations on the theme above. I may just get through half of them in the coming weeks. How so? I have hit the knitters eternal dread. Knitting doldrums. I have a list of things to knit that's as long as my arm (evidence on request), but almost every project is stuck. I'm either waiting for yarn or some other necessary equipment to arrive through the post, or I need to learn something on my knitting machine first. The second problem I can actively sort out, but it's frustrating waiting for the first one to happen. You probably don't want to be my postie right now.
So does this mean I have bought yarn instead of recycling it? Well, in two out of three cases, yes it does. In fact, in all three cases where I am waiting for yarn it's brand new. One lot is free - although that makes it absolutely no more environmentally friendly. The good things about ordering new yarn are that I help support other small businesses in the same field. It's an awkward square to circle. Do you buy new and create more resource use or do you recycle because it's friendlier to the planet? If you constantly don't buy the firm you need may go out of business and that helps no-one when they are a small friendly firm with an excellent ethical policy. Two of my upcoming projects use a combination of new and recycled yarn, which is a good way to go I think.
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