I suppose it was only a matter of time to test positive for Covid, but it still took me by surprise. After all, I had two vaccinations and a booster shot. Without that it would most likely have been a worst experience, but even so it was a tough couple of weeks.
One of the hardest things for me was feeling extremely listless and sleeping a lot. I had no desire to knit and at one point wondered if I ever would again.
My journey back
I finally picked up a crochet hook and crocheted a swiffer cover and then another. To crochet was somewhat easier at that point and especially easier to put down and pick up at random.
Then I read about a knitalong for a shawl, the January 2022 Neon Shawl KAL, and since I already had one skein of Merino Cloud, I started looking up on line which other multi color would go well with it. My husband said he’d treat me to that second skein of yarn. There was the first spark to knit again. And so I went down the road to my LYS as soon as quarantine was over and had a look at the two colors I considered. One just really popped next to the yarn I already had, the lemon slice and Mood ring seemed a match made in heaven.
And so I began again. Within a couple of days I finished part one.
Right away part two was emailed to me and after printing that out at my local library, I finished that rather quickly.
This pattern was like medicine to me, it pulled me right back into knitting and the colors brought such joy just looking at them. Holding the yarn, was my lifeline. That yarn is really nice to knit with!!!
Before I knew it, the shawl was finished and blocking.
So it took me just ten days from start to finish and Tony ( hubby) was a good sport and did two photo sessions with me, one in our backyard and one by the Hudson River.
Well, Iris Schreier, the pattern designer, liked my photos so much that she shared them not only on ravelry but other social media ( Facebook and Instagram). That in turn gave me a huge boost of confidence and put a smile on my face.
I am back now to knitting and giving lessons and the moderater of a knitting group on zoom just commented yesterday that I look like my old self again.
After all that I picked up a sweater again which I had started in October ( the Weekender Light in BT Loft) and started a baby blanket for a niece ( Honeycomb stroller blanket).
I hope that you ( the reader of my little story) can find inspiration in this that if you are going through any kind of blues, knitting can see you through it if you let it. 💖🥰 🙏🏻
