Two years ago, I finished my first (and only) half-iron
triathlon, and tomorrow I will head back to Cambridge, MD to race Eagleman
again on Sunday. I’m sure I was a basket
of nerves last time, but unlike 2012, this year I am not undertrained. Weather conditions are not predicted to be
the sweltering inferno of years past, and I have absolutely zero doubts that I
can cover the distances and finish the race. You’d think I'd be a tad more
relaxed, right? Yeah, you’d be
wrong. My stomach is tied up in knots
because I’m nervous about whether I’ll meet
expectations. Yup, that's really what's on my idiot
mind today. And it's not even others' expectations, just
my own. Talk about creating unnecessary drama.
Anyway, all that was basically a long way of
saying, I'm finally writing a blog post to get my mind off ridiculous race
anxiety. Because we all know that yarn
solves all problems. Or at least most.
Despite how hectic life has become these
days, I have managed to squeeze in a decent amount of knitting, spinning, and
even some (gasp!) weaving. I have tons to
share, not to mention, extremely overdue posts about the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival,
but since I do need to actually pack and get ready to leave town, today is just
about one wee baby sweater. It's not
often that I have occasion to knit baby items, but some friends recently
announced they are expecting a little girl, and damn, if didn't want to leap all over the knitting opportunity. Only problem is that I'm extremely
picky when I knit for non-knitters.
I feel like the item has to be “OMG, amazing!” for it to
be appreciated, and despite the thousands of baby sweater patterns on Raverly,
nothing was grabbing me. Me,
indecisive? Nah….
The
couple are cycling friends, so come on, how perfect are these? (I'm fairly certain I saw them on
the Yarn Harlot's blog awhile ago, so yes, I'll own up that I'm really just a
copycat) The buttons made life a lot easier because immediately I knew I was knitting a red cardigan. Of course, it is me after all, so don't think
for a second that just because I settled on red, I'd have no problem deciding
on yarn. I, uh, ordered two different
skeins because I couldn't make up my mind.
I will maintain, however, that the two skeins were due to concern about color
misrepresentation on computer monitors and not indecision. Yes.
Really.
The caked skein sort of gives away which one I chose which is Madelinetosh Pashmina in Robin Red Breast (the other is Tosh Sport in Tart). With light workouts this week to rest up for the race, I've gotten a nice start to a Tiny Tea Leaves cardigan.
So so cute. And tiny. And damn, if baby sweaters don't go super fast. But now I'm going to put away the happy distraction and actually go start packing the fourteen bags of crap I need for a triathlon. Who came up with this stupid sport anyway? Hmm...maybe one more row....
And I really
really do have tons to share so I hope I’ll be back soon. Sneak peak and proof crafting is happening!
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