The lovely Misti Alpaca Chunky my Mom rejected.
The loss of mojo might have been averted had I been making any progress on the other Christmas presents. Sadly, I was not.
Mom’s Scarf
One afternoon my Mom and I were in Downtown Yarns. They happened to have a couple of skeins of the purple Misti Alpaca Chunky I had already bought with the intention of making her a scarf with a hood. I sidled up to her with a skein in hand and casually asked her if she liked the yarn. She glanced and it and said, “No.” “You didn’t even feel how soft it is,” I said. She touched it and said, “It’s not bad.” All righteee. Since I was not about to spend hours knitting something for Mom in a yarn she was not interested in and I did not have any other yarn in my stash that I thought would be appropriate, the scarf was off the list.
Fuzzy Feet
Based on the positive talk over at Ravelry I was looking forward to doing a bunch of pairs of Theresa Vinson Stenersen’s Fuzzy Feet from Knitty. My plan was that I would give them as gifts unfelted and then the recipients would felt them at our house. In particular, my in-laws were coming for a visit so I thought it would be fun to give both my MIL and SIL Fuzzy Feet during their visit so that we could felt them together.
Anyway, I had the plan, the pattern and the yarn. But no needles. It was October and I wasn’t worried. In my daily travels I figured I would just pick them up. Except that did not happen. Actually, I began to wonder if everyone was knitting these slippers because every yarn store I went to was out of the size I needed. Unfortunately I finally found the needles when my in-laws were here so there was no time to actually make the slippers. Fortunately, I found them at Seaport Yarn. The store had on display a pair of felted slippers and my MIL thought they were nifty. That made me feel better because I think she will enjoy them when she does finally get them.
Conclusion
Despite what seemed like a good plan in October and hours of knitting, on Christmas day not one person on my knitted gift list actually received a knitted gift. My BIL’s hat was finished but he was unable to visit so he would get his gift after Christmas. Yup, the knitting mojo was gone.
