I’m happy to tell you that the knitting mojo appears to be returning. Yes, indeed, just posting about how I didn’t feel like knitting suddenly made me want to knit.

Okay, perhaps it was not quite that simple. But I did make some adjustments. First, I added knitting as a daily habit on my Habit Tracker. Just seeing that little reminder to knit was enough to get me to pick up my project. And second, its been so hot that we’ve been inside more and that means knitting while watching television.

Whatever the reason, I’m moving along on Dale’s Musselburgh Hat and I’m also thinking about what I might want to knit next.

The mojo. It’s back!

Want to see how much progress I’ve made on Dale’s Musselburgh Hat over the last two weeks?

Yeahhhh.

I have not been knitting much and I’m not sure why. To be perfectly honest, I don’t adore that yarn/pattern combo. I almost ripped it out before I posted about it two weeks ago, but then I reconsidered and decided that I was liking it more as it grew.

So it’s not that.

Maybe it’s that it’s simple knitting and not engaging my brain enough? I used to knit so much at meetings and school events and I needed mindless knitting for those occasions but I don’t have those opportunities as much as I used to.

So it could be that. And if it is then the solution is to start something more complicated.

I’ve always been in the habit of knitting while watching television and we definitely don’t watch as much in the summer because we’re outside more in the evenings.

So it could also be that. And if it is, then the solution is to bring my knitting outside.

Or maybe it’s just a knitting slump. And if it is, then I’m not sure what the solution is.

But I do want to solve the problem because, odd as it may sound, I really miss knitting. Or maybe I just miss the love of knitting?

If you’ve been through this I’d love to know what you did to jump start your enthusiasm for knitting.

Remember how I wondered how much knitting to bring on vacation? And remember how I decided to bring the new hat I had started for Dale plus my Daytripper Cardigan AND yarn for another Musselburgh hat?

Here’s all the knitting that I did:

The sum total of my knitting for TWO WEEKS was about 2 inches on that hat.

I’ll pause for a moment while we all laugh at my optimism.

Reading was definitely more enticing on this trip and I’m not sorry about it at all.

And at least Dale won’t need a hat any time soon.

Friends and knitters! I have a finished hat to share with you today. It is, not surprisingly given the title of this post and my love for this pattern, another Musselburgh Hat.

The yarn is Gauge Dye Works CLASSIC Merino Twist and the color is called Colourwheel.

But I just call it My Pride Hat.

Emphasis on MY because I am keeping this one for sure.

It’s soft and colorful and perfect and I love it.

But I hope I won’t need to wear it for a long, long time.

I have a finished hat to show you today! It’s the Santa Hat that my friend Sean designed. He had initially knit this for himself but when I asked him to write up the pattern and share it he willingly complied. Yay!

The pattern is free on Ravelry and the yarn is Rowan Kid Classic in the colors Feather and Cherry Red. It’s a well written pattern and easy to follow and should have been a fast knit. In fact, it was a pretty fast knit and it’s been done for weeks . . . all I had to do to finish it was attach the pom pom – I went with this fun faux fur variety instead of a traditional one made from yarn. I finally attached it yesterday (it took less than 5 minutes! why do we procrastinate these little details?!) and I am happy to share it with you today.

Here’s the modeled shot. I will be styling for this year’s Christmas Parade!