Reasons I Should Maybe Not Start Trying to Knit Again

Fall = scarves. Scarves = expensive. But you can knit scarves. And that makes them less expensive. And more pride-inspiring.

However, there are many reasons that there are flaws in this logic with regards to this girl right here.

1.) I have tried and tried and tried to be a good knitter, but I'm just not. I drop stitches, don't keep the tension even, lose track of what I'm doing. I end up with a scarf that at one end is 7 inches wide and at the other is 9 and half.

2.) I have learned no fewer than 8 times from a slew of different people (Caelynn's mom, Casey's mom, Vanessa, Casey, Kelli, etc) how to cast on. Yet, every time I think it's a good idea to start knitting again, I just never remember how to do it. And then I'm at square 1 all over again.

3.) I have infinite patience for a few things. Reading, writing, getting babies to eat their vegetables, deciphering what will make an infant stop crying, waiting for the phone to ring, piecing together patterns, having faith. You will note that knitting falls nowhere on this list.

4.) I have 17 Fall/Winter Scarves already. 17. Do I really need more that are going to be less put together looking than the ones I have? These are the questions...

5.) Do I have time for a project? 2 classes, 3+ jobs, homework, chores, etc. I suppose I could trade knitting in for my social life. But fishbowls of margaritas are certainly more exciting than knit knit perl perl knit.

In spite of these reasons, my knitting needles are out. My yarn is neatly balled in my fall tote, in the hopes that I am suddenly stricken with the memory of how to cast on. Or that I meet someone in passing that looks like they know how to do it.

Guess we'll see how this goes.