knit me, knit me!

I feel so guilty for neglecting my knitting. All that change I spoke of earlier in the week--turning my life around and doing more than just schoolwork--hasn't happened (yet). Day after day I've found myself holed up in my bedroom or the library plugging away at work. Every night before bed I look over at my ever growing pile of yarn and my non-knitting guilt intensifies. I bought all those hanks and skeins with the best of intentions, but somehow I can't seem to make time to knit.

I know I'm a student and this won't last forever. In fact, this will last just about three more weeks. After that I'm free to knit my heart out. I guess the worst part about being totally absorbed in work (schoolwork) is that I'd ALWAYS rather be knitting. I'm sure this is true of all people who have hobbies they love; most sane people would choose to spend their time doing their beloved hobby rather than work.

Knitting mellows me out so much, though, and I think right now I need some of that. Since I don't have any photos of yarn/knitting, I figured I'd share a photo of where I've been for the last week. This is me right now, in the library, where I've been sitting and developing a little hysteria for about five days straight. I call this my studied-out face.

Yesterday I had my first mini-meltdown about all the work ahead of me and the looming thought of graduation. I promptly ditched the library, went home, and started swatching for the IK Spring 2008 Printed Silk Cardigan. I've been talking about this pattern for so long, and I've (embarassingly) had the yarn for a while, too. I'm glad I finally started moving towards starting it, but I have yet another roadblock. I don't own a pair of size 5s. I've got 4s and 6s, so I swatched on the 6s. Too loose for the KnitPicks shine. I guess I'll try 4s next before I cave and buy 5s.

Which reminds me I still need to buy a set of interchangable circulars. I think I've decided on the Harmony set from KnitPicks. But I need to be less of a broke-ass student before I drop 80 bucks on needles.