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I have a new temporary houseguest, a beautiful greyhound named Leslie in need of some special attention. (and a new name if you ask me, but hey, one thing at a time) She seems to have a degree of separation anxiety that I am going to try to help her with for the rescue I work with. Actually, I am hoping my other two, Lily & Kya will help her the most. She came in this weekend and was quite stressed poor girl. Needless to say, this has definitely cut into my project time - half spun spools on the wheel, half done knits everywhere, piles of fabrics in need of cutting and sewing, so many things. The problem being, most require a degree of concentration, well, not the socks but they have been causing me pain (I needed to knit them on size 0's at 11.5 st/inch why????), but the others. So the best way to remedy that? Start another one, right? Well it seemed like a good idea at the time.........
So I started that afghan I had talked about earlier. It's a simple staggered mosiac stitch in alternating stripes. Just enough changes in each row that it isn't quite the same as miles of stockinette but it's close. It is also huge. I chose Paton's Decor, a 25/75 wool/acrylic blend in rich aubergine and sage green which is surprisingly pleasant to touch for acrylic content. In this case I based my yarn choice on advice from y'all on wool blends, and availability. While it is knitting just for the sake of making stitches, I do really like it. The stitch pattern keeps the shape even though it is a high acrylic content. I *snag* tested it because I am no fool and am fully aware it will get caught on a dog paw at some point and this stitch pattern also held up very well to that - a snag of several inches was easily tugged back into shape, none the worse for the experience. I really tried to like something more challenging, or complicated, or original, but..........I really just liked it simple.