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Yesterday, during a meeting, I touched, cuddled and fell in love with one of CEY's new fall yarns. And, because yesterday morning was rainy and cold, a warm and soft design came to mind, to be made with this new yarn.
Then, today I swatched. Finally. I picked up some needles and yarn and knit!
The way the hard wooden needles felt between my fingers, in contrast to the soft yarn, was so pleasant. I felt at home—at peace. I loved that the knitting didn't feel forced—like it did a few weeks ago when I was trying to add more knitting into my life. Today it was natural, and I really wanted to be doing it. So, I feel like I'm back into the swing of knitting again—at least for now.
The past month or so I've been transitioning my diet to be low-fat, high raw/vegan. It's been an interesting journey, and I've learned a lot about myself and nutrition in the process. I used my weekends and evenings to educate myself on what I'm doing. In addition to what my intuition was telling me, I wanted to be sure my decision to eat this way was the right thing for my body, so I did a lot of reading—The 80/10/10 Diet and The China Study were my main teachers. I would highly recommend them to anyone fighting with cancer, diabetes, heart disease or any other disease that doctors would normally through pills at.
However, I feel as though I've learned all I need to learn about that for now. I'm still transitioning, but I feel confident in my decision, and don't need to spend any more effort towards justifying it to myself. I can now come back to one of the most enjoyable things in my life—playing with yarn.
The only problem now is that there are so many things I want to knit... I guess I'll take it one stitch at a time.
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