"Clocks 2" by LeoL30

When I started this Great American Aran Afghan project, I was sure I was going to be stretching and growing my aran knitting and chart reading skills. What I didn't expect was how much I would learn about myself as a knitter.

I have learned that I prefer, even look forward to, knitting up the big charts that cover the entire width of the block. I especially enjoy knitting the patterns that are constantly different and have one or zero repeats.

I've also learned what I don't like: clocks. On a couple of blocks I made sure to document how many hours I spent knitting. These blocks felt like they dragged on and on. Every time I looked at my tally, I felt like a really poor knitter who really should speed up. Knowing how long the process took just sucked any joy out of the act of making them.

Lesson learned: Clocks are the bathroom scales of knitting. So I have given it up. No more clocks in my knitting world.

As for those all-over charts. I have a feeling I will be spending some quality time with Barbara Walker in the future designing a very intricate and ever changing lace design just for me!