I just remembered that I have a nearly completed cardigan somewhere amongst my knitterly things. It has sat, neglected and lonely, in my WIP basket the entire summer. If cardis could talk, it would no doubt tell me that it is confused and sad. It would ask me why I abandoned it. Was it something I did? it might wonder.
And, well, if I talked to sweaters (and I do not--or at least, not usually), I would tell it that I understand why it's confused. I worked on it it until it was 95% done and then just walked away. I need only to pick up stitches for a nice finish on the collar and button bands--twenty, thirty minutes of work, tops. But you see, I also need to sew on buttons. And therein reveals why I first tucked it aside--I did not have the right buttons. But it languished for three months because I forgot about it, plain and simple.
I remembered it as I was sorting through my various baskets. And as the weather is finally cooling off, I think it's a fine time to get back to it. It also helps that I recently added these lovelies to my button stash. They beg for a more permanent home than my button jar (if buttons could talk, that is).
I think some brown ones, carved from coconut shells, are the winners for this particular cardi.
But I'm excited to have other options in-house and at the ready. I need to keep the cardi community happy. I've invited over an ambitious number this fall.
Sandra