Getting my knitting mojo back

Have you ever lost your knitting mojo? It stinks when it happens!!!

And it has been happening to me for the past six months. I just haven't been excited to knit any of my projects. Everything seemed liked a hassle and didn't bring me the same joy as it usually does.

After my weekend at The Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival my mojo came flying back! I went to the festival with one project in mind; The Pressed Flowers Shawl  

At our house on Friday night my friends Karen and Stacy mentioned the Hitchhiker Shawl. It's an older pattern that I have seen hundreds of times and always thought it would be a fun knit. It was just what I was in the mood to knit so I added it to my list.

I headed over to the Green Mountain Spinnery booth to pick up yarn for my Pressed Flower Shawl and instantly fell in love with a dark brown/black and white twisted yarn called Ragg-Time. I knew it would be a perfect fit for the Hitchhiker. I could wear it to work, around the house or on the go.

I got home Sunday and immediately casted on. I haven't stopped. My knitting mojo is back and I'm so happy! This picture was taken Monday morning and I've knit many more rows since. I'm loving it!

What patterns and yarn have helped you get your mojo back?

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival 2022

I just got back from Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival 2022. Typically this is just a sister (plus Paige) trip but Liz couldn't make it because alpaca babies are due (and her knee is still healing from ACL surgery). When I tried to make a reservation at our normal hotel, it was all booked. I made a new game plan and looked into a small house nearby. A few of us hopped in the car on Friday and headed down.

We started with a delicious lunch at Catonsville Gourmet. Our meals were so good!

We picked it because the people dining in the window looked happy. We made a good choice!

Happy diners!

Then we headed to our house to drop off some bags before going to the Guiness Brewery to meet up with some fiber friends and FINALLY meet Chevas in person!

If you don't know this chick, watch her podcast. She's awesome.

ChevyRell Podcast 

Back at our house to settle in and order some take out.

Festival Day 1! Embracing the rain....

Oh the rain!!! We're all nuts! But we had a blast and honestly it made it funny. So many people walking in the rain all for yarn and hugs.

If a booth could win for prettiest booth, this would win! Everything was beautiful.

Felted Sky

My favorite gyros. We had to stand and eat them in the rain but they were still tasty!

Green Mountain Spinnery and the very talented Kate!

We threw together a podcast meet up. I honestly didn't think we would make it to 2:00 but the rain slowed down so we all gathered on the sheep shearing stage. It was so much fun to see new and old faces!

The Knitsters!!!! Always fun to see this crew :)

MaryAnne (aka DingleKringle)

Time to leave and not blow away! Then we got stuck in the mud...

A HUGE shout out to the Boy Scouts at the festival. They helped 100s of cars get out of the mud. They were awesome!

Back to our house for dinner and show and tell.

Stacy made me a delicious carrot cake to celebrate my birthday a few days early. It was so good!

Back for day 2 of the festival. We just went for a little bit to walk around and see if we missed anything. The rain had moved out but it was much chillier. We bundled up and enjoyed the morning before heading back to NJ.

Gyro #2!

I came home with a smile on my face and some goodies :)

These were birthday gifts from Sassy Karen (the bag) and yarn from Valerie (Creations by Valerie). I'm a lucky girl.

Karen also gave me this fancy French champagne!

 Until next year....