dusting off an ancient project....

I bought a number of skeins of yarn wool in the 1980s (true! the receipt was still with them!) to knit my third or fourth sweater....and got a great start on it! I was just winging it, the pattern and shape and all (you may have noticed that I am always willing to dive into new creative ideas just to see what happens)...I finished the front and half the back and paused...for 25-30 years.  I have no problem getting rid of stuff, and it has always surprised me that I did not get rid of that half made sweater in its bag.  Too pretty, too many hours, so I couldn't.  I wanted to finish it now, but I had faked myself out:  I don't remember how to knit! And this pattern I devised, as you see, was wicked complicated with multiple colors.

The wife suggested we turn it into a pillow (she, um, wants all of my unused yarn to knit a sweater herself).  It is such a brilliant idea, and you can see she cast off and stitched it into an awesome pillow for me, I am thrilled for many reasons:  it no longer hangs over my forgetful head, it makes use of the useless, and now I can feel free to relearn knitting from a beginners level (I am guessing it will all come back quickly) without thinking I MUST first finish this sweater....