What is WRONG with me??????

Here I am, perfectly happy with Isis and Orkney - lacing around the circulars, getting into the rhythm, progressing along.

Isis continues to surprise me with the elegant simplicity of her pattern.  As I think about designing, I think about this design and wonder how to even approach trying to do something this creative.

And then there is Orkney - his design is easier to comprehend.  I can actually see how to wrap my head around designing a Pi shawl.  The motif size is small (not so small that I don't mess it up once it a while) but it isn't overwhelming like Isis.

Anyway, life was peaceful, serene and uncomplicated --- but then, they came into my life.  They were packages in the post.  Yes, I ordered them - but they disordered my order - such that it was.

 

The package on the left came from the Netherlands - specifically Astrid's Dutch Obsessions.  The package on the right came from England - specifically Heirloom Knitting.

Inside the package from Astrid's, yarn for two projects.  The first is the Kauni Cardigan and a sweater from Garn Studio.   From Heirloom Knitting, cobweb yarn to start Unst Bridal Shaw.

So, do I keep with my perfectly satisfying project?  Do I dig into the amazing Heirloom lace project (or the other three in my stash)?  Speaking of stash, what about the other projects waiting, languishing, particularly patiently? 

No, I cast on the Kanui with a particularly unchallenging k1p1 border.  Why would I bypass my beloved lace to start a simple stockingette sweater?  I think it's the color that pulled me away. 

I guess a girl can't live by yarn overs alone!!