Getting a project that is “resting” back to hibernating is a real effort for me.  It does not take long for a complex piece to go “cold” – not that I lose interest, but I kind of lose a sense of what is happening with it.  That is what happened with the Turtle Sweater.

Not really my fault. I had to stop working on it while Sarah was on her family road trip to California.  I needed her to help me try it on and determine the next step.  So, while she was gone, I put it on a lifeline (and took out the circ needle) so I could try it on when she got back.  It is a top-down raglan sweater and I had to figure out when to separate out the sleeves. 

Well, she got back, but life has been crazy busy in our family and we did not get around to trying on the sweater until a couple of days ago.  By then, the sweater was about a month “cold” – meaning I had not worked on it for that long.  And since it is a complicated piece, I had to decipher my notes, determine exactly where I was in the patterning, confirm what all the color-coded markers meant, etc.  Really, it is easier (and less stressful) to start a brand new project than to bring a cold project (esp. a complex one that is in the middle of being designed!) back to active life.

But I did it!  Today, Sonja (who is in the early stage of pregnancy and feeling tired and yerky) spent the afternoon lying on my couch watching Independence Day and I sat there and puzzled out my Turtle Sweater.  Now, the trick is to keep working on it!