Free-Form Knittting--Meg Style

I periodically go through times of retreat, when forces in the world around me cause mental, emotional, and/or physical turmoil, enough to render me very quiet. It was like that for the past couple of months. I won't go into it here, no point, really, but the sum total of everything made me not know what to say about anything at all. Or even to paint. Times like that do call for some sort of comfort, and knitting is mine.

Last winter I knitted like a madwoman, making sweaters for family and myself. This year, nobody needed another sweater, honestly. Plus buying more yarn is not part of the current budget. I did, however, have a big plastic storage box full of leftover yarn from the past 40 years. Nuts, I know. I toyed with the idea of a crazy quilt made of knitted and crocheted patches of leftover yarn, but knitting off from each section rather than sewing or joining pieces together. My daughter-in-law Amy, an avid crocheter, sent me links to free-form crochet sites, so then I knew there was a name for what I wanted to do. I started in November, and I'm still working on it. It's large enough now, though, to keep me warm while I work on it. Steve took some pics of what I've got so far: