A realization

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The past few days I’ve been lamenting on the fact that I am no longer knitting anything for myself.  I’ve decided to stop all knitting on my Cabin Fever Braids Cardigan and just put it in a holding pattern until I see how this whole WW thing pans out.  When I started knitting the cardigan I was so excited, because it was the first time I ever started to knit a piece of clothing for myself.  Oh sure, I’ve knit hats, scarves, bags, felted items, lots of accessories, but never a sweater or cardigan for me.  Any sweaters that I have knit have been for someone else, many of late, for my daughter.  So now that I have decided to stop knitting on my first cardigan, I am a little sad to not be knitting anything for me.  True, I will be a much happier me when I have lost lots of weight and this cardigan would not fit me anymore, but still, I want to make something for me.  Then the other day, I suddenly realized, I could make something for me that would be more of a garment than simple hats, scarves , etc.  I could make a nice, intricate, lace shawl for myself.  Something I have been wanting to do for a long time, but just hadn’t the patience.  Now I think I can finally take the plunge and start that project, and it would be for me, and I can wear it.  Now to find just the right pattern and then the right yarn.  I’ve heard so many people speak about Zephyr, but I personally have never seen it before.  I think a trip to the lys may be in order.  Now I do have to promise myself that I won’t start this until after all my Christmas knitting is done–it will be my gift to myself.  And it will always fit!    So do tell me your favorite patterns for shawls, I’m adventurous, so any pattern will do, not just something simple.  Lay ‘em on me!