Spring Breaking my way towards progress

With the coming of Spring I seem to have turned a new corner with my project.  I've been knitting.  A lot!  And have enjoyed it!  As I hoped, my friend brought her knitting with her on our trip and it was rather inspiring.  She's working on some really neat things using a variety of different yarns and stitches.  The end result is interesting and quite creative, inspiring me to persist with my own knitting.  I'm more keenly aware that I've first got to get competent with some of the basics before I can really do some creative things with knitting.  I've got to be patient and devote time to practice if I want the prize of a really cool creation.  As with many things in life, creativity takes time to cultivate and it's unrealistic to think I'll be a master over night.  

While at the beach I learned a new stitch -- pearling (spelling?) -- and have been working on this over the last couple of days.  It feels great to be moving forward, overcoming my creative block. I did go ahead and change the yarn I'm using and it's much more appealing to me.   My next challenge is to keep up my momentum once the break is over.