With all the fun of knitting tiny clothes, I haven’t been doing any knitting on Kingscot for a few days. Yes, Fiona twigged what it was first, but then she’s a knitting genius, so I’m not surprised. 
The problem is, and I can’t believe I’m saying it, but I’m finding it just a tiny bit boring. It’s knitted flat and there is *a lot* of plain stocking stitch to get through before the cabled edging. (I’ve left the bobbles off my version because I wasn’t happy with the way they were coming out.) It’s a beautiful pattern, but I know that once the fronts are done, I’ll have two sleeves full of stocking stitch to knit and I’m just not feeling motivated to continue. I’m beginning to think that I need more of a challenge with a new technique or lots of fiddly stitches.
So I don’t know. I’ll carry on with the baby knitting for now, which is quick so it’s over before there’s time to get tired of a pattern. I need to look at my queue, perhaps, and see if there’s anything there I could knit instead that will give me the thrills I need. Or maybe I need to dig out the Mystery Shawl and get another lace kick. 
why don’t you do a sleeve, then a front, then another sleeve?
So thats what it is. Its very beautiful, don’t you want to get it finished so you can wear it? I do know what you mean, starting a new project is the best bit. I’m currently on something bigger than the children’s things I’ve been knitting recently and wishing I was making myself a pair of socks.
But stocking stitch isn’t boring, it’s luuuurvely. Tell you what. I’ll do your stocking stitch for you, and you can do all the difficult bits of my knitting for me. Deal?
At least I guessed it was a cardi! I know what you mean about wanting the thrill of complex and exciting stitches. But I have discovered that I can read a book from my computer while doing stockinette because I don’t have to look — so that’s an upside.
I find that to get through vast amounts of stocking stitch I either need to find something good to watch on TV or have a really challenging project on the go that I cant do when kids are awake so then am forced to knit the stocking stitch then.
Failing that have you thought of locking all your other knitting (or just the needles ) away so you have to do that project.
Why not add a matching cable to the sleeves to keep you interested?
Ah, the black hole of stockinette sleeves. Perhaps you could reward yourself by setting a certain amount of rows to do per day, then allowing much time for something more appealing afterward?