WIP Chat Post
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knittingAhhhh so I have a problem -- or rather, I have eleven of them!
I currently have eleven unfinished projects on my needles. I've been trying to cut down, but every time I finish one of my current projects, or even finish half of one (one sock/mitten etc), I cast on a new project to replace the old one.
So I was hoping I could find like-minded folks to chat about WIPs. Anyone want to join me in sharing your WIPs to cheer each other on? That glove lacking a second half, that beret that just won't get past the ribbing, that scarf that just won't stop, that lacework that you've squirreled away in a bag so you're not tempted to throw it across the room, that thing you need to tink back a couple hundred stitches before you can move forward again (and if that sounds familiar, all the best of luck to you!) Or even that one project that's just flying off your needles so we can all remember that it can be done? And if that's you, I'm envious, but do share *G*
Maybe we'll even finish one of them eventually! (And maybe then I can stop fervently hoping that mismatched gloves, or gloves matched with mittens, or one-sock-only would come into style >_>)
I currently have eleven unfinished projects on my needles. I've been trying to cut down, but every time I finish one of my current projects, or even finish half of one (one sock/mitten etc), I cast on a new project to replace the old one.
So I was hoping I could find like-minded folks to chat about WIPs. Anyone want to join me in sharing your WIPs to cheer each other on? That glove lacking a second half, that beret that just won't get past the ribbing, that scarf that just won't stop, that lacework that you've squirreled away in a bag so you're not tempted to throw it across the room, that thing you need to tink back a couple hundred stitches before you can move forward again (and if that sounds familiar, all the best of luck to you!) Or even that one project that's just flying off your needles so we can all remember that it can be done? And if that's you, I'm envious, but do share *G*
Maybe we'll even finish one of them eventually! (And maybe then I can stop fervently hoping that mismatched gloves, or gloves matched with mittens, or one-sock-only would come into style >_>)
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Date: 2011-05-03 07:32 am (UTC)I mean, lord almighty, Mystic Star is beautiful...but it's so complicated. Right now, my rows are 550+ stitches long and full of squiggly things to
annoyoccupy me. If I don't work on this project, I feel really guilty because it won't finish itself. But if I do work on this project, it involves a commitment of at least two hours. Which is a lot of time to sit on my ass.A number of folks (myself included, actually) have purchased a second set of our favorite needles to cast on for two socks/gloves then work on one or the other. (Okay, so I actually bought a second set of sock needles to knit my Through The Loops Mystery Socks simultaneously because they are released in small chunks, and I got tired of pulling the needles out of one cuff to knit the other one.) But I outsmart myself by doing both cuffs or both toes at once, then abandoning one while I knit the entire first sock. The guilt of having a toe or cuff is enough for me to jump on the second sock. That method, however, would not work for