WIP Chat Post

[afuna]

Ahhhh 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 >_>)

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[minxy]

I actually got so overwhelmed at the response to posting my first pattern (er, with my other handle so it matched my Raverly one) that I cast on for a simple pair of socks for a friend and have knit half the first sock in two days. But that's effectively running away from the biggest response to anything I've ever posted anywhere (um, I think more than 230 people have bookmarked the pattern on Ravelry, f'rexample. I panicked!)

But that's a rare beast, and a rebound project.

I never finish scarves. At this point, most of the scarves I've ever started have just been ripped back because honestly, it will never happen. The problems are the ones that I love anyway, or are almost done! If I would just... knit... the last... skein... (clapotis in green raw silk, I'm looking at you).

But I hate knitting flat, and I need to stop casting on flat projects.

I do like finishing things in general, though, so if it isn't flat, it's generally going to get finished. I have so many projects *planned*, though, and I want to knit socks for everyone in my current town before I leave... it's not going to happen, but I still want to.

Current WIP:

Colorwork sock (it's gorgeous navy and white in a Norwegian star pattern.)

Scrappy scarf (it will never be finished, but I do sometimes knit it when I have scraps to use.)

Clapotis scarf (I... just... *sigh*)

Entrelac scarf (I think I felt so guilty about this that I deliberately misplaced the project bag.)

Baby blanket (from 5 babies ago. My only hope is that my friends keep making small humans and at some point this thing will be done in time for the birth of one of them.)

A market bag (I ran out of yarn and can't seem to complement it with anything existing in my stash)

Shark mitts take two (I will finish these before visiting my friend in two weeks, because they are for her. Yay deadlines!)

Rebound socks (mostly boring rib, but I tossed in some cute cables down the side, and dammit, I was going to follow a pattern on those, but it didn't happen and I'm making it up as I go again.)

Socks waiting to happen:
entrelac socks to test the pattern one more time
the gorgeous orange sock yarn that I want on my feet now now now!
The party-in-a-sock yarn for my brother, who picked it out.
The sock yarn from the DW yarn swap that's wonderful reds and purples

Other stuff waiting to happen:

Awesome shetland wool brought from Scotland and enough for a cropped sweater dear God how am I going to finish something flat-ish???

Fascinating silk-mohair lace from my brother that I keep thinking about though I have no idea what to do with it, but it's so soft I just want to pet it all day. There are several thousand yards.