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 04:33 pm (UTC)Non-languishing project: I'm doing the Argus shawlette again, only making sure it comes out bigger this time, and that's coming along fairly well--the repeat is simple enough that I can do it while I watch Stargate.
But for languishing projects:
- a pair of mittens for my spouse, which I'm reluctant to pick back up because they're fiddly (they have half-fingers, and the mitten top flips back) and because I finished the first one and it turns out it would have been better to make it a touch bigger, and I donwanna make *two* more of them and redo the pattern again and everything.
- a shawl for my aunt, which is a really really easy pattern ("Simple Yet Effective Shawl") and I don't know why it's been languishing.
- a baby hat for my oldest nephew. He was probably about six months old when I told his mom I'd make him a hat, and now he's almost 3. I've been avoiding it because it's new and different in a scary way--I don't know toddler head sizes well, and I haven't found a pattern I like much, but I don't know hats well enough to improvise.
And in the category of I Will Knit This, It Will Not Defeat Me: the socks I frogged a few months ago because every single time I tried knitting them they were too wide, even after I ripped back and tried again with fewer stitches. Twice.
Oh, and my one crochet project! I was making a string shopping bag, but it's just not fun at all. I'm not sure if it's that crochet isn't for me, or if it's because I'm using cotton yarn and my fingers want something with more stretch in it.