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: 2011-05-04 12:13 am (UTC)* A peacock lace scarf which I started 4 years ago, in my first year of knitting.
* A Sherwood cabled sweater for my son which I started 3 years ago (happily for me, the only direction he is growing is vertically)
* A pair of French Press slippers which took about 4 hours to knit, and I was done before Christmas. Ugh, the seaming is tedious.
* A lace cuff pattern I have been designing for approximately 2 years. But it involves Habu stainless steel wool. It'll be awesome.
* Versatility. Sewing on the buttons has been going on for like 2 months now.
* A pair of gloves for my sweetie, that I was going to have done for Christmas. Hah. I have swatched 4 times, and I am still not happy with the fabric.
* A Broken Rib tank that I just started a few days ago and I am tearing along on, because I want to wear it at the end of the month.
That I have the yarn earmarked for:
* Orange Pop
* An argyle hat for my husband
* A lopi sweater for my daughter
* A sweater's worth of DK alpaca
* Reverse engineering and knitting socks for my dad and his three big-footed brothers. (at least they appear to be worsted.)
Looming in the near distance:
In a fit of MADNESS, I think I told my parents I would make them both lopi sweaters for their 40th anniversary trip to the Maritimes, in August. I need to make them pick their patterns so I can do Sweater Math so I know how much yarn I need, so I can get going SOON. Because lopi sweaters are relatively fast, but my dad is 6 foot 6 and biggish, and my mom isn't smaller than I am.