all projects currently on needles before I start something new.
pink pullover in knit/pearl pattern.
blue sweater in fisherman knit with raglan sleeves. (chunky, so going fairly quickly.)
yellow cardigan in lacey rib, also chunky. haven’t looked at it for a couple of months. (maybe longer…)
cream cotton top in lacey pattern. I need to pay attention to this one, which is difficult as my fluffy cat likes to curl up with it while I’m working on it.
last half of second sock.
Purple pullover with lace/cables. (forgot about this one, out of sight out of mind…)
pink sweater back close to being finished, halfway up the armhole shaping!
second sock halfway along the foot section.
blue sweater grown by about 2 inches.
starting is easy. usually its because I’m going somewhere, need knitting (just in case…) and don’t want anything more complicated than ribbing. So I start a number of things.
and then they sit. If I put them away, out of sight, out of mind.
then, I get all inspired and ambitious, and bring them all out, and lay them all over my kitchen and living room, where they make me all guilty-feeling.
I’m back at my full time temp job, so the sock is progressing nicely, during lunch and on the bus to and fro.
I’ve begun the decreases for the raglan sleeves, another 3 inches, and the back will be done.
the pink one, another 2 inches, the back will be done.
I started gloves on the bus, (I needed something small to carry back and forth). the right glove is up to the thumb gusset. so far, glove is easier than socks! and I’m using some faux mohair in a warm vanilla cream colour that someone from knitting group was giving away.
two fingers left to go on gloves. I realized, that in fingering weight fluffy mohair, they LOOK huge. as in, if I add buttons, I will have made Mickey Mouse hands! I realized this at knitting group yesterday, in total silence while we watched a movie. we were at a poignant moment, and I BURST out laughing when it struck me.
ooop.
I have to go button shopping.
no I don’t. just googled his gloves. I can do the stitches with black yarn. which I have.
they’ll be done this weekend, and I will post photos.
Mostly I limit myself to one project at a time… too confusing and messy for me to do more than one… but sometimes, if I’m on a big project like a shawl, I like to start a pair of socks so I have something to take to places where I do a lot of waiting… like dr offices and hospitals… so nice to have your hands busy… and, besides, people always think you’re so smart to be able to knit with dpn’s… hee hee!
I can see that you are wending your way thru your stash of UFO’s quite quickly… good for you! But, I’m betting you are probably going to start something new before you finish.
Such is the way of knitting… Addictive as all get out… but also very interesting and you end up with something lovely at the end of each project.
How great is that!
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