One of my favourite things to do on the weekends lately is to get into bed early, or rather lay on bed (it's been blisteringly hot & muggy), and listen to Podcasts. I have a long list of those I love, but one in particular has captured my imagination: Enter stage left....
JUNIPERGRACETUBE
I'm about half way through her pod-casts now and somewhere around number 9 she (Grace) talks about giving yarn away and the freeing feeling it gave her. She also talked a bit about finishing WIP (works in progress) and how working through that emotional baggage was freeing as well. (Do you sense a theme here...freedom!)
All this talk about WIP's motivated me to cull through my WIP bin and have some serious conversations with myself. I have divided all WIP's into two basic categories with some variations on a theme.
1. Frog: (rip the knitting out) and make something else with the yarn, or give yarn away.
2. Finish: Finish knitting the darn thing.
First up the Frog list. Some of these are so far gone they did not even get a photo. They were just too pathetic. These would include my 'never gonna happen' make up your mind tank.
Next Up, the finish category...look out, it's longer...
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The red disc will be the back to the pink.
The blue will need a back made |
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| This was one of the first patterns I ever did knit! |
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This just needs to be seamed and
stuffed with dried lavender. |
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These just need to have the
tails woven in. |
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Part of one arm, buttons and blocking.
The baby I originally planned this for is almost 2. |
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| SSS |
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Maybe these just need different
buttons, or maybe the whole
project is a flop. |
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Single mitten syndrome, and missing a lace weight liner.
They might be too shallow, so may need to fix that too. |
This next project is a group of swatches for the Master Hand knitter course which I have started and not finished- twice. I'm still undecided if I will carry on. I know Ana from Toil and Trouble is working on her certification now and seeing all her work makes the perfectionist in me squeal with delight.
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These swatches were knit with Plymouth
Yarn Worsted Merino Superwash Solids |
The last two items to share are WIP's but not languishing ones. They should be finished up stat!
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A pebble vest cast on in July 2014. Instead of
selling/donating the yarn I will give this
knitted vest to charity.
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Migee: Originally cast on in Miami Fl in May, it was
frogged and restarted sometime in June. |
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