Finishing up Projects (and Cursing my Kitchen Faucet)
Having a whole mess of unfinished projects makes me feel disorganized and tired. I decided this weekend I was going to Finsh Stuff Up. Friday we went to a friend's house to watch movies. I brought along a scarf for a commission I'm doing, a sweater for my niece, and some new yarn (in case I didn't have enough to do) for a scarf for a swap online.
I finished them all.
The commission scarf is red and purple. Not the colors I would have chosen but it looks really pretty. I chose a plummy color and a burgundy color (since red and purple reminds me of those awful Red Hat Society things) and the scarf is for a younger person. I'm so excited about my first real commission for someone who's not related to me or one of my real life friends :-) All I have left to do is the fringe, I even wove in the ends (while watching movies)!
The sweater for the niece looks really great. I have finished the actual sweater, all I need to do is decorate it. I'm thinking of doing a kitty in duplicate stitch (maybe furry pink yarn!)
And then the scarf for the online swap. I don't usually get involved in swaps. Every year I see the list of 'flakes' who got sent something and didn't send something in return, either because they've left the board, forgot, ran out of money, or had some interesting reason like "Life is complicated, I couldn't send anything." Accordingly, I did not sign up for the random swap, but a friend was complaining she didn't sign up either so I offered to swap with her. I prefer it that way--I kind of know her (if only on line) and we were able to exchange specifics about what we like (we're both knitters) so I am really excited to find out what she made for me! I made her an eyelash scarf in hot pink fun fur and bright red boa yarn. I knitted it on size 19 needles and it totally rocks--it's all slinky and fun!
Then Saturday I cleaned out my knitting stuff. I went through all the random bags and totes and stuff that each hold one uncompleted project and sorted them out. I put the scraps and little balls of stuff into my tote bag that I take with me everywhere, so I have something to knit/crochet in an emergency. I put the balls of acrylic and some needles I don't use very often downstairs in the den in a basket. I unravelled a couple of projects that just weren't going well. One was returned completely to yarn-ball state and one was ripped about 1/3 of the way down and started from the last correct row
:-)
It feels so awesome to have everything cleaned out and sorted. I found all kinds of things I thought were lost--my tapestry needles, some circular needles, all of my stitch holders.
And I have FINISHED THE ORANGE SOCKS! They aren't perfect but I just don't know what to do to make them better. I am going to wash and block them and hopefully I can stretch them into a better state. They are just a little too big. But they stay on, and they are pretty, and I am going to wear them with clogs anyway. It just feels so good to have them done.
That's all for now (what, isn't that enough?)
Kat
I finished them all.
The commission scarf is red and purple. Not the colors I would have chosen but it looks really pretty. I chose a plummy color and a burgundy color (since red and purple reminds me of those awful Red Hat Society things) and the scarf is for a younger person. I'm so excited about my first real commission for someone who's not related to me or one of my real life friends :-) All I have left to do is the fringe, I even wove in the ends (while watching movies)!
The sweater for the niece looks really great. I have finished the actual sweater, all I need to do is decorate it. I'm thinking of doing a kitty in duplicate stitch (maybe furry pink yarn!)
And then the scarf for the online swap. I don't usually get involved in swaps. Every year I see the list of 'flakes' who got sent something and didn't send something in return, either because they've left the board, forgot, ran out of money, or had some interesting reason like "Life is complicated, I couldn't send anything." Accordingly, I did not sign up for the random swap, but a friend was complaining she didn't sign up either so I offered to swap with her. I prefer it that way--I kind of know her (if only on line) and we were able to exchange specifics about what we like (we're both knitters) so I am really excited to find out what she made for me! I made her an eyelash scarf in hot pink fun fur and bright red boa yarn. I knitted it on size 19 needles and it totally rocks--it's all slinky and fun!
Then Saturday I cleaned out my knitting stuff. I went through all the random bags and totes and stuff that each hold one uncompleted project and sorted them out. I put the scraps and little balls of stuff into my tote bag that I take with me everywhere, so I have something to knit/crochet in an emergency. I put the balls of acrylic and some needles I don't use very often downstairs in the den in a basket. I unravelled a couple of projects that just weren't going well. One was returned completely to yarn-ball state and one was ripped about 1/3 of the way down and started from the last correct row
:-)
It feels so awesome to have everything cleaned out and sorted. I found all kinds of things I thought were lost--my tapestry needles, some circular needles, all of my stitch holders.
And I have FINISHED THE ORANGE SOCKS! They aren't perfect but I just don't know what to do to make them better. I am going to wash and block them and hopefully I can stretch them into a better state. They are just a little too big. But they stay on, and they are pretty, and I am going to wear them with clogs anyway. It just feels so good to have them done.
That's all for now (what, isn't that enough?)
Kat
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