I know that this is usually a day for a 10 on Tuesday post, but while Carole is away, the proverbial mice will play, or knit, or spin, or stitch, or… you get the point.
So, Hello Crafters (Be you Knitters, Spinners, Stitchers, Crocheters, and regular 10 on Tuesday readers/participants)!
I wanted to do a bit of a check in with all of you as the first month draws to a close.
Why am I doing this if there are no rules? Well, here is the curious thing – apparently even no goals or rules can cause someone to feel like they are not accomplishing their goals.
I heard from one participant last week about her concern about finishing projects currently in process because she was casting on new projects.
Well…I just want to tell you all that I am jealous of those of you starting new projects. Those of you who are ignoring the WIPs and hear that seductive skein of yarn calling to you. There is something to be said for answering the siren call of a new project.
Yes, I am that person who wants to cast on all the things! Because it has been said that only finishing WIPs and no new projects makes Jill a dull girl.
So, I thought I’d share what I am doing to keep my momentum going on getting those blasted WIPs into the completed column.
I knew that having nothing new to work on would never last this summer, so I got myself some new yarn (thank you Jill Draper Makes Stuff) and I cast on the Through the Loops MKAL. This gives me something new to work on – and it comes in small bites with a clue each week! The clues are now getting longer, so it will take me more than a week to finish a clue, but I am going to focus on finishing this shawl by the end of July.
This is giving me something new to work on each week, and it has been giving me time to work on finishing things from that dratted WIP basket.
And, as an extra fun thing to do – I have a pair of socks in the works as well. This gives me a “portable project” to take with me, and one that I do not need to read a pattern for. Hello, Picot Socks – I do so love you!
Just so you can see my Summer List and how I am doing, I will share it 10 on Tuesday Style:
- Not one, but two Jen Lucas Mystery Shawls
- Aestlight FINISHED 6/16/16
- Triticum
- Indigo Cones FINISHED 6/12/16
- Nahant
- Pincha
- Tales from the Isle of Purbeck
- Pushkinia (I have 2 socks done – two SSS* socks, because you know – rather than knit the matching sock, start one completely different because that makes sense!)
Ten items. Two down and eight to go…That’s a lotsa knitting, but we still have plenty of summer left to get our project on!!
So, where does that leave you dear, Knit Alonger? Please let me know – I am here to help! (or encourage, or talk you out of casting on a new project, or talk down from that ledge…)
*SSS = Second Sock Syndrome: a disease that infects some knitters, whereby they can knit one sock but it never gets a mate. This disease is not incurable, as I hope to prove this summer!
I’m glad you did this update! I love the “no rules”, but I’ve found that for me, “no rules” can’t really mean no plans. So I’ll also be updating and making some plans, which will include the new skein of yarn I bought for a new project!
I’m plugging along on the TTL MKAL. It appears as though any WIP finish will have to wait until August vacation as 3-4 rows a day on that shawl are about all I can fit in. I’m getting some reading done too. Avoiding all shiny objects! 🙂
my kal shawl will go on vacation, I am working on 3 pair of socks, one is about 2/3 done the others are further behind….thank goodness for July 4 vacation week (last minute plans) but that and quilting should keep me occupied
I made a tiny bit of progress yesterday. There is a pair of slippers 7/8 done on the table next to my knitting chair; I lost interest in them several months ago b/c I became disenchanted with my design. But I took a good look at them yesterday and decided they were perfectly fine. A couple hours knitting one of these days and they will be done and dusted, amen.
I thought I had switched the two colors of dark blue in the plaid afghan I started last year when I picked it up again a month or two ago. Yesterday I took the whole thing into a really good light and determined that there was no error in the knitting and that I could continue. Said afghan now lives by my knitting chair again.
And I did NOT cast one that shawl I mentioned. Not saying I will not do it in a moment of pique, but so far I have resisted.
::sprains shoulder whilst patting self on back::
I should (really!) write out what I’d like to accomplish in pattern knitting. I’ve been lax and somewhat in a little funk at committing. I think it’s because of the wrist challenge which is now OVER. So I should be back in the swing of never ending casting on.
I am knitting a poncho begun two years ago; my plan: knit at least 5 rows a day…I’ve added many inches – perhaps 25 and I have 25 to go before the next step. I am pleased that I’ve resumed knitting and am keeping myself from starting another piece of anything until I finish a few other non-knit projects. The KAL is a grand incentive…and Thank You!
TTLM is my constant companion, although I took a minute to put the unfinished pair of Picot socks on the needles. I should be able to finish a toe this weekend. My goal o TTLM is to finish by the end of July, too. I am just in a muddle of mistake on clue 3, which has been a drag to fix. Anyway, I’ll be on track soon. One more sock to fix and then I’ll feel like casting on a new pair! Thanks for the update and the chance to tell my own tale.