A few months ago, I had the thought that I wouldn't start new projects, that I would start tidying up, and as I came across unfinished projects, rather than stash them away for later, I would finish them. It didn't go all that well. Something always got in the way.
Hubby is away on a business trip for a few days, so I am taking advantage of that time and have spread out all the projects that are stashed in the tv room. There are a bunch of fittens that need to have ends darned in, and lots of yarn to be put away, one pair of socks that needs the toes grafted and that pair of socks for my sister that I have been avoiding. I decided I want to give the socks to my sister for Christmas this year, so I have to start working on them. I re-printed the pattern I lost, read it over to determine where I was, and started knitting. I am working on both heel flaps at the same time. It is knit back and forth alternating the two yarns. So far I have learned that I need better lighting where I am sitting and knitting. I am excited about these socks once again and can picture myself finishing them in a timely manner. In those times when I am finding the lighting wrong for such fine knitting, I'll work on those fittens and get them ready for mailing to their destination.
What a relief to have a plan again. I'll have to get out my journal, start a fresh page and jot down these plans. I kind of fell off that wagon a while ago. One of the benefits of bullet journaling, is that you can jump back in at any point and just continue.
I will definitely be making more of these fun little things. She has such a variety of patterns on her site that they could keep me busy for a while.
When I looked for some black embroidery floss to attached the button in the eye and to stitch the mouth, I couldn't find any. I did find some wool in one of those loosely braided sets for darning socks. One piece of the black worked perfectly for both tasks.
Thanks so much for visiting with me today. I hope it hasn't been while you were procrastinating about one of your projects. If it has, then I hope you have found some inspiration to jump back in and get it done.
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2 comments:
Hi Heather,
I'm GUILTY of doing the same thing. Quilts for instance......I love making the tops, but hate putting them together. I've got 18 quilt tops. And it's not that they are really that big, they are about the size of a Lap Quilt. They keep stacking up. So, yea I'm guilty. Hope you have good luck getting your projects done. Have a great day!
Still love seeing your beautiful work. And I have to admit - I'm a procrastinator and a serial starter as well. My projects aren't knitting, but there are a ton of them. I look forward to seeing your process through the UFOs.
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