Addendum to the Manifesto
So, the charity blankie is done, and the second pair of clogs for Joe are in the washing machine now. Why is it that when you have something you want to felt there never seems to be enough dirty laundry, no matter how much there is on any other given day? I think I'll be washing sheets tomorrow - and not just because they desperately need it.
It's time for the blankie - that blankie - to come back to the spotlight. I'm going to get to knitting on it as soon as I'm done here, and in fact, I knit a square or so this afternoon. But I thought I'd better take a photo first so that I can count how many squares I knit in the next week - Blankie Friday will be resuming as of now.
The girls were playing right there in the living room as I took this picture, and it took every bit of self-restraint they had to stay off it long enough for me to take a photo. So as soon as I got it, I told them "Okay - have fun with it." And they did.
And while I knit mitered square after mitered square, I will be dreaming of the next project, I'm sure. But I thought I'd share the UFOs that are calling from the closet in the mean time. (And, uh, maybe I wanted to get some bloggy mileage out of it while I was adding them to Ravelry.)
Remember Bavarian Twist the second? It was originally meant to be for Julie, to match the little pink sweater I knit for Sophie last year. Between lack of knitting time and brainpower after long days minding two little kids, this project fizzled out. But the body's knit up to the armpits and one of the sleeves is half done.
It is beautiful, and it would suit Sophie just fine for next winter. And it would be nice if I could enter it in the State Fair. The manifesto states that I will not cast on any new projects for other people, which means that I could work on this one and still maintain my resolve. But it's not the first thing on my priority list by any means.
Here's that falling leaves sock I started a while back with my hand dyed yarn. I was thinking about kitting it up with the pattern for sale. Looking at it now, I don't hate the colorway as much as I did a few months ago. I still don't think I want to kit it up, though. At least, not with my own yard. I do think it might be fun to pull together colors from a commercial yarn and knit one up as a sample for a kit, though. In the mean time, this will stay on the needles and wait - at some point I might go ahead and finish this pair for my own use because the original falling leaves socks are starting to wear out.
I started this sock not all that long ago. It's Vesper Sock Yarn and Mag Knit's Rainbow Socks pattern. Because of the constant short rows, it's not really mindless knitting - not for me, anyway. And I do think that a different self-striping yarn would show up better in this pattern.
I was strongly considering ripping these out and knitting the yarn into some plain socks. But I tried it on tonight, and it looks okay on my foot. I might actually work on these after the blankie is done - or maybe I'll stick them in the van for knitting on if the girls fall asleep or if Joe is driving.
Next up, a sweater I knit up on the LK-150 machine last winter and is still in pieces. It's lovely Wooly Stripes worsted weight wool from Nashua Handknits. This sweater gave me huge headaches and took much longer to knit up on the machine than I expected - partly because there was so little free time, and partly because I'm really not very good at using the machine. Now that the pieces are knit up, it really wouldn't take that much longer to finish - block the sleeves, sew a few seams, cut the steek on the front, knit ribbing for the cuffs and collar, and knit on a button band. Well, that *would* be a couple weeks' worth of evenings for me probably.
I think it could turn out wearable, but I paid a lot for this yarn and honestly there are some issues with the tension in areas. Serious issues that cause some puckering.
Even though the fabric is nice overall. Call me crazy. but I can almost see myself ripping this whole thing out and knitting it seamlessly by hand. It's a lot of expensive (to my budget) yarn, and I'd really like to end up with a sweater I like. My only hesitation is that the yarn is single-ply and much of it has been knit through the machine more than once. I wonder if it would be more likely to pill after all that handling...good thing I have plenty of time to meditate on this one as I knit the blankie.
This one has actually been calling me quite loudly of late. I started it a couple years ago or so - I know it was after Julie was born, and before we moved to the new house. It's my own design in Bartlettyarn's 2-ply wool
The body's all in one piece - it's going to be a cardigan. I had a good chunk of the sleeves knit at one point, but ripped them out for reasons I don't fully remember. Which left me with a giant pile of crinkly bits of yarn to be reused.
I'd forgotten how pretty this was knitting up. I know I set it aside in frustration, and probably again out of lack of solid chunks of time to work on it. That era of my life is a little hazy, but I know I was pretty busy trying to soothe a constantly-screaming baby. I think I might be willing to tackle it now. Or, at least, once the blankie is done.
And finally, there is this lovely thing - a lace scarf. There is nothing wrong here, no headaches. It just got set aside because of all the other projects in the lineup. This one is quite tempting indeed. The only potential drawback is that it would take a bit more time than some of the other projects - but not all that much more time. It would match my new coat well enough, but not stunningly, and I wouldn't want to wear it on a daily basis - not with all the schlepping of the kids. Still, it would be a fun item to enter in the Fair as well. And the yarn is some luscious alpaca/silk laceweight I got from my SP9 pal. Yum!
So there you go. That about accounts for all the UFOs in the house - at least the ones I can think of and dig out. I've got lots to think about while I knit on the blankie. Lots to look forward to.
And here's the funny part. At dinner tonight, Joe and I were talking about some friends of ours - friends that I really don't know very well. They are expecting a baby in the next week or so, and I caught myself thinking about knitting up some little booties for them realquick. For a moment I thought about justifying it by knitting up the little pattern I've been wanting to try - the one I've seen on all the blogs with the little crisscross straps that button. And then I caught myself and laughed. Manifesto!
It's time for the blankie - that blankie - to come back to the spotlight. I'm going to get to knitting on it as soon as I'm done here, and in fact, I knit a square or so this afternoon. But I thought I'd better take a photo first so that I can count how many squares I knit in the next week - Blankie Friday will be resuming as of now.
The girls were playing right there in the living room as I took this picture, and it took every bit of self-restraint they had to stay off it long enough for me to take a photo. So as soon as I got it, I told them "Okay - have fun with it." And they did.
And while I knit mitered square after mitered square, I will be dreaming of the next project, I'm sure. But I thought I'd share the UFOs that are calling from the closet in the mean time. (And, uh, maybe I wanted to get some bloggy mileage out of it while I was adding them to Ravelry.)
Remember Bavarian Twist the second? It was originally meant to be for Julie, to match the little pink sweater I knit for Sophie last year. Between lack of knitting time and brainpower after long days minding two little kids, this project fizzled out. But the body's knit up to the armpits and one of the sleeves is half done.
It is beautiful, and it would suit Sophie just fine for next winter. And it would be nice if I could enter it in the State Fair. The manifesto states that I will not cast on any new projects for other people, which means that I could work on this one and still maintain my resolve. But it's not the first thing on my priority list by any means.
Here's that falling leaves sock I started a while back with my hand dyed yarn. I was thinking about kitting it up with the pattern for sale. Looking at it now, I don't hate the colorway as much as I did a few months ago. I still don't think I want to kit it up, though. At least, not with my own yard. I do think it might be fun to pull together colors from a commercial yarn and knit one up as a sample for a kit, though. In the mean time, this will stay on the needles and wait - at some point I might go ahead and finish this pair for my own use because the original falling leaves socks are starting to wear out.
I started this sock not all that long ago. It's Vesper Sock Yarn and Mag Knit's Rainbow Socks pattern. Because of the constant short rows, it's not really mindless knitting - not for me, anyway. And I do think that a different self-striping yarn would show up better in this pattern.
I was strongly considering ripping these out and knitting the yarn into some plain socks. But I tried it on tonight, and it looks okay on my foot. I might actually work on these after the blankie is done - or maybe I'll stick them in the van for knitting on if the girls fall asleep or if Joe is driving.
Next up, a sweater I knit up on the LK-150 machine last winter and is still in pieces. It's lovely Wooly Stripes worsted weight wool from Nashua Handknits. This sweater gave me huge headaches and took much longer to knit up on the machine than I expected - partly because there was so little free time, and partly because I'm really not very good at using the machine. Now that the pieces are knit up, it really wouldn't take that much longer to finish - block the sleeves, sew a few seams, cut the steek on the front, knit ribbing for the cuffs and collar, and knit on a button band. Well, that *would* be a couple weeks' worth of evenings for me probably.
I think it could turn out wearable, but I paid a lot for this yarn and honestly there are some issues with the tension in areas. Serious issues that cause some puckering.
Even though the fabric is nice overall. Call me crazy. but I can almost see myself ripping this whole thing out and knitting it seamlessly by hand. It's a lot of expensive (to my budget) yarn, and I'd really like to end up with a sweater I like. My only hesitation is that the yarn is single-ply and much of it has been knit through the machine more than once. I wonder if it would be more likely to pill after all that handling...good thing I have plenty of time to meditate on this one as I knit the blankie.
This one has actually been calling me quite loudly of late. I started it a couple years ago or so - I know it was after Julie was born, and before we moved to the new house. It's my own design in Bartlettyarn's 2-ply wool
The body's all in one piece - it's going to be a cardigan. I had a good chunk of the sleeves knit at one point, but ripped them out for reasons I don't fully remember. Which left me with a giant pile of crinkly bits of yarn to be reused.
I'd forgotten how pretty this was knitting up. I know I set it aside in frustration, and probably again out of lack of solid chunks of time to work on it. That era of my life is a little hazy, but I know I was pretty busy trying to soothe a constantly-screaming baby. I think I might be willing to tackle it now. Or, at least, once the blankie is done.
And finally, there is this lovely thing - a lace scarf. There is nothing wrong here, no headaches. It just got set aside because of all the other projects in the lineup. This one is quite tempting indeed. The only potential drawback is that it would take a bit more time than some of the other projects - but not all that much more time. It would match my new coat well enough, but not stunningly, and I wouldn't want to wear it on a daily basis - not with all the schlepping of the kids. Still, it would be a fun item to enter in the Fair as well. And the yarn is some luscious alpaca/silk laceweight I got from my SP9 pal. Yum!
So there you go. That about accounts for all the UFOs in the house - at least the ones I can think of and dig out. I've got lots to think about while I knit on the blankie. Lots to look forward to.
And here's the funny part. At dinner tonight, Joe and I were talking about some friends of ours - friends that I really don't know very well. They are expecting a baby in the next week or so, and I caught myself thinking about knitting up some little booties for them realquick. For a moment I thought about justifying it by knitting up the little pattern I've been wanting to try - the one I've seen on all the blogs with the little crisscross straps that button. And then I caught myself and laughed. Manifesto!
posted by Shelly Kang at 10:15 PM
5 Comments:
UFOs really bug me, and thankfully I have none right now. Nothing but the one project on the needles, and when I feel like it there's a ton of thrift store acrylic sitting by my Bond for when I feel like whipping out a charity hat. I was reading on the knitlist (or it could have been a knitting machine list) the other day that this one lady ripped out all her UFOs every Jan 1st. Yikes, she's ruthless!
Wow! what an amazing post! So colourful and intresting! Thanks for sharing! I love the mitered blanket, and I am making one of my own..... slightly differently, using baby yarns I have finnished the projects on. I do love yours though, so I think I will try to work out my own too! Thanks for the inspiration!
Well, I hate to go against the Manifesto....but those booties? Saartje's booties? I did a pair of them in two mornings. And they are cute as a bug.
(You can see them on my blog if you need another little push.)
:^)
wow the blanket is really coming along.....I never made it very far with mine...I do have a cuple pof socks to finish then I cold add a couple more squares....and I LOVE the striping pattern on your socks!!!
I am making a mitred blankie also from leftover sock yarn. It seems I knit and knit and knit, and when I look, nothing has gotten done. It seems I am only on row 6, if you count diagonally. How long did it take you to get this far on the blankie? Thanks-yours is beautiful-as the kids will tell you.
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