I have been knitting now for a year and four months. I have finished quite a few projects, given up on a few, and learned A LOT! Right now I am struggling with the eternal crafting dilemma - the starting and not finishing of projects.
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Right now I have four projects cast-on. Here they are (along with a projected finish timeline - though, knowing me, I will struggle to keep with that plan).
Start Date: May 3, 2013 (phew! What a long time ago!)
This is a present for my sister-in-law. It was originally a wedding present, then Christmas, then her birthday. Now I am not sure why she will get it, but I am almost finished so she should get it soon.
EFD (Estimated Finish Date): May, 2014
Start Date: August 14, 2013
This scarf will be for me. I don't knit myself a lot of things, because I would rather knit something and give it to a friend or family member. That makes me happy!
EFD: July, 2014
Start Date: I don't honestly know. It was sometime last month.
This is for my sister. She placed an order for seven of them. I have five finished so that is two more to go.
EFD: Very soon. I want to to get the final two done before she comes for a visit next week.
Start Date: January 19, 2014
This is what I lovingly call my "time-out" shawl. It is the most complicated and complex thing I have ever knit. I need to be 100% focused when I am working on it so I don't make a mistake. It has been in time-out for about two months. I am hoping to work on it more this summer.
EFD: August, 2014
These washcloths are finished, meaning all the stitches are done and they are bound off. I just have to weave in the ends and wash them. Sometimes that final step takes the longest to get to.
EFD: Soon, because these are all for my sister and she is visiting soon.
What crafting projects are you in the middle of right now? Do you have the same start/finish problem as me?
Happy Crafting,
I haven't done any knitting for years. But I remember that having it ready for a friend or family member was always the biggest motivation for me to finish it quickly. When it was for myself I would really take my time.
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Hi Amanda - stopping by to share some A to Z love. My grandmother started to teach me knitting when I was younger and it's something that I always have regretted (not taking it seriously and not really taking her knowledge and learning the craft from her). Love your blog.
ReplyDeleteI have grown watching my mother knit. Out of curiosity I asked her teach me. As a kid, I used to knit dresses for our dolls. Real knitting to my credit includes a shawl I knitted for my mother, mufflers for several men in the family and my sister, a sweater for my husband and one for me this year.
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ReplyDeleteThis is a very different kind of post I came across . It's so creative . Your knitting projects made me remember my aunty who had a hobby of knitting and gifting us with new sweaters and shawls every year when I was a kid .
Good to get connected through A-Z Challenge .
Dr.Sushree
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Haha. A friend of mine and I are always discussing this problem. We refer to them as UFOs (Unfinished Objects). She's currently undergoing a challenge for 2014 where she finishes at least one randomly selected UFO each month. It's quite entertaining. Elle @ Erratic Project Junkie
ReplyDeleteYes! I'm exactly the same. Right now I'm wearing a jumper I knitted myself, which sat for a year on the shelf, FINISHED, but waiting for me to weave in the ends! Granted it was too hot to wear it anyway, but still--a year! I need to go and look at what I have sitting in limbo--a shrug, I think--but currently I'm knitting my son a pink jumper (his favourite colour). My daughter will get one in yellow next. And, yes, I'm being very restrained not knitting them both at once. ;-)
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother knitted and gave me some fabulous sweaters! I don't knit - I write, and I'm not exactly a procrastinator, more like I was a snail in another life and the slow speed-setting stuck. It's even worse because my brain can only handle one project at a time. So I write about a book a year while other authors can whip one out in 2 months. *sigh*
ReplyDeleteI wish I could say I make crafts but that is not something I do or ever think I will do.
ReplyDeleteI have some knitting projects from years ago, but I finally gave up. I did knit a blanket once, but I just decided over time if I am going to craft with yarn, I would rather use it to cross stitch on the plastic canvas mesh.
ReplyDeleteAll pretty projects you are working on; I am sure eventually they will all be completed. I enjoyed doing crafts at various times of my life, but kind of got away from it recently so no unfinished projects here (when I had some and we would move, which we seemed to do a lot, I would just bundle them up to take to the local thrift store). My mom was a knitter; she would knit hats for projects that gave hats to kids in winter among other things. I used to make baby blankets years ago; now I blog,LOL :)
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I love the colors in the piece for your sister-in-law. I'm not a very crafty person, so I don't really have that problem, but I have dozens of partially finished stories and blog posts saved on the computer.
ReplyDeleteI am glad I am not the only one who has multiple knitting projects going on at the same time. I technically have 4 that I am working on in various stages.
ReplyDeleteLoved reading about you Both !!
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