I must confess, I’m a serial starter! I seem to find a new pattern to knit every week, there’s just too many yummy yarns out there to tempt me. I can see why my boyfriend rolls his eyes whenever I get excited about a new pattern now…
Right now I’m making:
A cabled hat for my dad
A crossover top for myself
A pair of socks (knitted flat!)
And I’ve also got about 15 things in my knitting bag, hmmm…
Oh good Im not the only one then, I always do the back of say a cardigan or a jumper then go off and do a legs of a toy or squares for a crochet blanket, then I get Lets knit and abandon all those & start knitting two bunnies!!
Haha, I’m just the same Nicola! Infact I’ve also got a knitted frog and another pair of socks to do, aswell as finishing off two scarves (adding beads to the ends). Oh dear…
And I have the 15mm needle & wool to knit the chunky slippers over on the glitter side.!!Just remembered all this talk of socks!I cant believe that with all the needles I have, my mum has, my nan has we didnt have any 15mm ones, had trouble finding them, but found them in Hobbycraft in the end if anyones looking for them. Bit plasticy but will do the job, trouble is got spoilt with the lovely anodised needle pins with the mag, they are really nice!!
just two projects on the go at the momemt, a scarf for me , which I’ve got by our elderly pc for when its taking its time to boot up or get to a web page, then I can knit a row, and a baby cardi. But the cupboard in the spare room seems to be filling up with various packs of yarn and mags with fab patterns which I must do. I didn’t realise this was so addicitive…
A baby cardigan, missing the arms!
Half a pair of socks
An unfinished cushion cover using lovely plant dyed wool from a lady in the hebrides!
And a pig.
It’s very therapeutic writing it down. Now I just need to tick some things off the list!
Tick lists are alwasy the way forward! I need to sort through my stash and remember what each bit of yarn is for - I don’t buy yarn without having a project in mind, mostly; so everything should in theory be earmarked!
I have soo many knits as well but i’m getting to the stage where I can’t concentrate on just one and so am not doing any!!!! As a result i’m sat there thinking about what i could be knitting instead of actually knitting!
I have on the go at the moment
1)Lil sister Jumper
2)God Daughter’s Cardigan
3) Partners Lightsaber
4) Friends Teddy Bear
5) Summer Top for myself!
just two projects on the go at the momemt, a scarf for me , which I’ve got by our elderly pc for when its taking its time to boot up
guess what’s just been frogged! I got into such a tangle with this eyelash yarn, so its been rewound and I’ll forget about that one for a while.
I’m intrigued by the thought of a knitted light sabre though…
on the needles i have : Shaun the sheep,a long chunky jacket,the turban from the latest issue,a kids jacket,socks and random squares for practising techniques
i get started then half way through (if i’m lucky)i’ll find something new or get distracted
Having more than one thing on the go is catching....I used to always finish one thing before I would let myself start another project...but now I can’t resist having a fun thing or some socks on the go as well as the main thing I am knitting. It helps the boredom...no that is a lie because I am never bored when I am knitting...but a little change is good.
Hope you are all having a good knitting day.
The lightsabre well my partner is really into Star Wars but have you seen how much the replica’s cost (my budget will not allow for that!) so i am knitting one it’s blue and i’m not quite sure how it is going to work for the handle thing yet, i’m making it up as i go along!
A knitted lightsaber, please post some pics when you finished I would love to see that. Just think if the idea caught on you could make a fortune from all those other star wars fans out there. You’d better write down how you knit it very carefully, just in case. nicky
Oh forgot to mention my current projects I was so amused by the lightsaber. Two jumpers for me on the go including an afore mentioned self patterning yarn venture which I became fed up with on Thurs night. I did start a new project on Fri and finished that last night and it came out quite well. It was for my 3 year old. I’ve just come back from the shops and bought some more wool (as you do) to start another project for me but I might try a little self control and finish one of the others before I use it. Besides I’ll have to confess my sins to hubby first that I’ve bought even MORE WOOL and I think that can wait a few more days. He’ll be in a good mood at the end of the week as he’ll break up for a weeks holiday on Thursday. Nicky
The lightsabre well my partner is really into Star Wars but have you seen how much the replica’s cost (my budget will not allow for that!) so i am knitting one it’s blue and i’m not quite sure how it is going to work for the handle thing yet, i’m making it up as i go along!
Well I agree, you have to show us when it’s finished! My other half is completely into his sci-fi so I’m sure he’d love a knitted lightsabre (he already wants me to make him the ‘Extermiknit’ knitted dalek that’s online)…
