Back when I started knitting, I was, what is called a "monogamous knitter". I never had more than one project on the needles, and I was happy with it.
That was... well, a while back. Still, I like to work on only one project at a time... but sometimes, there are reasons to put things in time out! And that happened a lot to me lately. But last week, I was suddenly able to finish all my wips, and suddenly I had not a single one left! Oh, that great feeling of accomplishment! That feeling of freedom! I can now cast on something new!
First was this cardi that had accompanied me for more than a year now. I'm so happy it's finally over and done with. It had many names - the never ending cardi - the cardi of the many bobbins - and some other that I don't really remember anymore. This was not the most complicated, but surely the most tiring knit I ever had otn.
A look into the innards of the cardi - you can see the bobbins carried up and the wrong side of the berry stitch.
Second where the stockings I had otn for my Papa. This was a Christmas present. I was running late on Christmas and couldn't find any of the weird and obscure CD's he wanted, to I just packed three skeins and draw a fun "instruction manual" on a little piece of paper. How to use this present? Choose a skein, give it to the master of needles, and get a pair of socks. And then, my "evil" stepmom had one ingenious idea. "Why not knit stockings instead? You could use some!" she said to my dad. I really love her, but I really wanted to strangle her at that moment. But yeah, she was true, my Papa has only one old ugly worn-through pair of stockings, so I had to knit some.
Ever knit a man's pair of stockings? Not fun, I assure you. This pair is the equivalent of two really tall socks for me, or 3-4 normal pairs of socks for normal feeted women. Over 800 m of yarn!!!
In between waiting for fitting on these two projects for other people, I had time to work on a third project. And still being a little bit of a more monogamous knitter, I just couldn't bring myself to cast on another project. And that was good, because I finally had a reason to pick up some wips! I'm really not bad - I had only two wips in hibernation. The first one was another pair of stockings for me, and I really found my love back for them. And although they were stockings - compared to the two projects above, they really were a fast knit. ;)
And after those three were finished, I was so happy with clearing out my wips that I took another sip (sock in progress). This one was a test knit, and I never made a mate for the first poor, lonely sock. This first sock is now happily ever after with it's mate!
And then I thought I'd go back to my monogamous knitting ways. Well... that didn't work so well. I knitted two toes for another pair of socks - then swatched the cable pattern and had to put it in time out since I couldn't decide immediately. Then I cast on a shawl. And one day after I cast on a shawl, the needles arrived that I need for my first big design. And since the sweater design has the highest priority, I started swatching for that.
But know what? I'm not even feeling bad about it. I have it all sorted in clear priorities, and I'm getting some progress on all. And maybe the sock toes won't grow in a while - but I know they will as soon as I'm not knitting on the other two for whatever reason. I'll never be a project hoarder, having dozens of lone socks lying around. My urge to knit on the things I have otn is just too big. And that feels good.
But now, how about some more pictures? The little swatch of the stitch pattern for my sweater design. I absolutely adore this texture! And it's easy to work, too!
(sorry for the bad pic. Sometimes the light situation just doesn't allow me to get good pics)
And the shawl in progress. It still looks boring at that stage, but the finished shawl will be constructed of several wedges in different angles, which looks really cool. I'm already loving this knit, and the yarn is heavenly! A mostly merino with some silk and cashmere from
Dye for yarn. This yarn is really to die for! Or should I say dye for? They also have funny color names, this one is called "memory of a fearsome tale". It's purple in reality, but I must admit I was too lazy to edit the photo. My camera never gets purple right...
