I’ve said before that I have problems finishing things. Not in a Second Sock Syndrome sort of way but in a Well, I Got All the Knitting Done and Now I Want A New Challenge sort of way.
Which is why, two days before 2008 draws to its end, I have a pretty sad list of FOs and a pretty long list of things that are In the Works.
Wouldn’t it be lovely, I thought, as I was riding back from Tahoe the other day (where, despite beautiful, beautiful snow I spent most of my time curled up in front of a fire knitting… somehow several weekends of kicking my heels over my head in a damp, cold, draughty metal building caught up with me and a wretched cold settled in) to make it my goal to knit like mad over the next couple of days and finish all of my unfinished projects! Then I can start 2009 with a clean slate and an accurate record of how many things I actually manage to knit over the course of the year.
(Of course, I mentally discounted the projects that are “Hibernating” or “Things I Want to Rethink” or “Things I Have No Motivation Whatsoever To Finish”)
Then I assembled all of the projects that I could potentially finish. 
Ambition, thou art folly.
So, instead, I made a plan to see what was feasible to finish. MS4? Obviously Not. Happy Wanderer Capelet? Yes. It’s really just a little steaming and pinning and weaving in ends. Little Blue Sweater? Not unless that’s the one last thing I really want to finish this year. Yellow Mermaid Mitts? Doable. Wedding Garters 1, 2 and 3? Very Doable. Marble Lace Socks? Probably not, especially given that I’m sort of bored with them and definitely not in love with them. Winter lace mitts? Doubtful. The first went pretty quickly… but pretty quickly was still more Knitting Hours than I believe I have left in 2008. Malabrigo socks? Oh, I do hope so. So pretty and so soft and so… well, mostly, I just can’t wait to wear them.
Also? I still want to knit everything out of Malabrigo Sock. Because it’s just such a fantastic yarn. It might possibly have spoiled me. Then again, I’m sure it won’t be long before the curiosity about how some other yarn knits up will get the better of me (after all, that’s the story of the Winter Lace Mitts… I was just too curious about my Enchanted Knoll Farms Sock Yarn).
That’s a long list. And the day is wasting away. I guess I’d better put down the keyboard and pick up the needles (and pins and blocking board and waste yarn and…)
1 Comment
December 29, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Have you ever had a chance to play with any of the Brooks Farm fibers? Their Solo Silk is amazing!!!!