It’s Wednesday, and that means another Yarn Along with Ginny.
OK, so I broke my resolution and started another knitting project (2 two) while the purple sweater is still unfinished. I tell you I have knitting ADD. Just like this last fall when I was working so hard on these, and took breaks in between to work on this. All of them got done, but maybe the secret to knitting so much is giving yourself breaks when a project becomes boring. You know, keep it fun. At least, that’s my excuse.
I did finish the body of my sweater, and it just waits for sleeves and a some button bands. So at least I picked a good stopping point! It’s technically not on needles! I think I need a break from this one for a week or two.
One thing that I got done this week was a super quick project. Gotta love the chunky yarn! I finished it in just a day and a half. It’s just a simple garter stitch cowl, but in that uber-soft Misti baby alpaca/Merino.
I also started working on a baby dress/jumper of my own design that’s in the top picture. I just love the raspberry color I get to work with in this project. This one I’m actually pretty happy with, and I hope to have the pattern tested and ready for my store in March. I think I have a great idea for a matching bonnet, too. I love matching. I love bonnets too! My goal for the year is to design 4 patterns. The dress and bonnet will count for 2.
As for my reading, I thought I’d put in my devotional book of late
Brooke says
January 26, 2011 at 5:07 pmI too can rarely finish a bigger project without starting something else in between. Even a simple pair of bootees is enough of a break to then be excited to go back to work on the bigger one. I think you are in a boat with many!
Mom says
January 26, 2011 at 7:56 pmI think it’s good to take breaks once in a while. I wouldn’t exactly call it ADD. Also, I think your love of bonnets may be because I had bonnets on you for the first six months of your life. My particular favorite was a light yellow one with eyelet lace over cotton and lace on the border of the rim. In windy Colorado, we would take walks with you in the stroller, and I was always worried about you getting ear infections, since Heidi always got them. Turns out you didn’t get many ear infections, maybe due to the little bonnets you always wore, who knows? Also that devotional book sounds interesting. I may need to pick it up. It sounds a lot like “Hinds feet in high places”, another great healing book.
jenletts says
January 26, 2011 at 9:40 pmI’ve two projects going now and I like it! Each appeals to me for different times. One is easy for movie watching and the other definitely doesn’t need the distraction!
Elizabeth says
January 26, 2011 at 11:06 pmLove the raspberry of the dress/jumper. I’ll keep my eye out for the pattern, I would love to knit a jumper for my daugher.
Blessings, Elizabeth
Jarka says
January 26, 2011 at 11:35 pmI have one “big project” – a.k.a. the mysterious orange sweater – started since october – and I’ve finished sooo many little projects in between the rows of the sweater 🙂 😀
anushka says
January 28, 2011 at 1:28 amgreat projects and your baby is sooooo cute! you are a lucky gal that your husband does the dishes. the mason dixon dish rags have never made it into my kitchen, i’m always giving them away. this will be the first one i test out. : ) the yarn needs to be used up – it is what i bought it for years ago… i much prefer making little wooly things.
Carol says
January 28, 2011 at 8:42 pmNot knitting ADD, just good sense! I’m always in the midst of several projects. Some fit in different slots of time. My shawl is rapidly getting big enough that I need to have real time to sit and work on it, so I have other projects that I can put down more easily as well.
Thanks for stopping by my yarn along.
Anonymous says
January 30, 2011 at 1:13 am“Streams in the Desert” is my favorite devotional too. It acknowledges that life is often hard, addresses the purpose and benefits of those hard times, and that “God with us” is a promise and a certainty for making it through those times and learning from them.
Love the colors of yarn that you are working with. You can almost feel the softness of some of them when looking at the photos.