They say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, but I beg to differ. I believe that this road is paved with all of the grand schemes and unfinished projects that I have lying around in my craft space and (quietly) in other areas of our home. And, before you assume that I have a reasonable stash, this is only the part that is allowed out in public.
I told myself: “Self, you are going to get all of this mess cleaned up before the New Year starts!” to which I replied: “Good luck with that, honey!” I did try my best, with a little procrastinating of course, to get all of the odds and ends cleaned up in the last couple of weeks but with Christmas, vacation, and any other excuse I could find, it didn’t get done. This is what I have left, and I have no illusions about getting it all done at this point.
My yoke sweater that I started goodness knows when is back. This has been one of those projects that stalled due to anger at my miscalculations and then lack of interest over the warm months. I have made good progress over the last week and am going to keep on going until it is done. I plan on a Latvian Braid up both front edges with a black folded stocking stitch band (buttoned) and ribbing at the neck, bottom and cuffs in black as I ran out of the grey. I think that it will work and be closer to what I imagined at the start of this than the mess that I began with.
Next, I am almost finished a little tunic, machine knit, with crocheted trim and hand knit neck ribbing, yet to be done. This one turned out just as I envisioned and is a prototype for a new pattern, another thing that I have been ignoring.
Then there is the SHAWL. DD1 gifted me with a couple of Tea Cakes in the spring. I went ahead and sketched out a shawl, started work on it and realized that two cakes would not be enough. Of course, by that time, Tea Cakes were gone from Michaels. I finally tracked some down in the Wool Warehouse online and am ready to go ahead with the rest of the shawl, combining knitting and crochet. This is another pattern that should be forthcoming in the New Year.
I still have all of the toys that I worked up on vacation, but these will definitely wait until all of the above are done to finish these up. And, there may be a hat or two lying in wait as well!
Have a happy week with lots of crafting time!
All of those are so pretty! I love the yoke sweater and can’t wait to see it finished. The tunic looks quite cute and the shawl looks really cozy. Seeing all this makes me feel a little better about the UFOs hanging around my house, too!
Thank you! I am pretty pumped about the yoke sweater myself as I had backburnered this one for a long time. I think that every creative person gets into a slump regularily and needs to start something new to keep the interest going. I am calling it creative forward planning!