Temptation

9 days and 7 washcloths later, I was a bit tempted to order yarn today. Not that I need any--or was even tempted by any particular yarn--but I'm already bored with my recovery & have 5 more weeks stretching in front of me. Not that I don't have a basket FULL of knitting projects, a bin full of half-finished knitting projects, and a 6 YEAR SUPPLY of yarn, but I think I was looking for something to do. Luckily, shopping for yarn takes about the same amount of time whether you buy or not, so I browsed for a while today. BUT, I did not give in! However, I'm thinking I might move past dish cloths. 7 qualifies for a completed Project of the Month don't you think?????

Comments

Gaidig said…
Seven is a lovely number, a divine number. It certainly counts as a finished project. Treat yourself with a fun "new" yarn from the gems in your stash. You deserve to use some "precious" yarn as part of your recovery.
May 7, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Dana said…
Yes, definitely! 7 is amazing. Maybe you could start a big lovely blanket or something and try to finish it while you wait out your recovery?

Hope you feel better & recover soon.
May 7, 2009 at 8:47 PM
tinebeest said…
One for every day of the week, that's about right. I agree with Gaidig, I'm sure there is some nice stuff in the stash that deserves some petting. Just cast on :-) And you can always do another WIP to FO marathon later this year, we're not yet halfway through 2009.
May 8, 2009 at 1:05 AM
Daniele said…
Seven washcloths definitely qualifies. You are released from the wash cloth project of the month!! :)
May 8, 2009 at 1:39 PM
bittenbyknittin said…
There is definitely a limit to how many dishcloths one can knit in a row. Time for a new challenge!
May 8, 2009 at 6:59 PM
Kathleen C. said…
7 counts for multiple months!
May 11, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I Used The Glue Gun Without Burning Myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Image
I'm not sure I'll have a prouder accomplishment all year--or a more surprising one.  I think I have a few fingerprints left. Andy is gone for the weekend, so the kitties and I are having a crafting weekend.  With their help,  I finished the first project of the year. The colors are a bit more subdued in real life, but I don't know how to reduce the intensity of this cell phone's camera.  I also cut some more strips for other projects, and wound another Hank from Hell:  A couple years ago I bought some Feza Rio that was on clearance, and for a cashmere/merino blend, it's not at all soft, and until this yarn, I didn't know one could hank yarn badly, but there does seem to be a way to do it so unevenly that permanent kinks are put into the yarn, and if that weren't enough fun, rather than being normal human beings who tie the ends into the threads holding the hank in place, these deranged maniacs tied the two ends together and snipped off the end...
Read more

Whew, It's Been A While.

Image
Wow - more than a year.   I am still crafting - lots of chemo caps knitted this year, but I'm also still learning to quilt.  This, is one of a set of table runners after I made a huge mistake on what was going to be a quilt.  Whoops.  That's twice I've done that.  I'd show you the other set, but blogger isn't letting me upload any older pictures.  I can show you this, which is from a kit and is one of my new favorites. This quilt, is my first attempt with a striped fabric, and is going to be shipped off to it's recipient today, who hopefully doesn't suffer from dizziness or vertigo.  What I learned from THIS project is that stripes aren't always printed straight, and if they are, I certainly don't always cut or sew straight.  Ahem... I am back to working from home.  I had been the marketing director for a local air conditioning company, but it was a family business, and what I discovered during the slow months is that it was a nightmare....
Read more

Ostrich Plume Scarf

Image
This scarf is actually very simple, but I'm trying to make the directions as thorough as possible.  It has a moss-stitch border of 6 rows on top and bottom and 4 stitches on each side, and uses the stitch pattern KNOWN as Ostrich Plume (hence the name).  There's a 3-stitch decrease using a slip 2, k1, pass slipped stitches over, which creates a nicer look than the traditional slip 1, k2tog, pass slipped stitch over technique, but feel free to use the more traditional decrease if you choose.  I used a shorter bottom and top edging to allow the wavy stitch pattern to pull the border into the wave effect, but you could certainly add a few extra rows of moss-stitch to the top and bottom if you would like. I have written this to slip the first stitch of all but the very first row as I think it makes a nicer edge, but you may choose to simply knit them.  As a matter of personal preference, I never slip the first stitch of the first row--it doesn't work with some cast-o...
Read more