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February 5, 2009
Annual Report on UFO Activity
It's that time again.
It seems like a lot of the stuff on the last year's is still there, and it IS, but to my credit I finished the Flower Basket Shawl, the Central Park Hoodie, and the incredibly difficult and rewarding Paisley Shaw of Doom.
Leftover from last year:
[EDITED: I am striking these out as I finish them]
1. All Seasons Cotton socks - One's done, the other needs the toe and afterthought heel in. JUST DO IT, YOU MORON. It'll take you an hour.
2. Fingerless gloves - I'm tired of these popping up. JUST FINISH THEM.
3. Forbes Forest - Winter is rapidly passing us. Poor, poor Nathan, he only has one scarf. This thing is GORGEOUS, but the pattern is *so* tiresome.
4. Gen's blanket - It's actually come a long way. Knitting on the big needles hurts like a you-know-what, but I love the alpaca. I'm still stunned that I was able to fix the nasty mistake last month. As soon as the tax refund comes in, I'll buy the rest of the yarn and finish this bad boy.
5. Mom's Ultramerino Socks need darning. I can figure it out. I'm sure of it.
6. Zoe's fuzzy angora hat - Mom gave it to me to fix, but there are three large mysterious holes in it. Not sure what to do. I think it might be toast.
7. That pink scarf - I have this great cabled scarf that I was making out of Calmer, but I can't find the photocopy of the pattern out of the book I don't own. Must track that down.
Leftover from a million years ago:
8. Curliecue Blanket - I'm not going to finish it. The question is, should I try to re-use the yarn or should I just take it outside and burn it? It's quite a lot of Rowan Cashsoft, and it was expensive, but is the yarn that was cursed, or the project as a whole?
9. Stupid Shapely Tank - I bought this Lavold Silky Wool for what was supposed to be my first sweater way back when, and I couldn't make it work, so I frogged it and tried the White Lies Shapely Tank. This was in June 2005. I abandoned it because thought (I knew) it'd be too short in the torso. Should I try to re-use this yarn or should I take it out and burn it? I actually am afraid that this yarn is cursed.
10. Way back when, I made Kate Gilbert's Shining Star Hat out of some pretty tweedy Cascade 220. It was an early project, and I didn't realize too late that my gauge was way off, but I finished it anyway and now I have a gigantic purple hat. Should I frog it? Should I keep it as a testament to my stupidity?
11. College "scarf" - I have several feet of what was supposed to be a scarf on the bias made of Filatura di Crosa College. I think I was doing this while I was running the lights for a play. It's all wonky and I hate the pattern. The yarn's not bad, though. I guess I should frog it.
12. Gigantic Blue Sock - It's the very first sock I ever made, it's made of Lana Grossa Cool Wool 2000, and it's way, way, way too big, the gussets are ridiculous, the kitchener toes a joke, and the ribbing looks like an idiot did it. But it's the first sock I ever made, and I was so proud that I'd figured out how to turn a heel all by myself. I'm tempted to keep it and use it as a Christmas stocking for the cats or something.
Newish:
13. Laminaria - I got to the second chart and made some sort of horrible mistake, and stuffed the whole thing into a ziploc bag. Fix or frog? (FROGGED 2/20/09)
14. Blue Acero sock - I just need to finish these.
15. My yellow Ultramerino socks need darning.
16. Saartje's booties - I made the first one the other day just to test the pattern. It took me about two hours. I suppose I should make its mate and tuck them away for a random last-minute emergency baby shower gift.
17. Luna Moth shawl - I started this last year using that evil Baruffa Cashwool from Hell. I got about 40 rows in and then made a mistake and promptly stuffed it into another Ziploc. Fix or frog?
18. Kitty Pi - The idea of this cat bed really appeals to me, and I believe that the cats will actually use it. The giant needles really, really hurt my hands, though, and Lamb's Pride Bulky isn't exactly luxurious to knit with. Also, the circular needle I'm using has come apart and I need to glue it back together.
19. Nathan's green Acero socks need darning.
20. Fish hat- okay, this one's tough. I'm making a THIRD fish hat for a gift. Two precious skeins of Artyarns Supermerino came out of my stash for this, but I'm not loving the fabric that the #7 needles are creating. The decreases are *so* visible. I think I might frog this and start again on #6s. Or I might have to admit this is the wrong yarn for the job.
21. And the worst - my fucking Backyard Leaves scarf has a hole in it. I can't deal with it right now.
Boy, I'd better get busy.
Comments
Your face on that curliecue blanket entry remains one of my major obstacles to taking up knitting, because I sort of don't want a hobby that has the power to make anyone that miserable. Maybe I can train Oswald to fetch damp washcloths and Gus to mix drinks?
P.S. Darn you, ultramerino socks... darn you to heck.
Posted by: Kim at February 5, 2009 4:45 PM
Save the yarn from the curlicue blanket for another project.
Posted by: grace at February 5, 2009 6:29 PM
Save the curlicue yarn, ditch the Lavold Silky Wool. Of course, I'm biased, because the Silky Wool is what I tried to make Branching Out from, and the second time I frogged it, it got so snarled I freaked out and threw the whole ball of yarn away. So clearly all of that kind of yarn is cursed!
Re #10, find someone with a gigantic purple head? :)
Posted by: Margar at February 5, 2009 8:04 PM
May I suggest that yarn is not curse-able, projects are but not yarn. That said, here is my advice:
1, 2, & 3 - Do them while the tax refund is on its way.
4 - tax refund.
5 - figure it out.
6 - little kids are really hard on clothes. Make a sturdy repair. Zoe prolly likes the hat more because auntie Kate made it than because it's perfect.
7 - Library
8, 9, 10, & 11 FROG TONIGHT
12 - stocking for cats; purrrrfect.
13 - I got nuthin
14 & 16 Finish
17 - Frog tonight - sell yarn on ebay
18 - Cats sleep wherever the hell they like. You may be able to sneak a bed under them every once in a while but they couldn't care less. Sleeping is, after all, their main job.
20 - frog it for the yarn. Start over with 6's and the right yarn.
21 - Yikes!
Posted by: Bob at February 7, 2009 12:36 PM