I don’t know what has gotten into me lately, I just keep casting on for stuff. Before this week’s rash of new projects, I was fairly content with having two projects on the needles: one pair of socks and one other item. I liked my system, I got things turned around pretty quickly so I always had an FO. I’m more of a product knitter than a process knitter.
How many WIPs do I have now, you ask? Six. Six! I get a little dizzy just thinking about it.
I resurrected my Hexacomb Cardigan from the snooze pile and finished a sleeve yesterday. Quite the accomplishment, since it has been sitting untouched for about 2 months. All I have left is the second sleeve and the trim, which shouldn’t take that long to complete. However, at the rate I’m going, I don’t expect to be finished until October. I am rather sick of the color I selected, so I think that isn’t exactly helping matters. I like the cardigan, but it definitely needs to be blocked when finished before I wear it in public. It tugs a little awkwardly in some places. I wish I would have selected a different yarn, but it’s a little too late for that now. I may knit another cropped cardigan in white after this is finished.
I have not touched my Endpaper Mitts, Leaf Lace Scarf, or Montego Bay Scarf since last week, which isn’t much of a surprise since two of them are gifts, and one is an item I won’t be able to wear until September or October. I frogged my plain stockinette socks because, let’s face it, I have better and more fun things to knit for my feet.
I’ve been working on my Swallowtail Shawl slowly but surely, and I’m very close to being finished. I’ve almost completed charts 3 A+B, and the number of stitches on my needles is getting a little daunting. I’m dreading blocking it, but I’m sure I’ll be fine. I’m really excited to finish this project. The Misti Alpaca yarn is delightfully soft, even though I don’t love the color. My LYS doesn’t carry much lace (only 3 or 4 different kinds, with half being mohair based) and they only had the Misti Alpaca in red, pink, dark purple, black, and cream, none of which I really liked, so I settled for dark purple. I think it looks lovely, but I would have liked a different color.
And then, yesterday, I had this strange whim. I decided to cast on for a Clapotis with some Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn that I bought from a Ravelry user.
The yarn does not have the best drape to it, but that’s ok. This is more of a test knit than anything, and I might end up giving it away once I finish a second one for me out of one of my prettier yarns. This yarn would have made amazing socks, but I just couldn’t find a pattern that suited it. The photo shows the subtle blue-green variations, but it is not that noticeable in person, and it is actually fairly dark.
I finished 5 repeats of the increase section yesterday and it is looking good. I feel so strongly motivated to knit my Clapotis, and I’m worried that my other projects will suffer because of it. I guess that’s the way the cookie crumbles. I’m feeling totally overwhelmed by my WIPs right now, and I don’t think that is a good thing.
I guess I should calm down a little. It doesn’t really matter when I finish these projects, as long as I’m happy while knitting them. The only problem with that is, of course, that I’m a product knitter and not a process knitter. I want things to be finished, and I don’t really enjoy making them. I find the closer I get to completing a project, the antsier I get over finishing it. And not just the “I can’t wait for this to be finished, I’m so excited!” antsy, but this whole-body consuming anxiety about finishing the project.
Eat, sleep, work, knit. Eat, sleep, work, knit. There are not enough hours in the day!
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