Current WIP count: 5
So far this week has been more about finishing off old projects than working on new ones.
While sorting through my FO box, as well as moths (UGH!!) I also discovered that I’m even worse at sewing in ends than I thought. About 95% of them were technically UFOs because there were ends hanging out eeeeeverywhere.
I am determined to actually get them to a charity rather than sitting around the flat, so the last few days have been a bit of an end-a-thon to get everything done and dusted.
This is the pile of true FOs now:
And this is what I have left to sew in:
You probably won’t remember, as I mentioned it so briefly and ages ago, that I snapped the cast off of my Flax Light the first time I wore it (curse these hips). What I didn’t say at the time was that I couldn’t face fixing the hundreds of teeny tiny stitches, so it went in the naughty corner and there it stayed until this week.
I managed to catch the stitches where the yarn broke and went round undoing the cast off, then I attached some more yarn and had a go at Jenny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off. It’s a bit tedious, what with having to lift over two loops individually for every single stitch, but boy does it stretch!
The edge looks shonky because the needle I used for cast off was too big. I keep telling myself I can deal with it because the jumper actually fits me, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this will end up being undone and cast off for a third time at some point. We shall see.
I did also start another hat at choir this week, until I remembered I was going to use that yarn for a Flax so I frogged it all. Hopefully by next week I’ll have some progress to show on that, but for now it’s back to those ends!
Hannah
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Yay!! Hannah is working down her WIPS!!
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Well yes, but I did also cast on that Flax so the number crept up again!
Although even the ribbing feels like it’s going quickly so I’m pretty sure it won’t be on the WIP list as long as Flax Light was.
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I am always amazed at how quickly a worsted project progresses after knitting something in fingering weight.
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You’re so honest about the things that go wrong, Hannah ! – goodonyermate, as they go wrong for all of us ordinary mortals. 🙂
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I don’t think anyone would believe me if I tried to pretend everything always goes exactly as it’s meant to :p
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Your FOs look great. I’m impressed the flax was only in time out for less than a year. The fact that you have already fixed it is very impressive.
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I made the excellent choice of putting the naughty corner somewhere I walk past every day, so I could never forget it was there!
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That was a very smart move.
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Very nice! I also hate weaving in ends – and for me it’s also blocking that often holds things up from being a true FO
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I don’t have that problem – blocking is magic and I love it! But darn those ends…
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Your FOs all look great. You are being so disciplined weaving in all those ends! That’s one of my least favorite crafting tasks too.
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Haha I don’t know if it counts as disciplined when some of them have been sitting in the box for years :p
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Well, you’re being disciplined now, and that’s what counts!
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well done on getting so many items finished off! and come on, get them in a bag, and off to the charity this weekend!
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