No, no. It's OK, really.
I have several projects on hold right now. Some officially, and some not so officially. I had been trying to make a prayer shawl for my mom. It is chevron lace and very easy, but apparently the reasons I was making it for in the first place... are not an issue anymore? I'm not sure what to do about it now. I felt compelled to make it, and maybe I still should, but I'm not sure what the motivation is... which isn't to say all knitted work needs motivation, but I did not just start this project on a whim. I thought and planned a long time to make a symbolically rich piece of work and to continue with it as is... I'm just not sure. And so it sits.
I also have a half done pair of really nice socks that I just totally forgot about. I found them the other day while I was searching for the needles I needed. I'd like to get them done by next spring but we'll see. They are waiting.
Because I may have started a blanket.
I also have a half done pair of really nice socks that I just totally forgot about. I found them the other day while I was searching for the needles I needed. I'd like to get them done by next spring but we'll see. They are waiting.
There is a housecoat for little monkey that I started as a project to keep at "home" last year when the place we lived (my parents') was not the home I had made. I was tired of not having anything to work on when I accidentally left my knitting behind, so I thought a large semi-needed project would be good to keep at our house. The problem with a project like this, is that it doesn't get a lot of attention, and it continues to sit on the back burner of my consciousness, like a passive aggressive collection of twisted chenille, "Oh no, don't worry about me. I'll be OK. I can hang out for years. No big deal. I'm just sitting here... waiting".
There is also a lace shirt I had started late spring. I had hoped to finish it before summer's end, but it's taking a heck of a lot longer than I had anticipated. I'm not really into it at the moment and so it waits.
No, really, I get it, I was never top of the list. It's not like Monkey's grown out of his other one already... ahem. |
There is also a lace shirt I had started late spring. I had hoped to finish it before summer's end, but it's taking a heck of a lot longer than I had anticipated. I'm not really into it at the moment and so it waits.
Then of course there is the Koi sweater that I gave up on finishing for monkey's birthday, and then didn't finish before Christmas, and now there is only 3/4 of a little boy sleeve to do, and I told myself I'd finish it before I started anything else, I told myself and promised and... well... I'm sorry Koi sweater, but you'll have to wait.
Because I may have started a blanket.
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