finish more knitting projects

I hate it when I finish a knitting project and am unhappy with the results!

I just finished knitting a tallit in an offwhite silk/wool blend and it seems lifeless.

I’ll let it sit awhile and see if it grows on me or calls out for something other than ripping….

of the beautiful beige wool and soy yarn…will you ever be done in time for me to wear you?

My hat has become a trial and error project! I just wanted a warm hat!

I bought loads o wool for a fab n easy jumper, but im scared of starting it now!!

Also, the gloves for my sister have become mutants. Horrors. i’m afriad of them…..

Why the hell can’t i just finish something?? :S

It’s an over-amped rainbow, with long vertical stripes. Purple-neonlime-yellow-red-orange-skyblue-violet.

No idea who’s going to get it. But it’s fun.

I finished the blanket that I started on the train trip last fall. It’s a beautiful multicolored wool blanket, just the right size to keep on the couch to snuggle under when watching movies or taking a nap!

I still have to weave in the loose ends and block it, but the knitting part is DONE. It was a fun one, and I was a little sad to finish it.

Cat and I were home watching movies, and I started a little scarf in lace-weight Icelandic yarn, in an “Old Shale” pattern. I have something larger in mind eventually, but I wanted to see if I could get into “automatic” on this pattern. Jury’s still out, but the scarf is going to be very pretty. When I get a chance, I’ll post a photo.

I have picked out my next Hat Victim. A young friend told me she “loves hats!”

Better yet, she likes COLOR, not like those pokey boys that always want black or brown.

Heh!

I’ve rediscovered knitting, and am having a GRAND time! Knitted a too-small hat that has to be redone (oh, the pain! NOT!) and am working on one big throw for myself and a Project Linus blanket. The throw for myself is in a yummy yarn, but the hat has to be in superwash wool (it’s for my nearly-26-yr-old son who will throw it in the washer regardless) and of course the Project Linus is dreadful acrylic (but a great color.)

I am so happy to find knitters! Can I be on the team? Please? Please?

Maybe I’ll get better at them someday, but for now I hate making socks. Knit, knit, frog, curse, knit, curse, frog, knit, knit. By the time I get one sock done I’m so exhausted and frustrated that I don’t pick up the needles again for a month. Oh well, this pair will get done eventually.

I have a ton of projects, but I think that I can identify 3 major ones. I have 2 afghans for AefA, One is a multicolor fuzzy afghan which she loves with all her little heart and soul. The colors are purple, pink and blue… with a base yarn of soft pink. The other is another multi-color purple/pink/blue with a nice little pattern within the knit that repeats every 5-6 rows. The first one mentioned is almost to the half-way point. The second one is a little past the half-way point. I really tried to get the fuzzy one done before my surgery, but that didn’t happen and I am home with some very bright prospects… so, I will get it done, but I’m not in any race right now.

The other project is a Prayer Shawl for myself. It is in a dark multi-color purple, wine, green and blue. This one will be like a large scarf with points that I can drape over my shoulders for spiritual needs.

I’m looking forward to getting back to work on these projects and I understand that it might take me a week or more before I can. But, I will and that is all that matters to me.

Blessings,

Shadowchilde