There’s a lot to be said for multi-tasking. Women are supposed to be Jedi Masters of this particular skill. And of course it’s helpful to be able to accomplish more than one thing at a time. You get so much more done! Except when you don’t. I’ve begun to feel that in some areas of my life, multi-tasking has actually caused me to complete less of my to-do lists than ever before. Because I do just a little bit of each thing, I don’t ever really complete any task in its entirety, leaving me feeling like I’m running in place all the time. Which, personally, I think pretty much sucks. I want to be able to look back on this year and say to myself, Good job self! You really did a lot of great stuff this year!, instead of wondering where all the time went and why I have nothing to show for it.
So lets start with the knitting. I told you last time that I wanted to finish up some UFO’s and complete at least 14 new projects from stash/queue this year. I finished my first project in four days! And I credit all of that to monogamous knitting. Well, that and the fact that kids’ socks in worsted wool are just about the fastest thing out there to knit.
- Pattern: Rye by tincanknits (Ravelry link here)
- Yarn: Stitch Nation by Debbie Stoller Alpaca Love in “Espresso” & Elann Peruvian Highland Donegal (blue)
- Needles: Sizes 3 & 5 circulars for Magic Loop
- Mods: None
I thoroughly enjoyed this pattern! It’s simple, easy to memorize, & quick, but isn’t boring. I also love that I can use scraps of worsted wools in my stash to make a few more pairs of these for Knittymunchkin before next fall. They are a bit big right now, but I’d rather have them be too big than too small. It’s cool enough here even in summer for thick socks sometimes.
And here we go with my second project of the year…..
This is my cast on photo for Just Enough Ruffles by Laura Chau using Madelinetosh Worsted in “Foxglove”, a yarn I received in 2009 as part of the Magnolia Society when Madelinetosh was still a relative unknown. In addition to working from stash this year, I’ve decided that this is also the year that I must.knit.all.the.pretties. I always save the “good stuff” for someday in the future, when I really should be enjoying it now. What good does it do sitting in a tub for the next 20 years anyway? So I plunged in and dug this out and I’m loving knitting it up. Maybe that’s the key. If you knit with yarn you love, you’ll more likely stick to a project until it’s finished instead of relegating it to the UFO pile. Food for thought.
Next up, I dig through my UFO pile to find my first project for the year…
