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Wen
Permanent Resident
Australia
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hillstreetmama
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USA
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 Posted - 01/15/2010 : 7:36:03 PM
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I just finished yet another scarf, and told myself that I can't start anything new till I work on UFO's. So...I've knit a couple inches on a (second) sock, worked on an afghan block... and then started a new project. I'm going to try to go back and forth between them, so maybe I can finish them ALL. I also have the hood of a sweater to finish. Those are only the UFO's that I plan to finish...there are others I plan to frog.
Jan
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minh
Permanent Resident and Destasher Extraordinnaire
USA
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Posted - 01/15/2010 : 7:44:01 PM
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Wen, thank you for the nudge!
I only have one sweater to seam but it's a summer top so I'm not in a hurry and would prefer to finish my pair of mittens. It's cold here! I'll spread the finishing over the spring season. |
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Jane
SustaYning Member
USA
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Posted - 01/16/2010 : 04:05:25 AM
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I'm in a starting mood, so finishing will have to wait. Happens every January! I don't have much sitting around -- or as much as usual, I guess -- so I can begin new projects without listening to them whining from the knitting basket. I'm glad Wen's goal is to finish some things, though, because I always love seeing her work!
Jane
Betty needs a warm hat: Support KR
Blog: Not Plain Jane
Photos: My Flickr Album
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Gelliott
Seriously Hooked
USA
910 Posts |
Posted - 01/16/2010 : 8:44:55 PM
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I made a list of my UFO/WIPs on New Year's Day, and came up with 19 projects.
Getting them finished (or frogged) by the end of the month is a pipe dream. Some are actually pretty close to completion, but most are in a stage where I have to make some sort of decision, or interpret vague pattern directions, or rip back a ways and fix something, and I never seem to have the energy to put into that....
Another problem is that new projects keep popping up--a sick friend needs a soft shawl, a colleague announced a baby on the way, A4A has a new sweater campaign with a March deadline, Mom's brown cardigan is falling apart and she desperately needs a new one...
Wen, thanks for the inspiration!
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Wen
Permanent Resident
Australia
3242 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2010 : 02:49:34 AM
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Another 2 down - Fluted ribs is finished but after telling me to make it my husband hates it. Hopefully adding the closures will help. At the moment it sits done up at the top and shoots straight off to my armpits. The problem with having a bust!! I will add the closures and then do the photos, opinions on whether I keep it or give it away to someone smaller will then be required.
The other one was a cowl that my sister asked for, she rides a motorbike and needed 'something to keep me warm on the bike in winter' (message on my facebook wall). I flared this one out at the base so it sits flat under the neckline of the jacket. (Pattern in on my blog)
I'm glad I've inspired others to get things done and remember Jane, my January is your July and vice versa, I'm in starting mode in the middle of winter too.
Wen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wen1965/sets/72157612251840708/show/ FO 2009
http://www.flickr.com/groups/kr_members/
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Ditzy Girl
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 01/20/2010 : 08:25:12 AM
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I finished the back of dh's pullover, now just to finish the front hope to have done by Feb.
Zola, Seattle, Wash.
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dothead
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
492 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2010 : 08:59:11 AM
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I appreciate the nudge too. I am working on a Citron shawl (from Knitty) and I am on the last section. After it is done, I am going to finish my Pretty Thing cowl.
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scarfitup
Chatty Knitter
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molly-o
New Pal
Canada
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Posted - 01/21/2010 : 05:27:02 AM
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stherio
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 01/21/2010 : 06:04:47 AM
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I decided last fall that I would do 2 things at the end of 2009 and 2010: finish up my WIPs and not buy any yarn in 2010. Well, we took a trip to NH and I went to Keepsake Quilting and Patternworks was right there.......besides my hubby told me, "we may never come here again, so go look". Bad idea. So now I'm down to just finishing the WIPs. I finished a sweater for myself in December - the first thing I've kept for myself in about 20 years, one more sweater to go, a pair of mittens and a men's vest. I always have socks on needles for car rides so those don't count. The men's vest is scheduled to get done for my husband's birthday in late February and I plan on tackling that sweater this weekend. Then I can dive into my stash which has a closet of its own, complete with patterns stuck next to the yarn piles!
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needler
New Pal
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Posted - 01/21/2010 : 09:50:48 AM
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My motivator right now is an impending move (ugh!). I am trying to finish my "Order to Chaos Shawl" this week. Started it October I think and have about 100 more rows to do on the knitted-on edging. I have another lace project going (Print O' The Wave Stole) that will be first up to finish after the move. And then, of course, there are always socks on the needles which don't count. In anticipation of finishing the Order to Chaos Shawl, I find I am getting skeerd of the blocking. I haven't blocked anything that large before (it will be about 60" across). I can't crawl around on the floor anymore and only have a single bed. I do have a large blocking board, so will somehow have to do it in halves. Not sure how to work this out.
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l_dstuart@yahoo.com
New Pal
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Posted - 01/21/2010 : 11:49:16 AM
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I've been completing projects that have been giving me baleful looks - three of them in the past two days! A knit dress for my soon-to-be 6 years old grandniece, Chris Bylsma's Madly Plaid vest (started that one two years ago) and a simple shell knit with bamboo. I still have to complete a hat/scarf combo, another scarf, the Kimono Jacket from Manos del Uruguay and an offset cardi that a friend designed. It's such a great feeling to actually finish something that I was anticipating wearing!!
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njzube@aol.com
New Pal
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Posted - 01/21/2010 : 12:39:33 PM
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| I have 4.5 sweaters knitted but waiting for assembly...which means I have to be in the mood, have a block of time, and have adequate daylight outside..and I live in Florida so it is always too hot or too cold to be outside doing something I hate to do! Meanwhile, I've started three new sweaters..but I am resolved!! Someday soon they will all be done! Having three cats helping me put sweaters together doesn't really inspire me to get the tough part done. |
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Gibson Girl
Chatty Knitter
USA
148 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2010 : 1:06:38 PM
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Wen
Permanent Resident
Australia
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January is finishing month
