balanced unbalance
I’m always working on some project or another, and most weeks I talk about what I’m working on Wednesdays as part of Tami’s WIP Wednesday project. You can see past WIP Wednesdays … right this way.
I often have lots of projects on the needles, but four shawls, a coat, and a series of swatches is a little much, even for me.
It presents a bit of a dilemma.
Do you work a little bit on all of them, but not really see a huge amount of progress?
Do you focus on one of them, and neglect the others?
Do you come up with a “knitting schedule”?
I’ve been trying to give a little bit of attention to each project, but some have ended up neglected.
The oldest work in progress on the needles still hasn’t come out of it’s project bag, and the swatches haven’t been touched.
The coat got an evening of attention, and I attached the last ball of yarn for this piece, but it still looks like a big grey blob.
The golden shawl has spent the week perched on my desk receiving bits and pieces of attention, while the purple shawl has seen lots of attention, but is at the point where you can only measure progress by the diminishing ball of yarn. I did a quick review of the yarn I’m using in the gold shawl Monday.
The blue shawl on the other hand has seen the most progress. Between the loads of attention, and the fact that it’s three strands of lace weight held together on a US 7 (4.5mm) needle it’ll be done in no time. (Which is usually what I say right before projects stall.)
Maybe the best balance for projects is a sort of balanced unbalance?
This was part of Tami’s WIP Wednesday project. If you’d like more WIP Wednesday posts, from other bloggers, visit Tami’s blog.
Taking Stock
I’m always working on some project or another, and most weeks I talk about what I’m working on Wednesdays as part of Tami’s WIP Wednesday project. You can see past WIP Wednesdays … right this way.
What’s in progress?
Somethings you’ve seen before:
but it hasn’t come out of it’s project bag since you last saw it.
Some totally new things:
-a simple elegant circular purple shawl
-a coat, which I kind of done because it’s been damn cold
–swatches for the next Shawl Geometry book about mutant shawls, at least the swatches aren’t green this time 😉
-a non-sucky about page, which is harder than it sounds
-the pattern for this shawl went to my technical editor Monday.
What’s coming up next?
-a new blog series about binding off, specifically for shawls
-writing the pattern for this shawl
-writing the mutant shawl geometry book
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I sent out an exclusive free pattern to the list just before the new year, if you aren’t on the list, and want the pattern, you can sign up here.
This was part of Tami’s WIP Wednesday project. If you’d like more WIP Wednesday posts, from other bloggers, visit Tami’s blog.
getting “stuck”
I’m always working on some project or another, and most weeks I talk about what I’m working on Wednesdays as part of Tami’s WIP Wednesday project. You can see past WIP Wednesdays … right this way.
Even though I LOVE blocking, that’s often the place where my shawls get “stuck.”
Sometimes I finish a shawl and block it right away, but more often than not, it sits around for a bit.
Everything gets blocked eventually, no need to worry about that, but sometimes (many times) shawls just sit around waiting for awhile.
I have yet to figure out why this is where I get “stuck” in my knitting.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I block everything on my bed, so I have to get the timing right.
Maybe it has to do with the fact that I photograph things in batches, so my brain thinks “hey, if it’s just going to sit around once you block it waiting for the next couple shawls to come off the needles, you might as well hold off on the blocking too.”
Or maybe it has to do with the fact that I ALWAYS think blocking a shawl will take longer than it actually does. In my mind, blocking a shawl takes agonizing hours and hours, when in reality it takes (from starting to clear off the bed, to putting the box of T-pins away) an hour TOPS, and usually around to 20-30 minutes.
What parts does your knitting usually get “stuck” on? Blocking? Weaving in ends? Casting on? Finding the perfect yarn?
This was part of Tami’s WIP Wednesday project. If you’d like more WIP Wednesday posts, from other bloggers, visit Tami’s blog.
