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Today I would like to share a little knitting humor.  I know my day could use it.  Enjoy

Sandy

Finally some FO's

Happy Sunday everyone!  For me it is my day of Craft.  Lately work  has been cutting into this time a lot.  However, I do have some finished projects.  Ok well two in the last 2 months.  I started and finished the Birthday Cake Cowl out of Patons SWS in Natural Plum.  I am excited for the temperatures to hopefully dip down a little so I can wear it.

I also finished a pair of nutkins socks out of the patons kroy fx in clover colors.  Photos of the socks will be updated later.  Honestly,  I am finishing this post on my new tablet and have not looked into how to add hyperlinks.  I think those were the quickest socks I have ever made.

Now I am off to work on the next pair.   They are a basic sock with ribbing down the side and an afterthought heel.  Happy knitting! 

Sandy

Neverending Cycle of Mediocrity and Failure

There's a project I've been working on for a while. Well, maybe "working on" isn't the right way of putting it. Over the years, I have knit probably over 100 pairs of socks, and I thought I needed to do something with the leftovers. Thus began the sock yarn blanket of doom!

I have crocheted a bunch of hexagons and attached them together as I go. But I haven't done any work on this blanket for about 2 years. 

Here is the problem: I get very frustrated by the lack of progress (I am a product knitter, not a process knitter), so I work on it even less, which makes for even less progress and so on and so forth. It truly is a never ending cycle of mediorocity and failure. 

It is just like the piano. I used to take piano lessons as a young girl. When my family moved, and in became more involved with after school activities, I stopped taking lessons. Ever since then, I have wanted to take up the piano again. So I get out my keyboard to practice, and I sound so bad and out of practice that I stop, and then I practice less and less, and when I do practice, it is so bad and there you have it! Another cycle! 

So to try to remedy this situation with the blanket, I am gathering up scrap sock yarn and starting a second section which will later be attached to the first section. I would really like to turn this long term project into a finished object sometime this year. And who knows, maybe I will get that keyboard out again and do a little practicing soon.

Kelly

Winter is Here

We are currently in the elusive Florida winter.  It normally is only a few days over a month maybe two if we really try to stretch it out.  As a knitter it is the best time!  I try to pack on as many of my knitted items I can.  My knit item for this winter day is my Irish Fishermen Sweater.