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A week and a half left to go, and I am just beginning to allow myself to contemplate the idea that all the last-minute Xmas knitting might just maybe possibly get done in time for the last mail. Unless I sit here tempting Providence again by even permitting the germ of that thought to enter my head.
I am being very disciplined, and really truly have only 1 WIP on my needles - Susie Rogers' Reading Mitts:
As you can see, I am well on my way to not just mastering, but thoroughly trouncing the Magic Loop technique for small diameter knitting; and I am still loving the James C.Brett Aria yarn.
No, I am not listening. I cannot see you gesticulating. I refuse to hear your sneaky whispers of sock passion.
I will confess instead that to make the above mitts, I need a pair of 3.75mm circular needles; I found the empty packet, so I knew they must be lying around somewhere. The somewhere turned out to be in another long-term WIP, Lily's Slice of Pi Shawl, which I started on the 6th March this year (oh the shame) and has been hibernating for a while. So I signed the 'fession and admit to us both that this will not get made, in this yarn anyway, and pulled the needles out to use for the mitts.
I can almost see a New Year's resolution taking shape as I type ....
Pop on over to Tami's Amis to see how everyone else is faring ...
You may not be listening, but I have already started in on your dreams ;)
ReplyDeleteThe mitt looks great! I have every confidence that you'll have everything ready when you need it to be. I don't knit for the holidays so I can be very positive on others getting their stuff done.
ReplyDeleteSad about your Lily. Was it just the wrong yarn, or did you not get on with the pattern?
ReplyDeleteOh Chrissie, I am feeling so bad about it ! I think it is because it is silk laceweight: so super slippy and skinny. In the NY I may try is with a non-slippy yarn instea d... :)
DeleteI agree, the mitt looks superb! And as for New Year's Resolutions... ;)
ReplyDeleteLove the mitts too, the color is very pretty. New Year's Resolutions? .... please don't :)
ReplyDeleteThere is no shame in UFOs. Think of them as a piece of knitting that taught you something, but you were ready to move on from the lesson. Or just think of them as "new yarn"!!! OK, so it's not new, but it's ready for a new idea!
ReplyDeletecongrats!! The mitts are looking great.....and the end of the holiday knitting?!! Just when I think I'm there....someone asks for something else...c'mon folks----there are only two weeks left!!!
ReplyDeleteOooo. You're getting so near to your goal with deadline knits! I'm jealous. I have a considerable amount of work to do before the holiday arrives... fingers crossed for us both.
ReplyDeleteThose mitts are looking good, Ms. Master of the Magic Loop. :) I have rolling gift deadlines between now and the end of the year, and I think I'm gonna do it too. All appropriate digits crossed.
ReplyDeleteI have actually gone out and purchased additional needles so I wouldn't have to pull needles out of a WIP! Shame on me :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you pick the lacy stuff up again ... perhaps put it on some waste yarn so it won't get lost!
The gloves are turning out nifty. I've never done this "magic loop". Is it worth the trouble?
ReplyDeleteI am desolated to tell you that yes, I think it is worth it. But not for socks, m'kay ? Never for socks :-D
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