I am . . . usually and generally . . . a knit-one-thing-at-a-time kind of knitter. That approach serves me well. I might be slow, and I might be boring, but . . . I get things finished.
Right now though? YIKES! I have so many things on my needles I’m giving myself a headache. Let’s have a quick drive-by update, shall we?
First . . . there’s that black-and-white-and-“red”-all-over blob up top. It looks like the beginnings of a sweater . . . because it IS the beginnings of a sweater! This is a test knit for Elizabeth Smith, and I’m pretty excited about . . . what I’ll end up with. I’m knitting with Brooklyn Tweed Shelter in the newsprint color way (which, like all BT yarn, is no longer available, sad to say). I’ve had this yarn in my stash for a very, very long time . . . just waiting to use it for something. This is going to be perfect! And this sweater has a deadline, so this is where all of my knitting time is focused these days.
Then, there’s this neat little stack of knitted goodnes . . . all blocked and ready to seam. Yep. I’ve finished all the pieces for Tom’s big old woolly man fishing sweater. Soon. I’ll get to it soon! Although the time pressure has eased for having this sweater finished for fall wear. Because of some other (fun) things on his schedule – and because the river is SO low as not to offer decent fishing any more this year – Tom won’t really need this sweater in October like I planned. So I have some breathing room here.
And then I’ve got my poor little first-sock-in-a-decade . . . just sitting there, waiting for action. It may be on hold for now, but it’s certainly not forgotten.
How about YOU?
What’s on your drive-by list these days?
I was so fortunate to get a kit from Gudrun Johnston for her Hairst Hap Hood and that yarn is singing a siren song… but I am turning off my hearing aids and when I knit, I am working on those baby sweaters! I love that marled yarn! Is there anything better than marls??? Tom’s sweater looks so lovely all neatly folded and ready for the Great Seaming to begin!
All great projects! I love the test knit sweater yarn and I’ll be very interested in seeing the final sweater. I hope you get enough rain so that Tom can fish in October (with or without his sweater). And socks are known to wait patiently until you can get to them. (I hope that is the case as that’s what I’m telling myself about my socks.)
i too have slid from one-project-at-a-time to two currently active ones on my needles, and two in time out. One of them an Elizabeth Smith design also:). I blame the Internet for all the constant temptations it bombards me with. And I am often entertained while knitting by the unintended color scheme of yarn color against needle or cable color. There’s quite a variety! Congratulations on finishing Tom’s sweater!. It looks beautiful! Long may he wear it!
Oh, that stack of neatly blocked sweater pieces is so happy! Seaming is my least favorite part of knitting a sweater (mostly because it ends up taking about four or five times longer than I think it will). I hope Tom will need his new fishing sweater before too long. Excited to see that new sweater take shape! And socks! Is that Fibernymph Dye Works yarn I spy, or just something that looks a lot like it?
Oh thanks for the peek at the test knit! I do have a trio of socks (enough yardage on the skein to get a third sock) on the needles, but most of my knitting time is going to a charcoal gray cardigan for fall.
Okay, you’ve got me curious about whatever fun thing Tom is doing in October. And that’s really not so bad when it comes to knitting projects. One waiting to be seamed, one that’s got a deadline, and one that’s great for mindless TV knitting. It sounds kind of perfect to me.
Like Carole said, you have the perfect lineup of knitting projects. Around here, it’s chilly, but not really sweater weather until October, as well. The sweater looks lovely and I’m a little envious about that. I’m only a sock knitter these days. Toes must be warm and I knit soooo slowly.
Love that BT yarn! I am not a monogamous knitter. I currently have socks, a cowl, a color work yoke, and sweaters for my grandsons in various stages. Something for every knitting occasion.
I’ve got a Heidi K. sweater going and always socks. Looking forward to seeing that test knit!
That sock yarn is really pretty!
I’m also curious about Tom’s October Adventure… someplace fun where he won’t need a warm sweater!?!??? haha.
I am definitely not a monogamous knitter, and really have no idea how many projects are underway. I do know that in recent years I’ve finished at least 2-3 projects that had been on the needles for 9+/- years. It’s not like I NEVER finish.
Oh yes! Do tell what Tom’s fun is going to be (curious minds and all that). I don’t think I’ve ever known you to have more than one project going, so this is fun. Everything looks good Kym! I love the pile of pieces for Tom’s sweater, the socks are pretty and that test knit! I can’t wait to see it.
What a great (and color coordinated) group of projects. I rather like the variety of a few projects. Any more than three is too many for me but circulating between two or three is how I get things done. Tom’s sweater is indeed a pile of wooly goodness. It all looks great. Thanks for the drive-by.
I’m also usually a one project at a time knitter, but lately it’s been more like “if you give a mouse a cookie.” I put aside Chuck’s sweater (on the last piece, but then the neckband and sewing up to go) to make a baby sweater for a soon-to-arrive great-nephew. That’s going in the mail today, along with a sweet little hat that was the practice for the MDK class on ladderback jacquard. The little one’s dad’s birthday was Monday, and I decided he needed a matching hat. which is my current TV knitting.
That newsprint yarn! Can’t wait to see how that turns out.