It was a pleasant and productive weekend here. And because the temperatures were in the moderate range instead of way up in the too-steamy-to-breathe area, I decided to do a little neatening up yesterday. You see, my work area had gotten a bit out of control…
Getting to be a little much
One of the problems of the individual plagued with chronic startitis is that things accumulate. I had no idea how much things accumulated until I started digging through this pile. And it’s funny, some things were in plain sight - well, parts of them were - I had just stopped seeing them.
The knitted prosthetic, of course, stays and is current work. I’m nearly finished with the front and yes, there are 6 DPNs around the circumference. No, don’t ask.
The scarf also stays. I’m embarrassed to report that it has a bad error about three rows down and I have been ignoring it for quite a while now as I’m loathe to start trying to tink mohair. But I do want to complete this and that means getting back to work on it.
The Mourning Dove Tee is also current. I gathered the swatches into a pile and sort of pinned them together with a stitch holder (one of the big safety pin sort of things) to keep with the project as a hedge against the possibility of needing more yarn :). There were a lot of swatches; I didn’t realize I had done quite so many. Any more and an intervention would have been required so I guess I started on the Tee just in time :)
And there’s the scarf I started last week. Of course that’s current - it’s almost done!
But then there are these:
Reluctantly, I am setting aside the Kimono for the time being because it’s just to big, bulky and hot to work on when the ambient temperature is anything over 65ºF. I look forward to the return of cooler weather for many reasons but also so I can return to work on this project which has been very interesting to figure out and pleasant to pursue.
The socks…well, I just don’t know about these socks. Logic would seem to dictate that since I have one and a half socks already done, I should carry on to the end and finish the second sock. But I swear to you that second sock is evil. Evil! In addition to having serious difficulty getting the heel turned (something I breezed through on the first one) I have twice pulled a needle out of about 26 stitches. So it’s getting put away for now. I’m giving myself until like mid-September? If I haven’t decided to finish it by then, the whole kit and caboodle gets frogged, the yarn washed, rolled and stashed until kinder days (and probably more sock expertise) ensue.
Finally there was the bad-idea, unsalvageable, waste-of-good-yarn, or just practice stuff.
It was a little depressing to see how little time it took to turn the pile in the left-hand picture (a small pile, granted) into the pile in the picture on the right. On the other hand, the yarn is all there now, ready to be used for some worthy project whenever the need arises. I guess that’s not so bad…
Odds and ends got put away (instead of just shoved aside) and my needle jar got a new cover. In the end, order of a sort was restored:
You can actually see the table now
Myria wouldn’t have posted the before and after pictures of the coffee table. She would have been a bit embarrassed had it been her accumulated stuff. I told her that you folks would all understand, being knitters yourselves and besides, the after picture has no impact without the “before” picture :)
I also made scones :)
Happy Monday!
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ah, the real joy of having one of those occasional ‘straighten up moments’ is finding things you’ve forgotten about- unfortunately i’ve not had one of those moments in such a long time that there is a real possibility that when i do we may all discover just where jimmy hoffa or judge crater actually went!!
okay, so where’s the entrelac ‘lady eleanor’ stole?? nag, nag, nag…
glad it was comfortable there- even a few days of tolerable temps can improve an outlook in a hurry, can’t they? we seem to be stuck in triple digits here-
stay happy-
Ooooh - what do you have your needles in? Looks like something knitted and yummy :-)
Barb - Lady Eleanor is likwise resting in the bin until the weather moderates. Like the kimono, it’s just too big and too warm to be working on right now :)
So sorry to hear about your triple digit temps, that must truly suck. But it’s a good excuse for ice cream!
Kathy - It’s an old experiment with stranded knitting using a solid and a vareigated yarn. Both are Red Heart acrylics. It is a bag, of sorts, but the needles are actually sitting in (and supported by) a big, plastic, thermal coffee cup that the bag covers up nicely :)
I love your “collage” of projects! Every time I decide to put things away I forget about them. You might want to join the August challenge with Cindy, Carissa and me! 
Now….I would have sworn you finished those socks already. I thought I had seen a picture of the pair finished. You are too funny!!! Looks like you have some nice frogged yarn for future projects. I enjoyed the cooler temps too.
Of course we’re happy to see before and afters and would not judge! Heck, I only have “before” tables in this house!
Joan - I’ll go and check it out - thanks for telling me about it :)
Maureen - Done? Don’t I wish. The first sock went like a dream but I’ve done nothing but fight with the second from the moment it was cast on. Sigh - and I really, really love the colors…
Laura - Give me about three days and it will be back to atrocious :) But sometimes you gotta root around just so you can see where you are.
Mmmmm, scones!
I tidied up and haven’t even seen any of my knitting for a couple of weeks now. Maybe that’s why I’ve been cranky lately. Well, at least one reasone why.
Of course we understand your before & afters! I took my coffee table away ‘cause it looked much like your before picture…all the time! Now things just cycle to the bottom of my Krate King. :::Grin:::
Love that “needle bag!”
Aarlene - As miserable as the temps have been in MA, I can just imagine how truly awful they must be in LA. But do drag out a little something to work on, just for your nerves’ sake :) Have a glass of wine, while you’re at it!
Bron - It’s that “I’ve got to have everything handy” sort of thing, you know? I hate putting things away because then I forget about them - but there does have to be some compromise between “handy” and “fire hazard” :)
Good for you getting everything organized. I have my own startitis pile to contend with at the moment. Don’t fear tinking your mohair - things could be worse: I just had to frog about 10 rows of a 300+ stitch lace shawl. It’s my first real lace project. It was NOT a good day. ;)
That mourning dove tee is going to be marvelous!
Stasia - Oh Lord, you have my sympathies; that can’t have been much fun. I find that I love lacework, though I don’t quite know why as I’m not remotely a “girl” girl - but oh, it is lovely. Hope the rest of your shawl goes better!
Ohhhh girl! Wish my work area looked as good as your before pic! LOL Great job on the organizing!!!!
Theresa - Yep! And I can even see what I’m doing now :)
