This post is really the second part of my previous post, about my stash, suffering from startitis and the soul-gnawing result of too many WIPs that I seem incapable of reducing in number.
Startitis and me: we seem destined to remain footpath companions for a while longer on that long and winding road that's called life. You know, that mysterious unwinding of a path that's meant to be about progress and learning and developing stuff 'n things as you get older and grow in maturity and... yeah right!
I think I'm learning that I like to indulge in the exact same things just as much now as I did yonks ago. I've always been a passionate collector of 'stuff'. Most of the time useful stuff, but stuff nonetheless.
Once I realise that specific types of 'stuff' are not that useful, I might even get myself to the point of getting rid, in a very gradual and cumbersomely slow approach of course - this type of thing just does not come easy: I might need it! I might want it later!
A few weeks back I made a decision on my WIP number problem and my yarn stash's amazing ability of multiplying as if by magic... (cough, cough).
The decision is: blast it! (or other words to that effect but I don't want to type it, the one that starts with an f)
Blast it! I'll just go for it. I don't care how many projects I start, if starting one is what I want then the effing heck: I'll go for it!
And startitis worries: take yourselves by the scruff of yer necks and be gone! You can go annoy someone else for a while. Not me!
Which is a very long way of telling you about how the last three projects came about, and a labourious way of saying: I started three new tops.
And Haha: I finished one of them too! Now how's that for jumping off needles?
Best thing: all three projects use up yarns from my humungous stash. Worst thing: I had eight balls of Debbie Bliss Prima in navy which turned out not enough so I bought another six. Whoops-e-doodah, slight fail of attempt re that stash-reducing thingy...
Here's the one that seems to have finished itself somehow:
A sudden urge had me investigate short-sleeved tops on Ravelry. I found about 5-6 that I liked and then I started a navy round yoke top. Ran out of yarn, ordered more, started a brown one (different design) while waiting for more navy yarn to arrive.
That's how that the brown project came about.
I enjoyed knitting it so much that I kept going once I got the navy yarn. I am not as keen on this brown Lion microspun yarn as I am on the navy one, but I enjoyed the pattern. I might make this again in a different kind of yarn.
It looks great! I'd love to see a modeled photo - I'm sure it suits you perfectly!
ReplyDeleteUnh, it doesn't really look that great when worn. This kind of yarn does not drape well. I counted four colours of it in my stash and realised that I won't buy any more microspun, ever. As in -ever- in my entire life. Having to make four items out of this stuff is not a good thing.
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