OK, I have finished up Month 4 of the Stashalong. I joined up January 15th. My goal is to go one year only knitting from my stash. I KNOW I can do it. It is a fun challenge and worth the effort to use yarns up that are in drawers and baskets all around the house.
I looked up all my UFOs at this time. Pulled them out of their little corners, under tables, behind couches, and in baskets and yarntainers. I found that I have 10 UFOs currently. Some are barely begun, but yet they ARE begun so they counted in my quest this afternoon. At first I thought I had only 7, then I saw two more yarn tainers under the coffee table. Those two held socks. So, I put them in with the group for their official "GROUP PHOTO" for May 30 2007.
OMG! This makes me accountable, right? OK, I take full responsibility for these 10 projects. After I photographed them I wrote down (should I say I 'recorded' them?) each project and the yarn I am using. Now, I will make a list in order that I plan to finish them. I think the top of the list will be the one that is closest to being finished and we'll go from there. I will list them in order that I plan to finish them up. I guess I better put some dates for finish with them, just to keep me on track and to make me accountable for a finish timeline, too. (I am taking a deep breath just at the thought of this.)
1. Scarf out of Paton's Pebbles, in Sandstone color. This will be a Christmas gift for a grand daughter who will recieve the sweater that I made out of the same yarn. The scarf is just a garter stitch pattern, very easy, yet pretty made from this yarn. I love this yarn!
FINISH DATE: June 5 (Completed May 31st)
2. Caryl's Kerchief, Designed by Marian Nelson. This is made from Koigu Painter's Palette Premium Merino. I have it about 2/3 finished. It is a lace pattern and I am very new to lace, so I have to go slow and count every stitch. Sometimes, I have to count a LOT, over and over again.
FINISH DATE: June 12
3. Sweater for the Knit for Kids project, sponsored by Guideposts Magazine. I am pledging to knit 2 sweaters a year for donations to this worthy project. I was so thrilled to get a post card showing where my sweaters were sent - to children in Africa. The post card showed one little boy wearing one of the sweaters I knitted. Talk about proud. I was so proud that a child will have a nice warm sweater that was made by me. Last year, knitters and crocheters sent 74,983 hand made sweaters to this organization for distribution all over the world to needy children. I plan to continue working every year on sweaters for children.
FINISH DATE: June 18
4. Egyptian Cotton, Dishcloth. I have one finished, and have yarn for a second one. This ball of yarn was sent to me last year in the One Skein Knitalong & Exchange. I am just getting it made up into something now. It is wonderful to knit with and talk about nice to touch. WOWeee.
FINISH DATE: June 25
5. Penelope Top by Oat Courture
I am making this out of Lana Grossa Basic, hp No. 31 Print. It is a luscious light lime green which I brought home from Austria a year ago. I have started this top five times, and had to rip it out every time. I am going to give it a go again - I refuse to quit. I am determined to knit this top, for this summer. I am beginning it this weak, but a realistic finish date would be in August as I will be traveling a lot. I don't think this is something I can work on while I travel. But, I do have two weeks now before I leave, so I just might get it going really well. We'll see about that. I am just CRAZY for Lana Grossa yarn, and this is my first time to use it for making some clothing. I cannot wait to get it going.
FINISH DATE: August
6. Dish Cloths out of Lily Sugar and Cream, in Midnight Magic color. I am making a stack of dish cloths out of the very beautiful yarn for Christmas giving. I have a couple of drawers in my STASH ROOM just for stashing away my knitted Christmas gifts as I make them throughout the year. This way, I am prepared because I have been working on gifts since January. I won't have to be in a frenzy trying to knit my a** off in December, but should just keep a nice leisurely pace all year long making some gifts for family members. I have two 1/2 balls of this yarn yet to be knitted into dish cloths. I am using this pattern for the cloths. It is so beautiful and the cloth it makes is very durable. I am giving myself a generous deadline as I will be knitting these as I am traveling in Austria and Germany during part of June and July. This should be a good evening project, in my room, relaxing.
FINISH DATE: July 10
7. Lion Brand Cotton: I am making a stack of towels and wash cloths out of the two colors, Wedgewood and Basil. They are so stunning! I love these colors and I love this yarn. These, too, are going into my gift giving drawer for Christmas 2007 giving to family members.
FINISH DATE: August
I am not setting finish dates for the final 3 items. No use setting myself up to fail.
8. Socks: COLORI SOCKENWOLLE Superwash. I have the yarn and needles in a yarntainer, so that means they are started, no matter how far along. These are NOT far along as they are on size 0 needles and after I started them I lost a lot of my vision. I will have to work on these under a magnifying glass, and that will take some discipline for me.
9. Socks: Climbing Vines pattern by Rebecca Perry. I got this yarn and pattern from the sock a month club...contact this address for it. After getting two packages I decided that there was no way on earth I could knit a pair of socks a month. I have one sock finished and will have to do the other one using the magnifying glass and I have not had the umph to get it done yet.
10. GALWAY "Pure Wool Knitting Worsted Weight" yarn. This is by the Plymouth Yarn Company of Bristol, PA. It is wonderful yarn. It will be for my tenth project which may take me a number of months. I signed up to begin the Master Knitting Program through the Knitting Guild of America. I have one year to complete part I of this program. There are THREE LEVELS. I am signed up to begin #1, which is the Advanced Beginner level. I am very excited as I love to challenge myself and set goals to work towards. This gives me a goal. I bought the yarn yesterday so I can begin work on it now. I have until April 23, 2008 to finish it all up, for Part I. I would love to hear from anyone else there who might be working on this program, too. Contact TKGA here.
There you have it - my top 10 UFOs...now, I am committed to getting them turned into FOs and QUICK.
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