The ADD Knitter's Hall of Shame

Or, why I should not be allowed to go two weeks or more without having to justify my knitting progress to the internets.

This is a current pictorial of all of the items currently in the WIP basket.  I was going to spend a whole bunch of time writing out a bunch of bullshit justifying why there are so many things currently on my needles, but instead, I'll just update you.  Once you've looked through here, familiarize yourself with the "planned obsessions" and "possible obsessions" albums over there on the sidebar.  Then consider please that I'm working an average of 60+ hours a week, and have been for quite some time.  And let's not forget the renovations I'm supposed to be helping with.   You do the math.  Uh huh.  I laughed too.

 

River: Starting over with these Size 9 Rosewood needles.

Eric the Red: Rick's sweater - still on sleeve island.  Must start 2nd sleeve soon and get this done before the first cold snap.

Craptastic Tequila Sunrise Scarf: Some of you may recognize this as the $1 yarn that you can find now at your local Target stores. I didn't bother with the unfinished lumber they were selling as knitting needles or any of the books, but there's no way I was going to pass up the cheapass novelty yarn.  So I'm stranding together one skein of the "flag yarn" and one skein of the fun fur in a simple drop stitch pattern.   For a $2 scarf, I've gotta tell you, It ain't bad.  God knows you can spend a hell of a lot more on similar yarns and get a much more expensive scarf that looks and feels pretty much the same.  That said, I'm unlikely to ever finish this because I hate knitting with this kind of yarn.  It drives me BATTY!  Two Buck Chuck is a far better use of that $2 in my book. 

Socks: For ME!  Super-fast worsted (yay 5 sts/in. !) Cascade Superwash. Yummy-soft, yummy-thick, yummy-scrunchy, yummy-washable.  Just sayin'.

D Bliss cable raglan sweater:  This is sleeve one, perched in the doorway of raglan decreases.  Sleeve two still to be done, then it's all about the seaming.

Gator socks:  for Rick.  This is sock #1 and this was it's progress at the end of this week's game.  It would have gotten farther if I had spent less time shaking my fist and making foul gestures at the TV.  Um, yeah, there was also some cussing, but that in and of itself would not have slowed the progress on the socks.  So much for these being his "lucky game day socks". Oh, and Alabama can kiss my ass.

Conwy socks:  For me. Um, yeah, unchanged since the weekend of July 4th.  Pathetic.  Who knew that I would be unable to convince myself to follow a pattern (much less a pattern with a chart, fer crissakes) for socks? 

Cashmereno (KFI) Shrug: For me.  No pattern, just following the basic Hourglass Sweater sleeve, then knitting flat across the back with a seed stitch edging, then re-joining for sleeve two. This got some much needed attention over the weekend, and I'm now up to about 3-4 inches across the back.

Scarf: For ? Probably me, because I'm selfish that way.  When River went into the freezer, I was apparently bereft at the loss of a lace project, so I picked out a stitch pattern called "Gothic Arches" from "The Big Book of Stitches", charted out a pattern (first charting on my own, wheee), grabbed some "Baby Cashmere"(Elann), and went to it.  Just to recap, Cornflower blue.Gothic.Cashmere.  Er.....OK, so maybe I did actually design this FOR me.  Christmas?  What's Christmas?

OK, now, this next one is not for hobby-monogymous among you.  If crochet, or acrylic yarns, or heinous color combinations disgust you, you can move along.  This is the last one, and contains no knitting whatsoever.  None. 

Gator lap throw for my Sister-in-law.  Designed for the maximum abuse that only a stadium full of college students, beer and football can dish out.  There's a LOT to be said for machine washable, and you just can't get these colors in nature.  This is three of the five strips to be made, and is a very old project that I had COMPLETELY forgotten about until it was unearthed recently in a box. The 4th and 5th blue center strips are also done and only need the orange and black borders.   Doesn't this make you wish YOU were a part of the "GatorNation"? 

Oh, and Alabama?  You can still kiss my ass.

Comments

[melanie]

I'm BLIND! BLINDED by the Gator throw!

egads.

[Bethany]

I have not yet made socks on a long circular needle. I've decided that it will be one of my October challenges. Do you make them one at a time, or do you ever do them both on the same needle at the same time?

The Tequila Sunrise scarf looks great, but I hear ya on it driving you batty.

[Toni]

Go, Gators!!! (Hell, yeah, I'm a UF graduate!) And I made acrylic, Gator-colors mittens, hat and half-gloves for various relatives last Christmas, so I'm with you, sister.

[maryse]

i'm catching up on some blog reading hence the late comment. i fell for the lure of the $1 bin target yarn until i got it home and realized that 1. it's butt ugly and (the yarn not the scarf that you are making) 2. i hate knitting with that type of yarn. so i took it back.

and i like your lap blanket.