Ten UFO’s

Count them. Thanks…I’d rather not. But there they are…all those unfinished objects lurking in the back of the closet and stuck here and there about the house in several of the multitude of bags I love to keep on hand. Can you believe I just made another one! [See entry below.]

Anyhow…I am thinking that I should (there’s that word again) finish them before I start any more with the wonderful yarns I purchased while on vacation. Ten projects/ten weeks. If I stick to a schedule, I could have everything wound up by the end of September. Just in time to start on warm fuzzies for Fall and Winter.

Of course, some need more work than others. Take the socks, for example. One pair is done except for joining the toes with the dreaded Kitchner Stitch. The other pair has sock one half done and sock two not even started. Mending an afghan should be a quickie, but the Sixteen Color Vest will take more than a week. (It took me a whole winter to knit it the first time before I ripped it out because I lost 50 pounds that same winter and by the time I finished it, it was way too big.)

That’s all well and good, but on this quiet Sunday I want so much to plunge into some of the yarn waiting…waiting…waiting. While in Missouri, I visited The Studio in Kansas City which was a favorite spot when I lived back there. And I dropped in to Kiddin’ Around in Clinton to just say hi and ended up with two balls of fun bumpy yarn. Then my friend Jane gave me some from her stash. I also have some skeins sent by a friend that would make a great scarf for her.

So the PIW’s are beckoning. But I will stand firm. At least for today. I have a plan to meet my friend Linda next week to get back into Sock Mode. She is a pro at that K Stitch. And I do like the small sock projects as take-alongs.

The State Fair is coming up but I have resolved not to enter anything that is not already complete. No more stitching up the last seam in the car on the way to the drop-off point. Watch this space for updates on the final decision on knitted items. The Quilt will go, of course.