I’m at something of a loss for what to do with myself today. I’m on tenterhooks* while waiting to hear about my (maybe) new job, and there’s nothing more I can do on that front at the moment. I can either worry or just let go…and I’m choosing the latter. But in order to keep the worry from creeping back in, I need to do something with myself.
Well, why not knit? Yeah, I have been. And I’ll keep at it. The question is what? Here are a few of the options in tossing around:
-Do the finishing for any number of UFFOs** I have lying around. I have three hats that need blocked, a skirt that needs ends woven in and elastic sewed, and another skirt that needs elastic sewed.
-Start any of four (really?? Four??) overdue test knits. In my defense, I’ve been whittling that number down quickly. Not in my defense, I’ve been leaving the larger projects for last. Unrelated to my defense, I need to rethink my yarn choices for a couple of them as I don’t see my original selections working out all that well. That might be causing some of the delay.
-Start my next pair of socks for me. I have yarn and a pattern picked out (although it just now dawns on me the yarn is probably in storage, so can’t get it for a few days). It’s not Thursday, so I won’t give you any more details on that front.
-Start a pair of socks for my daughter. I have yarn and pattern picked for these, too. And they’re not in storage so I have no excuse!
-Start a commission hat and diaper cover set.
-Start a repair job that I’ve been neglecting.
-Work on my Miller’s Daughter shawl.
I owe you an update on said shawl. I blogged a while back about my daring repair on one of the lace panels, but never reported back on how that turned out. Well, I messed with the tension on the repaired panel a bunch. I didn’t get it perfect, but I got far enough with it to determine that I think it’s going to be just fine. So I carried on with the stripes and now am ready to start another lace section.
So, how to choose? Do I fulfill some of my obligation crafting (that my mother, quite rightly, reminded me I brought on myself)? Or do I work on something that will help me feel better in the moment? Well, I worked on the shawl for a bit this am. I’m out of the house for the afternoon now, so my choices are limited to what I brought with me: shawl and kid socks.
But you guys, I really need to do my knitting job stuff. I’ve got another commission piece (kind of a biggie) coming in this week and it would be nice to clear my plate a little more before that. I never really meant to get into knitting for hire because of the time it takes away from knitting for pleasure, but I will say I enjoy it and learn something valuable from each project (even if it’s as basic as charging fairly for my time and skills). I just don’t like getting behind on stuff and then feeling like I need to catch up.
If you’ve made it this far through my musings, I think that warrants some pictures!
Not perfect, but it’s pretty durn close!
How’d that get in there? It’s not Thursday!
But since it’s there, that’s the yarn I’m planning making my daughter’s socks out of. It’s closer to sport weight than fingering weight, so they should go really quickly.
And, here’s some of the wildlife that’s been spotted around my place lately:
Our goldfinches are back! The former next door neighbors had a cat that kept the songbird population pretty much non-existent, but they’ve moved away and we have birds again!
Here we have the elusive tunnel cats!
Happy knitting–whatever project(s) you choose!
*Did you know that word has fiber-related origins? I didn’t. It’s essentially about blocking.
**Unfinished finished objects. Come on, we all have them! The fun part is done and the last few bits are just…work!
alexand knits 
I would say to work on something that makes you happy and not think about anything 🙂 I’ve come to the realization, recently, that I should stop putting myself up for test projects, when all I really want to knit is stuff for myself or friends family. So, with that said, these last two are it…at least for awhile! I don’t have any UFFO’s; however I have a sweater that has been languishing and I really want it! I also need to finish my niece’s baby blanket and work on a baby hat and sweater for her…plus I really, really want to work on my socks! I’ve been thinking about you and that (maybe) job and I hope it works out. If not, there is something out there for you!
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I feel you on the test knit thing. They’re fun and I like doing them, but sometimes my eyes are bigger than my stomach (you know what I mean) and I sign up for too many. All the ones I have waiting now are ones that I signed up for before having an increase in pain levels and, though it seemed like a reasonable-ish commitment at the time, it turned out not to be. After these I will take a break for a bit. When I go back to testing I will be much more selective about what projects I pick.
Those sound like awesome knitting plans! You’re going to have some happy friends and family, I think!
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