Comments on: Committment http://blog.yarn.com/committment/ Follow Owners Kathy & Steve Through Their Adventures in Yarn And Life Tue, 21 May 2013 18:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Workwear http://blog.yarn.com/committment/comment-page-1/#comment-4922 Workwear Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:27:46 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=1276#comment-4922 Ahh I really like these :) Ahh I really like these :)

]]> By: Workwear http://blog.yarn.com/committment/comment-page-1/#comment-3835 Workwear Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:27:46 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=1276#comment-3835 Ahh I really like these :) Ahh I really like these :)

]]> By: Workwear http://blog.yarn.com/committment/comment-page-1/#comment-3825 Workwear Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:27:46 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=1276#comment-3825 Ahh I really like these :) Ahh I really like these :)

]]> By: Deborah (aka Mt. Mom) http://blog.yarn.com/committment/comment-page-1/#comment-3442 Deborah (aka Mt. Mom) Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:11:39 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=1276#comment-3442 My cat is particularly fond of alpaca yarns too! She'll steal any wool, but alpaca seems to be her prey-of-choice. The first UFO I hope to revive is my DK kilt hose. But finishing Level 2 of my TKGA Master Knitter work has higher priority currently. I have an Argyle sock and some report/review-writing yet to do, then I'll be done and can submit my work to the review Committee. My cat is particularly fond of alpaca yarns too! She’ll steal any wool, but alpaca seems to be her prey-of-choice.

The first UFO I hope to revive is my DK kilt hose. But finishing Level 2 of my TKGA Master Knitter work has higher priority currently. I have an Argyle sock and some report/review-writing yet to do, then I’ll be done and can submit my work to the review Committee.

]]> By: Castiron http://blog.yarn.com/committment/comment-page-1/#comment-3441 Castiron Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:14:32 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=1276#comment-3441 My UFO list on Ravelry is not quite as extensive as it looks; four of them are actually finished ones that I just have to upload photos for. That said -- four sweaters/vests, five pairs of socks, two shawls, one ornament, one sampler hat, and one crocheted lace top. And we won't even get into the stash yarn that's slated for the first page of my queue.... I expect to finish all the socks, one of the shawls, and at least one of the sweaters (maybe two) this year. My UFO list on Ravelry is not quite as extensive as it looks; four of them are actually finished ones that I just have to upload photos for.

That said — four sweaters/vests, five pairs of socks, two shawls, one ornament, one sampler hat, and one crocheted lace top. And we won’t even get into the stash yarn that’s slated for the first page of my queue….

I expect to finish all the socks, one of the shawls, and at least one of the sweaters (maybe two) this year.

]]> By: sally http://blog.yarn.com/committment/comment-page-1/#comment-3440 sally Fri, 09 Jan 2009 20:06:44 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=1276#comment-3440 ....just wanted you to know that i love, love, love Valley Yarns....i have used several colours from the Valley Yarns Amherst collection of Merino wool and it is the one yarn the guys in my family don't complain about...they love how soft the yarn is and i love that it is wool....:) ….just wanted you to know that i love, love, love Valley Yarns….i have used several colours from the Valley Yarns Amherst collection of Merino wool and it is the one yarn the guys in my family don’t complain about…they love how soft the yarn is and i love that it is wool….:)

]]> By: Erin http://blog.yarn.com/committment/comment-page-1/#comment-3439 Erin Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:58:10 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=1276#comment-3439 I have two projects that I haven't touched in months or weeks; the rest of my WIPs have only been started in the last month or two and have gotten reasonable attention. First is my Lothlorien stockings (http://www.flickr.com/photos/82181006@N00/2569916241), which I was completely obsessed with for a couple of weeks last summer. (The first one is actually further along than this photo shows.) I set them down when I knew I wouldn't want to try them on in the heat, and haven't picked them up since. I was super excited about these because I finally found a good use for this yarn, I had just gotten a kilt that I could wear them with, and this stocking is my own design (the leaf pattern coming from an Aran stitch dictionary). Exciting! Except, apparently not. I am definitely picking these back up after I finish the WIPs that have deadlines. The second is a pair of socks in Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's Earl Grey pattern that are supposed to be a gift for my grandfather. I got frustrated because I thought I'd gotten gauge but the sock was much too narrow, and I'm not excited about the color, so the project is languishing in "WIP" status on Ravelry but actually unstarted since the second frogging. If I can bring myself to restart again, I know these'll go fast, at least. I haven't contracted second sock syndrome yet. :) I have two projects that I haven’t touched in months or weeks; the rest of my WIPs have only been started in the last month or two and have gotten reasonable attention.

First is my Lothlorien stockings (http://www.flickr.com/photos/82181006@N00/2569916241), which I was completely obsessed with for a couple of weeks last summer. (The first one is actually further along than this photo shows.) I set them down when I knew I wouldn’t want to try them on in the heat, and haven’t picked them up since. I was super excited about these because I finally found a good use for this yarn, I had just gotten a kilt that I could wear them with, and this stocking is my own design (the leaf pattern coming from an Aran stitch dictionary). Exciting! Except, apparently not. I am definitely picking these back up after I finish the WIPs that have deadlines.

The second is a pair of socks in Stephanie Pearl-McPhee’s Earl Grey pattern that are supposed to be a gift for my grandfather. I got frustrated because I thought I’d gotten gauge but the sock was much too narrow, and I’m not excited about the color, so the project is languishing in “WIP” status on Ravelry but actually unstarted since the second frogging. If I can bring myself to restart again, I know these’ll go fast, at least. I haven’t contracted second sock syndrome yet. :)

]]> By: Vismajor http://blog.yarn.com/committment/comment-page-1/#comment-3438 Vismajor Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:52:36 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=1276#comment-3438 FWIW, I think you should eventually knit your cat a cuddlie from the yarn she loves. Or, given the contrary nature of most cats, knit "yourself" a cuddlie from the yarn she loves & just "happen" to leave it around for her. The Law of Cats says that if you spend the energy knitting it for her, she won't want it. :) Thanks for sharing your FO's with us. Don't worry, we won't hold it against you if you don't finish the ones you shared today. I solemnly swear that I will knit a sweater *for myself* in 2009. I love (love!) sweaters & am always knitting for others, but I have yet to make a single sweater for myself... despite having ordered many sweaters-worth of yarn (mostly from Webs!!) over the past 6 years. FWIW, I think you should eventually knit your cat a cuddlie from the yarn she loves. Or, given the contrary nature of most cats, knit “yourself” a cuddlie from the yarn she loves & just “happen” to leave it around for her. The Law of Cats says that if you spend the energy knitting it for her, she won’t want it. :)

Thanks for sharing your FO’s with us. Don’t worry, we won’t hold it against you if you don’t finish the ones you shared today.

I solemnly swear that I will knit a sweater *for myself* in 2009. I love (love!) sweaters & am always knitting for others, but I have yet to make a single sweater for myself… despite having ordered many sweaters-worth of yarn (mostly from Webs!!) over the past 6 years.

]]> By: Carol http://blog.yarn.com/committment/comment-page-1/#comment-3437 Carol Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:15:05 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=1276#comment-3437 I have to dig out my Tilted Duster too! The Peruvia is lovely! I have to dig out my Tilted Duster too! The Peruvia is lovely!

]]> By: Nancy http://blog.yarn.com/committment/comment-page-1/#comment-3435 Nancy Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:17:13 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=1276#comment-3435 There were a couple of thoughts that came to me right away in looking at your UFOs: 1. Because of the KALs, you are required to begin projects on a regular basis; and 2. Maybe finishing the one closest to completion first would give you the needed 'woo hoo' to continue on the others? It looks to me like that top-down sweater would be the likely candidate.--For purposes of full disclosure, my top-down is about 5% finished! :) There were a couple of thoughts that came to me right away in looking at your UFOs: 1. Because of the KALs, you are required to begin projects on a regular basis; and 2. Maybe finishing the one closest to completion first would give you the needed ‘woo hoo’ to continue on the others? It looks to me like that top-down sweater would be the likely candidate.–For purposes of full disclosure, my top-down is about 5% finished! :)

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