Ditto Socks

Last time I believe I mentioned I had cast on some easy peasy tv watching socks.  No pattern referenced.  Despite considering myself a non sock knitter I pretty much have the star toe and short rowed heel memorized by now and a decent idea of how many stitches to cast on using which needles to end up with something suitable for feet.  Done.

So why am I a  pretty monogamous knitter?  Well as soon as I got to the heel of the second sock I pulled out the next project totally ignoring the mitten which is in the exact same shape it was last week.  I am going to have to force myself to finish it or relegate it to the WIP aka will never be completed pile.  I happen to have 2 items in my WIP pile:

• A sweater awaiting seeming for the past 5 + years.  Every once in a while I consider ripping it out but the actual seeming never crosses my mind.  I decided years ago that it wasn’t worth the bother.  Blackish mohair and all does not lend itself to seems. Or ripping for that matter.
• A knit circularly sweater awaiting underarm seeming and ribbing at neckband I think. I haven’t looked at it in almost 6 years and decided I hated the fit but ugh hand dyed yarn so two balls alternated and I am sure a pain to rip again.

Perhaps I will work on my WIP pile after I finish inspecting winter woolies:

• There is the shawl that needs repair.  Because I am trying to downsize my stash aka knit from stash aka slow stash I was hesitant to purchase a brand new hank of the yarn and hit up various places for a yard or two.  Mission success-I received an envelope with some yarn this week.
• There is my Selbu Modern with a wee hole needing repair.
• Reef, knitting finished May of 2004,  needs buttons and a repair.  I guess I could consider Reef a WIP since I never sewed on buttons for it and now the intended child is 17 and the next child in family is 13.  The grands are about the right age but boys and the button bands are on the wrong side.  The niece’s mum is allergic to wool and cashmere and alpaca and any other animal fiber.  Still I cannot consider something I have washed and folded up annually a WIP.

Oh and the lovely Strokkur which I knit up twice, or was it thrice, to body join only to find my gauge and shifted downward.  That needs knitting because honestly I want a sweater.  I don’t own a single hand knit sweater and I have been knitting over 40 years.  I am determined to change that situation.  Seriously.

So back to monogamy.  Here I am with a pile of things to finish, or take care of, or sobs reknit and all I am thinking of is what is next on the horizon. Because all those things, bless them, have been set aside while I moved onward ho.

At least I am blessed with a bounty of options.

yarny days and knitterly evenings.