I. Am. So. Bored.

My projects all suck. They are boring. They are dull. And boring. So very very boring. I am getting very little pleasure from knitting because all my projects are boring. And dull.

First on the lame parade:

Man mittens. Done. He likes them, they're fine, I used up some leftover yarn. Whatever. Dull. And boring.

Also, secret project.

Blocking squares. Then edging them. Then panicking about running out of yarn in the edging color, so buying more. Then edging and blocking. Then wising up and figuring out that the yarn won't split so much if I use a larger crochet hook. Duh. Then realizing there still won't be enough yarn in the edging color, so tracking down some more and driving there in the rain to get some, to include sitting at a red light for 6 minutes and realizing it isn't cycling and then having to wait another 2 minutes for an opening to get out of the turn lane and go around.

Also lame: the purple sweater. I knit a lot of socks. I use mostly size 0 and 1 needles, sometimes 2s. When I knit something that is not socks, I usually end up on 4s, 5s, or 7s. This is a lovely chunky weight yarn and I'm using 11s. I feel like I'm trying to knit with softball bats. My hands get tired faster and the needles, Addi Turbos, which I normally love, are making an annoying clicking sound that is making me crazy. Hate. Irrational hate.

Thank you socks. I've decided they may never be finished. I only have about 3/4 inch of 2x2 ribbing and a cast-off to go on the second sock and then I will be done. Knit. Knit. Switch yarn over. Purl. Purl. Switch yarn over. Knit. Knit. See? You're bored too.

Beagle blanket is in a deep state of stasis. Maybe it's in cryogenic sleep. Soon, I will start to feel guilty about it and the brown yarn will start appearing in my dreams at night.

I don't know. I guess there's some other stuff too. It's also lame. Some other socks or something. God, three other pairs of socks. One ugly, one for The Man, and one I think I'm going to send to my grandmother.

The only projects I have any interest in are the ones in my head. I haven't started yet, but I have the yarn picked out and an idea at least or in some cases even a pattern ready to go. But. I. Have. Seven. SEVEN! Works. In. Progress. With seven, I feel like I'm constantly working but never actually getting anywhere. However, I am compulsive, so I must finish at least two pairs of socks before I can start a new one, and I can only do one sweater at a time, and as soon as the secret project is finished for real I'm working on the goddamn beagle blanket and The Boys had better damn well appreciate it.

Part Two

Bunny has finished the knitting phase of the secret project, and has moved on to the finishing phase. This weekend, Bunny did some edging and blocking.













Well, this is a secret project, so you can't have a closer view. Let's just say that Bunny did not knit them all and, yes, they all ended up 12 inches, more or less. All of this was conducted under the oppressive surveillance of Warden Kirby:




Motto: When Bunny's on the move, so are we.

Bunny is making very slow progress on her purple cardigan:


.,and her tofu socks:

But she has turned the heel of her first Monkey sock:

Part one

Here's an update on current works in progress. But first, a diversion:

Here's my new yarn.

I promised I wouldn't touch it until I finish some other stuff. However, when I was putting it safely in the stash so as not to be tempted, I accidentally touched it through a gap in the plastic bag. I know I don't sound innocent, but I am innocent.

Back to works in progress.

Fleece Artist socks. "Mermaid" colorway. In the hank, this yarn looked blue. In real life, not remotely done justice by my unskilled photography, it is a blend of blue, purple, green, and gold. Lovely. These are meant for someone else, but I sure do love this yarn. Plus, this is a toe-up pattern, so they start out like this:

.....and end up like this:

Neato. One sock down. Toe on second sock completed.

Flower Power socks from the sock club:


One finished. It's time to pick up stitches from the second lace cuff and work the second sock.

Man mittens: One down, starting thumb gusset of second mitten.

I've fiddled with the pattern for this one. It calls for a spiral decrease at the top, but I think that's ugly, so I've been working plain sock-style decreases, i.e., two pairs of k2tog, k2, ssk. This is from the leftover Rowan Yorkshire Tweed. The 1x1 ribbed cuff looks a little sloppy, but I like the rustic feel of the yarn in the stockinette portion of the mitten.

I'm working on it.

So, there is no yarn store in the mall. There are, however, plenty of comfy places at the Swank Inn to sit and knit. And so I did. Here is what's in the pipeline:

1) Beagle blanket. Boring, ugly, and untouched for weeks. And it is not going to satisfy my goal of using up the ugly brown yarn I hate.

2) Tofu socks. I'm about to work the heel flap on sock number one.

3) Monkey socks: I've turned the heel and set up the gusset on sock one.

4) Thank you socks: number one is finished. Number two has been cast on.

5) Secret project. Phases one through three are complete, and phase four is about half done.

6) Bunny sweater. I've done about six inches of the back.

7) Man mittens. One mitten done, one cuff nearly done on mitten number two.

I have new yarn for the Cookie A. Knitty Gritty socks. Plus, and here's how dumb I am, I have all this leftover grey yarn from The Man's sweater in two shades of grey, but I went out and bought sock yarn to make fair isle socks for The Man in--wait for it--two shades of grey.

Oooooooh. I almost forgot.

8) Flower power socks. Sock one is complete. Time to pick up stitches from the cuff to work sock two.


All of this bores me. I want to play with my new yarn, but I'm not even going to take it out of the plastic to feel it. No new sock yarn until at least two other projects are done.