Life's a Stitch

I was determined to finish this project, as I have several others being ignored and it feels so-o-o good to finish something. It was really fun to knit – fun colours, fun stripes, and the ruffle was fun, too. I get bored knitting solid colours or plain patterns. Toward the bottom I decided to knit from two balls of silk garden to thicken the stripes, otherwise the top would have been striped and the bottom just single row of colour. Knitting note: I used a US size 11 needle and exactly five balls of yarn. Love this Noro, have to get more, need a sale!

I need projects like this – quick, fun and complete, in between the ones that are very difficult or tedious. But I also have to be careful not to ignore those UFO’s completely. I do have a few of those – slippers 75% done, baby hat 90% done… I sometimes have to take the time to consider what’s holding me up and either re-commit myself or frog the darn thing. Uh-oh, I hear the sound of “ribit” calling me from my knitting closet.