In the knitting world, there is a perpetual discussion of UFOs or UnFinished Objects. Generally, either people have startitis and start projects all the time but never pick them up again after the initial knitting session(s) or they do everything but the finishing – the blocking and seaming and such.
In many circles, people get all excited about knitting in the round because you create a tube which means no seaming and very little finishing. But as for me, well, I hate knitting in the round. Especially stockinette. It’s the same stitch over and over again and my hands just plain get tired. If I knit flat, at least I have the variety of knitting one row and purling one row.
So the Cobblestone Pullover in Fall 2007 Interweave Knits is knit in the round. But, of course, I modified it a) to fit my boys, and b) to be knit flat. I know, silly me!
But here’s the thing – finishing is fun. You can take something that looks like a mess – as in, unrecognizable, nothing like the real thing – and in a short amount of time (relatively), turn it into something that looks rather great. Quite amazing, to say the least.
I mean, all that knitting – like twelve hours of knitting, and then, in about an hour, it’s completely transformed from nothing into something real.
Like this.
This would be about what it looked like in my lap as I was working on it.
Looking more like a sweater.
Looking even more like a sweater. But still. Not a sweater.
Is that a sweater I see?
Why yes! A sweater indeed!
Doesn’t it make you wish there was a chill in the air and you could pick it up and put it on? It does for me. But alas! The chill that came last week has disappeared, and the sweater doesn’t fit me anyway.
I promise. Pictures with models once I make the one for Joey.
And other knitters, no, I don’t want to finish your knitting for you. If I did finishing all the time, it would lose it’s charm. I’m happy doing my own, thanks!
LOVE the photos…esp the one on the table that’s just part of the sweater.
I do crochet some, and I’ll make baby blankets out of crocheted squares and then sew the squares together and crochet a scalloped border around the outside. Right now I probably have enough squares to make 5 baby blankets…I’ll work on them in the winter months when I’m bored, but never feel motivated to put them together into actual blankets. I guess I’ll have them if I need them, huh?
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