I love casting on for new knitting projects, but too many works-in-progress becomes stressful after a while.
So I'm trying to engineer some small successes - to have some finished objects to stop November speeding away.
So first up, I completed my socks for November.
I used leftovers from my Love of a Pirate shawl I made last month.
I used the good old Vanilla Latte pattern, my "go to" pattern for socks.
Although I've only been knitting socks on a regular basis since earlier this year, I seem to have got into a bit of a rut. I need to move from my "comfort zone" to a "stretch zone" - so maybe for next month's socks I'll be more adventurous!
Despite the fact that I do have several projects on going, I needed something small to do and I haven't done any colourful crochet for a while. With perfect timing, Tatsiana from Lilla Bjorn Crochet released a new pattern yesterday called Frozen Snowflake, so I bought it straight away and reached for my crochet hook.
I used DK weight yarn and a 4mm hook. The finished size is 5 1/4 inches.
A fun pattern to make and it would be lovely as a wall decoration for Christmas. I'll have to make some more and have a play with colours.
So with those small successes under my belt, I'm ready to tackle some of my bigger projects. I hope that you are achieving successes, both small and large, with your projects. Until next time, happy knitting.
Small successes are big successes in my book Janet. You are accomplishing something and that is terrific, love the socks.
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it is a good feeling to accomplish something, and I love being creative - so it all leads to happiness.
DeleteI always love your socks, I did make a start with my Mum coaching me but it is slow going, I much prefer to crochet so its probably a project that will never get finished. Take care.
ReplyDeleteMay be one day you will finish your socks, in the meantime enjoy what suits you best.
DeleteUnderstand the need to start the things to break the monotony of a big thing like a blanket.Currently making some baby Ugg boots for my baby grandson...then I'll go back to the blanket. I think nearly everyone has more than one thing on the go, ha ha. If they say they finish one thing at a time ...they are fibbing.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree, you do need to break up a big project with small ones - I think it keeps us sane.
DeleteI think any sock is a success, and those are particularly pretty ones. I keep thinking I should have a go at another pair, but then I remember how long my first ones seemed to take. The crochet is very pretty and Christmassy.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ginny. The crochet snowflake is definitely putting me in the mood for Christmas.
DeleteLovely socks Janet, I'm hoping to make 2 pairs for Christmas gifts once I get the charity stuff out of the way, I have so many wips ive lost count, I love the snowflake it's a snowflake mandala and would look lovely on the wall, now you have me got me thinking. :) xx
ReplyDeleteYes, the snowflake will look good on the wall. At some point, I'll make some more to go with it. So many ideas and inspirations - so little time!
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