Friday 18 January 2013

Excuses, Excuses

I have to confess, I've been neglecting my soap business of late. Actually besides going to work and making sure there's meals to be had, I've pretty much ignored everything; friends, family, Facebook, Twitter.

The reason for this? I'm attempting to knit a touque. According to the instructions, it's easy peasy, nothing to it; for me, it's one step forward, 16 steps back. What should've taken at the most, a weekend is taking me 2-3 weeks and I'm still not done. My big problem was not taking the lesson I learned from soapmaking and applying it here. See I haven't knit in quite a while now and so while I got the basic knit and purl in my head still, there are other things, like knitting with 3 DPN that shouldn't be left to chance. I should've reviewed some videos on how to do it before attempting it. I managed to take the project back about 3 steps because I was too impatient. Guess that's going to be on next year's new year's to do list, learn patience.

I was hoping to have the completed project to show you, so I can say, see this is why I've slacked off in commenting on blogs or updating my site, but this is all I can show so far.


The end result is supposed to look like this.


So wish me luck in getting it to look remotely like that. At this point, I'll be grateful to have it fit on the head without falling apart.

So how have the tasks on your to do list coming along? Are you finding excuses not to complete them, or are you forging forward and crossing things off your list, left right and centre?

8 comments:

  1. Ohhhhh I wish I had some words of wisdom about knitting or advice on how to kick butt into full gear on multiple projects but.... I am the queen of procrastination - I am knitting a dog sweater that will probably be ready in a year or two.

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    1. Michelle, I can't imagine how difficult knitting a dog sweater must be, so if you can get it done in a year or two, then I think you're doing great. I don't think you procrastinate, you just have a lot on the go.

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  2. Look at you go! I do admire your patience, that looks like a lot of work. It looks great so far...I hope you find it gets easier as you go!

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    1. It's more like look at me un-do and un-do some more. :P Thanks Cee, I'm sure by the time I make my 500th toque, I'll have it aced.

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  3. Oh honey, that hat is way too hard. I have a simpler one that, once you get past the ribbing, is pure knit, knit, knit, knit, all the way through to the end. You should have let me send you that one. :) This one is more interesting though....but not one I would have started with as a beginning knitter.

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    1. It says it's easy! I believed them! Darn them and their false advertising. It seemed like a good idea at the time and I figured if you taught me to knit socks, this should be a breeze.

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  4. Are those circular knitting needles?

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    1. Yep. I had moved onto 3 DPNs but then switched back to the circular needles when I had to un-do a bunch. It made it easier to keep track.

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