Wednesday, April 2, 2014

It's Time!

Today is the opening of the Spring Cleaning KAL! What unfinished project have you decided to work on? Which yarn did you choose to save from the stash? I've decided that I can't decide. If you know me, this should come as no surprise. I don't make decisions unless under extreme duress.


Okay, I did make one decision: I am going to complete a legwarmer and a half to start. I'm tired of my yarn bowl and this stunning yarn staring at me all the time. I should be able to use that yarn bowl, but I can't because there's half a legwarmer in it. For a over a year they have been leering at me from their corner of the coffee table. I am ashamed. But I'm also ready to wear some really cute legwarmers.


I also have a small stack of things needing buttons, so that's on my to-do list this week, too. Hopefully I can power through these two tasks and have a different WIP next week. Hopefully.

I find that a lot of us have a short attention span for our WIPs, which is why some sit so long. Is this true for you? Do you have a project or two that you just can't stand to work on for more than a few minutes at a time every few weeks? What is it about those projects that you just don't like? The legwarmer was on two circulars. I don't like magic loop or working on two circs. It irks me and those projects take longer because I have to put them down more often (so the irk doesn't grow to irrational anger or some other beast!). I'm not entirely sure what other reason I might have had for putting this down for so long....

Welcome to the KAL! If you have a blog post you'd like to share, feel free to leave a link in the comments with a note about what you are working on. I will be checking Instagram for the #springknittingkal hashtag (and posting my own progress) and scouring Ravelry for your projects with the springknittingkal tag, too!

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14 comments:

  1. A spring KAL sounds like a good plan. I've got way too many socks that need to be knit along with a few things I need to sew. By the way, I've nominated you for a Liebster award. You can check out the details here: http://burkehousecrafts.com/2014/04/01/wont-you-be-my-neighbor/!

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    1. Join us! :D I love to see others' sewing projects. I'm trying to pick it up myself.

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  2. I think we can all relate to having a WIP laying around the house for way too long... The leg warmer is looking beautiful so far though!

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    1. Thank you! That's the spirit of the KAL. :)

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  3. Yup, I'm in. Perfect timing. Thanks for the invite :)

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  4. At the moment I just have one WIP and about a million in my head....so far I've managed to stick to one at a time because I know I've never finish anything if I stopped and started. Yay for the second leg-warmer :)

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    1. That's impressive! I'm aiming to get back to one (or two) WIPs at a time. Some day...

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  5. I'm in! And I've blogged! http://randomramblingsofceleenacree.wordpress.com/2014/04/02/spring-cleaning-kal/

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  6. I'm in, and I've blogged too! http://theycallmeyarn.blogspot.com/2014/04/wip-wednesday-april-2-2014.html

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  7. I'm in! I posted about it on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/alina.shea.creations.llc) and will be blogging about it in just a little while (http://shaylascrafts.blogspot.com/). I'm really loving how my socks are coming out, and want to thank you for such a fun idea.

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