the blue blog archives: I think I can, I think I can

I'm chugging along with giranimals II. So far there have been no relapses of the knitting nonsense that had me ripping out the back over and over again. By neglecting native yesterday (bad Alison!), I managed to finish almost all the pieces of the second jacket. It looks like it's just about time to do another giraffe pocket. Gulp.

I've got six more days of February finishing and my resolve not to start a new project until all my neglected ones were done is weakening. Karen made a good suggestion in the comments yesterday that I simply try to weave in a certain number of ends on native each day and then allow myself to do some more pleasurable knitting. I'd love for greensleeves to be that pleasurable knitting, but I think I have to be good and stick with giranimals. Heck, it's almost done now!

So the new goal is to make slow and steady progress on native and at the same time finish giranimals by the end of February. Then I will have been good enough to start greensleeves with impunity (and maybe another amazing project that is already on its way to me from the UK - oooh, bad Alison!).

posted by alison at 7:55 am | in giranimals

Comments

Cute! Very cute!

Posted by: Teresa at February 22, 2003 11:15 AM

Wow, I can't believe how fast giranimals II is going. Looks good. I guess you have to take the view that progress is progress no matter what project it is.

Posted by: michelle at February 22, 2003 11:41 AM

ooh, what's on the way from the UK?

Posted by: Leigh at February 22, 2003 12:28 PM

zoom! I think that the great thing about having baby projects going is that the gratification is so much more instant than with adult sweaters. native + giranimals seems like a good balance to me.

so, which sweater are you doing from Rowan 33? I remain v skeptical of the mag overall, but am betting you'll get something fabulous from it.

Posted by: daria at February 22, 2003 1:09 PM

No it's Good Alison. You have gotten so far in your finishing and I say you deserve the knitting that makes you sing now and then. I am trying to keep to my finishing promise and I am running out of time. I have 1 item finished and too much of the other to get through in 1 week! But at least I finished 1 and made a lot of Fuzzy Feet-which were a February goal also! BTW, where did you get your Phildar Tricotez mag? Was it in English?
Thanks

Posted by: Chris at February 22, 2003 4:15 PM

I feel your pain! Keep trucking, though. You can do it :-)

(I got a pocket here...remember? Want it? Tis yours. It's green, though.)

Posted by: Becky at February 23, 2003 8:21 AM