In my second post I confessed that I had become one of those knitters with multiple unfinished sweaters tucked away in closets. I included a list of UFOs/WIPs, with a goal of finishing or frogging each one by February 2010.
Here they are listed in order by the date on which I started each one:
Jan 2006 - Ballet Wrap Cardigan - Frogged November, 2010
Mar 2006 - Ribby Cardi - Finished November, 2010
Jun 2006 - Tweedy Vest - Frogged September, 2010
Spring 2007 - Equinox Yoke Pullover - Finished November, 2010
Spring 2007 - Equinox Yoke Pullover - Finished November, 2010
Jan 2009 - T-Shirt Sweater - Frogged and Reknit into a Neck-Down Lace Pullover December, 2009
Feb 2009 - Loppem - Finished October, 2009
Mar 2009 - Roam - Finished September, 2009
Well, I finally did finish, but not quite as soon as I had hoped. Here we are in November 2010 . . . maybe Robert Burns' famous line should have read:
"The best laid plans of mice and men . .and knitters . . . often go awry.”
I'm just happy I got through the list. Of course, a lot of other knitting has been going on as well, but these were the items that hibernated for one reason or another. Finally, each and every one is finished or frogged. It has been a great learning experience, and I have some sweaters to wear this winter.
I let my 1 year blogiversary roll on by, but I don't want to let this occasion go without celebrating. When I return to announce the winner of today's contest it will be my 100th post, AND I am done with THE LIST! Okay, so maybe it is 9 months later than planned . . .hmmm, 9 months . . . it wasn't quite as hard as giving birth, but it took even longer!
The contest:
I love knitting socks so I celebrated by ordering myself a printed, signed edition of Cookie A's new book Knit. Sock. Love.. I ordered a second copy to give away to one of you. I know some people might prefer yarn, so I'm also giving away 2 skeins of Brooks Farm Four Play that I bought at Stitches:
All you have to do to be entered to win is leave me a comment by Saturday, November 27th. I will use a random number generator to pick 2 winners. Be sure to include your email address or your Ravelry name when you post your comment so that I can notify the winner.
I'll be away from the blog while the contest is going on, so meanwhile, I want to take time to wish my friends and family a Happy Thanksgiving! I still feel exactly the same as last time around, if not even more grateful for all of it.
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Congratulations on finishing your list and getting to your 100th post!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like such a snuggly pile of warmth for the winter season :)
I'm elephantjuice on Ravelry!
I think you might have your dates a bit awry on your list, but well done for getting through it, that's a big achievement.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to win the contest, that's a really generous offer. Congratulations on making it through the first year, it's a real achievement.
What beautiful sweaters! Congratulations on your personal victory.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your huge accomplishment! And on your 100th post. And on your new sweater wardrobe. And on bending the time-space continuum (because for most of us, I'm almost sure it's still 2010) :)
ReplyDeleteCheers to you!
ps -- I'm cagirlygirl on Rav
Thanks friends for saving me from myself and pointing out my date errors! I wrote the post around midnight last night, I guess I was a little tired! I think I fixed it. : )
ReplyDeleteShannon - What a HUGE accomplishment on the frogging, the blog, and the beautiful finished objects. Your knitting never fails to inspire. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHaving that many hand knit sweaters would make me very happy (and warm) indeed!
ReplyDeleteWhat a target! congratulations on meeting it.
Shannon - You are one of those people I look at and say WOW! You have the unique gift to inspire, all the while staying true to yourself. Congrats on all of your accomplishments, including those the rest of us don't see.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on completing all your WIPs in one way or the other. You inspired me! I just Frogged a pink sweater (what was I thinking?!? cotton candy pink?!? for an adult sweater?!?) and selected the first WIP to hussle on. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteSo great to meet a goal...even if it is late. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteWay to go finishing your WIP's I wish I could!
ReplyDeleteWow, your sweaters are gorgeous! And just my colours, too! I think I need to cast on a sweater or two, I'm having a serious case of sweater envy.
ReplyDelete(Love the kitty trying to decide if it's safe to pounce.)
Ilina (on ravelry)
Congrats on finishing/frogging your projects! And such nice looking ones too!
ReplyDeleteI need to actually start and finish a sweater for my DH, as well as finish a scarf that's been on the needles since July and was supposed to be part of my stuff to sell at the Market (next weekend, not going to be done).
(InJuneau on Ravelry)
You now have six beautiful sweaters to wear and enjoy this winter. I like finishing up wips, also. I have 5 wips on needles now, a Christmas gift, a charity project (lapghan), 2 dishcloth KALS, and a shawl for myself. I usually only like to have no more than 3 wips at a time. I try to knit some on each project every day. Congratulations on your 100th post and year anniversary.
ReplyDeleteI am so impressed with your FOs!!! I started a sweater... once.
ReplyDeletewell done on your lovely FOs ... I'd really love the new Cookie book! Happy Thanksgiving :)
ReplyDeleteI love your sweaters both the patterns and the colors. Great job on getting them done. I'm also entering your contest and I am Closeacademy on Ravelry. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteCongrats in finishing all those projects! Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteknitterofhats on Rav
Wow. Drool. What an awesome contest. Good job on finishing your projects. I noticed a lot of purple. One of my favorite colours.
ReplyDeletemonkalicious on Rav
Congratulations! Thanks for sharing the love.
ReplyDeleteGreat job getting those sweaters done! Congrats on the 100th post!!
ReplyDeleteBangersAndMash on Ravelry
fallj884@gmail.com
Awesome! That yarn is gorgeous!
ReplyDeletejacrae on Ravelry
your finished projects look great. love the colors sparky136 on Ralvery
ReplyDeleteWow, look at all those finished sweaters! Kudos! I love the color work yoke sweater! Bigger picture please!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on meeting your goal! You have inspired me to get back to work on my UFOs.
ReplyDeleteI'm teammom on Ravelry
Congrats on finishing your list! Your FOs are BEAUTIFUL!
ReplyDelete(MissMelissaZ on Ravelry)
Congrats! That yarn is so pretty.
ReplyDeletemidwifemom on Ravelry.
Congrats! =)
ReplyDeleteAdd me to the giveaway, please.
Sheri
unhallowedashes@comcast.net
That's great that you finished your projects! You have inspired me to finish me. As I said on Ravelry, I love your recent FO, the yoke pullover. (ktgboropd on Ravelry)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing!! And your 100th post! Maybe this will inspire me to get out a few UFOs!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your 100th post!
ReplyDeletebookwormdjibouti on Ravelry
Congrats at finishing your sweaters! They look beautiful...some day I will gather the courage to start on a sweater, but for now, just small projects!
ReplyDeleteemmaknits on rav
Those are some beautiful sweaters. I love the purple and gray shades.
ReplyDeleteCongrats!!! Love looking at your wonderful FINISH sweaters for winter
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely collection of sweaters! I'm still working up the nerve to try my first one. In the meantime, I knit socks. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI also tend to gather a pile of almost-finished projects, ones that need blocking, sewing together or adding buttons. They languish until I feel an urge to wear them, and only then they get to be finished.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job eliminating your pile of them! Happy bloggoversary :)
rav name: nightpaws
Well done on finishing your list, think I might need to do something similar once the Christmas knits are out of the way!
ReplyDeleterav name- tnipflah
That's a great accomplishment - congratulations! I think many knitters can be inspired by you... :)
ReplyDeleterav name: fridica
Your newly-finished sweaters all look great - and all the colours look good together, have you noticed? So if it gets really really cold, you could wear them all at once, without any clashes. And the Brooks Farm yarn tones in nicely as well. Congratulations on getting all the projects finished or frogged - I know it's really easy just to leave a knitting project that isn't working at the back of a cupboard - I've got too many of those myself!
ReplyDeletebarbaramary on Ravelry
I've given away too many knitted items to ever amass many and feel amazed at the number of stitches I have knit, but sometimes I find I have piled all my hats together and feel pleased with myself!
ReplyDeleteI've been wanting the Cookie A book ever since I heard it was going to be released, so please enter me into the giveaway!
Rav name: Eskimimi
What a great give away! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! You're an inspiration to others to get those UFOs finished and thanks for having this giveaway. I'm karlak63 on ravelry.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing all those! I can understand the whole not-finishing thing because I am too intimidated to even start a sweater!! And that yarn you are giving away looks yummy!! And Cookie A is a great designer! It's fun to celebrate with giving something away, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteoh my goodness! That's so generous of you!
ReplyDeleteI love the sweaters you finished too. The one with the fair isle yoke is definitely my fav! :)
Awesome giveaway! Thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!
KJo on Ravelry
Congrats on becoming a "Finisher"! I love having sweaters and garments to wear around and being able to tell people, "Yes, I made this myself" :)
ReplyDeleteI loved looking at your finished projects! I have recently finished a couple of my own - yeah! Thanks for a chance in your contest.
ReplyDeleteLynn
cbruff8624@aol.com
What an impressive display of FINISHED projects! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving, and thank you for having such a lovely giveaway -
quinn on rav
I love your posts. I'm so excited about all of your finished projects!
ReplyDelete-Karen
Congratulations! And thanks for the chance to win.
ReplyDeletegreyowl (ravelry id)
Congratulations on dealing with all those WIPs!
ReplyDeleteikkinlala AT yahoo DOT ca
Wow! What a great feeling it must have been to get through "the list!"!
ReplyDeleteAwesome job! I bet it feels liberating.
ReplyDelete(I'm notpanicking on ravelry.)
Congratulations on successfully tackling and finishing The List! I am in total awe because I have so many UFO's hiding in every dark corner of my house. It takes a brave knitter to face down your hibernating garments and resolve them one way or another. You have some wonderful looking knits to wear now, too. Congrats also on your 100th post! Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteI can soooo relate to the UFOs aplenty! Congratulations to you, I love your new sweaters :-)
ReplyDelete~Kerrie
Congratulations on your blogiversary and getting through your list. All your sweaters are lovely.
ReplyDeleteWow, way to go! That's a lot of sweaters. You must be so proud. :)
ReplyDeleteI would like to enter please! :) cookie's book is a great giveaway! I've signed up for two contests so far for the book and lost. Maybe third times a charm! Thanks for having a giveaway!
ReplyDeleteLots of beautiful sweaters!!
ReplyDeleteI'd really like to win the new book from Cookie, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed ;)
Congratulations on the finishing/frogging/blogiversry. It can be intimidating to frog your projects. So good on you!
ReplyDeleteI'm TammyG on Ravelry and would love the book (I'd love the yarn too, but am obsessed with reading about socks)
WOW! Congratulations! Seeing all of the finished objects together like that is really impressive- and inspiring. Your yarn has me intrigued so here I am- MutantSupermodel on Ravelry. I'm really thinking about making my own list of projects for 2011. Hmmm
ReplyDeleteHow exciting to have a stack of sweaters to wear this winter, good for you! I'm very excited about this giveaway, thanks for offering it up! I'm PurlVerde on Ravelry!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations ~ I know the feeling. What a wonderful idea to celebrate, my hats off to you!!
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