Question for the knitters out there: Are you often indecisive when it comes to a project? Even when you’re over the halfway point? That is what happened to me with my Argante shawl (yarn: Socks that Rock).
I was loving the colours in the skein… look at this gorgeousness! And I was doing fine deciphering the lacy shawl bits.
Then recently I looked at it and wasn’t crazy about how the yarn was working up. Besides being a variegated yarn, there were two things that were bothering me.
(1) This odd pooling section. I liked the green and yellow pooling, but the dark burgundy with the hot pink looked too similar. (2) This shawl is composed in 6 sections and between section 2 and 3 there is this odd line created by knitting short rows. If the yarn wasn’t so variegated I don’t think it would be as noticeable.
So, now the shawl is hibernating. Also, I think the Socks that Rock would be so gorgeous as one of Gladys’ pooling stoles!
I decided to cast on for Gaenor (Argante’s sister) with my skein of Unwind Yarns that I got at Gibson’s this summer. I also have been meaning to make fingerless gloves, and with the window draft at the office, I need to make them fast! I’m using a skein of Mirasol Hacho and just using a basic fingerless glove pattern (since the yarn is so busy). [Ravelry project page]
November 28, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Yup. Sometimes I can hardly make up my mind about a project…even when it’s half or so done. I have a UFO which will soon be having a 3rd birthday because of this. I think I know the truth….I should frog it…but it was too hard to decide that before. Good luck with your decisions.
November 28, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Love the pooling stoles! I also like the other two patterns, but I know that frustration of having a great yarn and a great pattern make “mud”. Good luck!
November 30, 2010 at 1:19 pm
I’ve had several projects like that. I finally went through and frogged a lot of them. Off to look at those pooling stoles that you and Chan are talking about. :)