The dread disease of startitis has caught up with me again. I continue to justify it with the reasoning that if I have the yarn, it’s already taking up space in my brain, so I might as well start. Sadly, this reasoning does not lead to rapid finishing.
I’m not formally participating in the WiP Wrestling Mania on Ravelry in July, but I may try to focus on a couple long-lingering projects, like the Ivy socks and the Aran sweater.
Started:
- Socks from Regia Ringel Color in Clown. I’ve finished the toes.
- Medallion Travel Bag, a huge fairisle felted bag. I’m almost halfway through the bottom.
- “Shall We Dance?” doily, using inherited #30 crochet cotton. (I justify this project because it needs a Ravelry entry, and I want it to have a photo.)
- Annemor #8 Gloves. First glove is halfway to the thumb.
- Another Old-Fashioned String Bag — actually started & finished! I didn’t have quite enough of the skein to finish, but I had some remnants of a coordinating color.
Other progress:
- Andean Treasure Vest: on fourth pattern after the armhole steeks.
- Oblique: Front done through waist decreases; switching to the back to work the same section.
- Ballet socks: Heels turned; in the middle of gussets.
- Ivy socks: Working on the legs. Need 1.5 more pattern repeats on one sock and 2.5 on the other (of course, a pattern repeat is 28 rows….).
- Arietta: One more row. Given that it now consists of three rows, I could argue that this isn’t even started.
- Blueberry Grape socks: Rapidly approaching the heels.
- Heere Be Dragone: The second set of charts is done, and I’m about to start the third. (The good news: there’s only four sets of charts. The bad news: charts 3 & 4 are about 75% of the shawl body, and there’s still the edging afterwards.)
- Memories afghan: A few more rows.
- Coupling: A few rows beyond the toes. I haven’t quite gotten the pattern memorized; I can do most of the rows without looking at the pattern, but there’s one that still sometimes throws me.
- Spot-check socks: A few more rows of ribbing on the first sock. This is another that counts as “barely enough to justify being called started”.