I confess. Iris wasn’t the first project I bought to take on holiday with me.
I rushed from the travel agent my LYS and snuffled up this cutie, fully intending to save it for the holiday…
It’s Katia from the Rowan Lenpur collection.
The Lenpur yarn is lovely – soft and very drapey – although it is one of those annoying yarns made of several threads held together that can split easily if you’re not paying attention.
I chose a flattering red shade…
I arrived home with my “knitting for the holiday” project and thought,
“I’ll just cast on and make sure I know the stitch pattern before I get on the plane…”
I cast on…
” I’ll just do a few more repeats….”
Oops! 😯
Before I knew it, I’d done the back and one side and the holiday was a couple of weeks away!
The stitch pattern is a breeze. Two rows and one of those is all purl!
Then I screwed up – I had decided I’d finish Katia to wear on holiday – putting myself under pressure to finish it. That’s always a mistake.
I nearly finished the second front and counted my rows they were out. Bugger!
By this stage, Katia had become my commuting knitting and I was trying to work this out on the tube.
I ripped the front down to the waist on the train. 🙁
When I got home, had a coffee, calmed down and looked at it again I realised the horrible truth. I had made a small mistake on the first front then carefully followed my own notes and made the same, matching mistake on the second front!
It was a small mistake and didn’t matter – in fact I NEEDED to make that same mistake on the second front for it to match.
I’d pulled out a couple of days of perfectly good knitting!! Oh POO!! I was never going to finish before the holiday now.
Somehow, Katia now felt tainted and I didn’t want to take her on holiday to finish so she got thrown on stitch holders and stuffed in the knitting bag.
Hence going and buying the lovely Iris.
This is so not like me – I normally am the virtuous “One WIP at a time girl”. I’m ashamed of myself…
This is how far I am with the second front…
It won’t take much to finish…once I’m done with Iris, it’s back to Katia…then the Flower blanket, then the See Through Jumper..
Oh My! How many WIPs has this one WIP girl got!!
Shame, shame, Oh the shame…. 😯
I freely admit I’m a multiple WIP kinda gal. Its easier not to be beat myself up about it! Just tell yourself you are simply ensuring you have a project for every possible occasion – hey it works for me.
It’s just as well you can’t see my quilting wips – some go back to the 1990s!! Only 3 knitting things on the go – fingerless mitts (forgot they were in the bottom of the knitting basket) squares for a throw (bored sewing them together) and the one that is getting worked on – a baby shawl.
Variety is the spice of life. That’s why I currently have; 1 fluffy blanket, 1picnic blancket, 1 jumper for me, 1 jumper for the hubby, 1 baby cardi for nephew, and 1 tank top for me. Dawn
That looks gorge! That would be a lovely pattern for a cushion to. I’ve become the same with lots of WIP all at the same time. Right now I’m doing a lacy scarf for my mums xmas plus a massive blanket for a mate. In the next few weeks Im going to start on another blanket, a cushion, a scarf and start planning the knitted xmas decorations I want to make for my first ever xmas tree in my first flat lol
Hence the reason I’m takeing the lacy scarf and the massive blanket on holiday with me lol will keep me very busy on the 10 hour train journey to Newton Abbot from Montrose lol