I have been attempting to stay focused on my Christmas knitting since mid-November, and I must say, I've done fairly well. I've finished a couple, and made good progress on others. I *ahem* joined a fun and quick ornament swap to shake things up a bit, but that was a rather small loss of present-time in the grand scheme of things. I have to say, though, that I am incredibly bored. The pressure to finish the presents I'm fairly certain I have the time to finish, and the strength to resist casting on those that I don't think I'll have time for is driving me crazy. The big culprit in all of this is the shawl I promised to make Mamaw...like before Easter. I had nearly an entire year to do it, but didn't get serious about giving it to her for Christmas until all of the moving insanity (which, for the record, is the exact wrong time). I happen to love the way the 40% of the shawl that I've finished looks, and everyone in the family who I've shown it to seems to gush over it. I just don't think I'm cut out for this one project at a time mentality. I miss my piles of wips waiting for me to pick them up and give them a few hours of my time, and then happily going back on the shelf while I give the next project a little love. I miss my variety. In theory, I think Christmas knitting is a nice idea, but I don't know that I'll ever put this pressure on myself again. If I make things for people in the future, it'll be because I just feel like doing it, and they'll get it whenever it works out.
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