My work week has been sufficiently slow that last night I reached the threshold of boredom that it took to finally pull out my knitting WIP (that is work in progress for the non-knitting reader) to try to get a handle on where I left off.
Oh, man. The back and most of the two front panels are done, which just leaves the two sleeves, the collar, and the front button band. Cool! because I remember that this was a fast knit, so it shouldn't be too hard to finish this baby so I can maybe wear her for Thanksgiving.
But wait. Not so fast.
What are these raw, naked stitches doing just flopping in the wind?
Looks like I have some reading, studying, and diagnosing to do before I even get started.
*sigh*
This is why I should never drop a project midstream.
The best thing about pulling out this languishing project is that I found the pink Chibi that I thought I had lost.
If I blamed the cleaning ladies for this at some time in the past, I sincerely apologize.
I've done the same thing with Hannah's Vivian sweater - I put it down for months because it got to hot to work on it. When I picked it back up this fall it took a solid hour to figure out where I was before I could move forward. Hope you're back on track now, too!
Posted by: Carole | Friday, November 04, 2011 at 06:05 AM
That pink chibi was the FIRST thing I saw in that photo... oh, and that it was sitting on a pile of color that I love. Do you remember when these were going for ~$100 on ebay? I still think they look like some feminine hygiene product, or vaginal suppository...
I had a dream about getting junk mail so I could send it back. So far, just junk magazines.
Posted by: lisa | Friday, November 04, 2011 at 06:36 AM
Such lovely colors! That will be one gorgeous sweater . . . and PERFECT for Thanksgiving!
Posted by: Kym | Friday, November 04, 2011 at 07:53 AM
You can do it! That sweater will look fantastic on you, and perfect for Thanksgiving.
Posted by: Vicki | Friday, November 04, 2011 at 08:55 AM
Lisa is completely right about the pink chibi looking like some feminine hygiene product (not produce, guess what I've been thinking about lately).
I have a few projects like that, and I'm trying to reduce that number in the future. Figuring out where you left off is not the most fun that can be had in a project.
Posted by: Seanna Lea | Friday, November 04, 2011 at 09:44 AM
All your non-knitting readers are really going to wonder about that chibi.
At least you put a keychain in for scale. One of my Mormon friends put a photo of her Chibi on her website and her mother called her up and demanded to know why she had posted a photo of a sex toy.
Posted by: Cheryl S. | Friday, November 04, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Ha ha ha ha, only here would there be talk about knitting and suppositories! Makes my Friday, let me tell you.
What is the yarn, is that Manos? If so, I've got the matching scarf for it.
Posted by: Dave Daniels | Friday, November 04, 2011 at 11:49 AM
ACK!
I hope you can figure out where you left off and finish that lovely thing soon.
Posted by: Cookie | Friday, November 04, 2011 at 06:03 PM
I remember that project! The colors are perfect for you - I hope you can zip right through it to FO!
Posted by: gayle | Saturday, November 05, 2011 at 09:47 AM
Maybe you just needed the needles for another project?
We always think we will remember, but we just don't!
I have several projects that I wish I could work on, but the dreaded "figure it out" has to happen before any knitting. Sigh. That's why I mostly knit socks now.
Posted by: Pamela | Saturday, November 05, 2011 at 12:25 PM