Procrastination

February 11th, 2008 at 10:06 pm (Works in progress)

You know it’s bad when I’m plotting all the projects I could do to avoid working on my current project. All the other non-knitting projects, that is.

The current WIP? A gigantic baby blanket* - the Pinwheel Baby Blanket, with the heart lace edging from the second Barbara Walker treasury. Sure, doesn’t seem *that* bad, but I knit the blanket to a circumference of 600 stitches, approximately 120″, then picked a lace edging that only eats up 8 edge stitches per repeat. So that’s 75 repeats of a 16-row pattern. Yeah, I must be nuts. Or else not clearly thinking out the progression of events…

I just finished repeat #50 out of 75, so I could have it done in a few more days at this rate. But what I’m thinking about it going upstairs and moving yarn into the empty dresser in my sewing room and doing tons of laundry. Because, after all, that will somehow get this blanket done and out of my hair more quickly. Right?

So I am going to reward myself with cleaning up upstairs once I finish this. I’m sure a non-knitting is reading this and thinking “Man, that chick’s priorities are messed up!” And they more certainly are, how else did my house get into such a state? Besides from the kids, that is.

*No, not for me.

2 Comments

  1. Chris said,

    February 11, 2008 at 10:18 pm

    My goodness - that would be SUCH a disincentive to me. :)

  2. Julie McC said,

    February 12, 2008 at 7:14 pm

    I think it’s a sort of Brownie-in-reverse that visits knitters. Yup. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.