Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 8:16PM It's like that book "The Secret" except I actually care about this
Friends, I have discovered the secret to finishing large knitting projects.
Knit them. Like, often. Maybe exclusively. The more you knit, the bigger the sweater becomes and before you know it you're joining sleeves and decreasing for the neckline and after only a few weeks of stockinette round and round and round, you have a sweater, maybe the sweater you've been wanting all your life.
No pictures yet, but I've already worn it three times.
If someone had told me before that being dedicated to one project would lead to the project's actual completion, I would have said, "What's the fun in that?"
Let me tell you the fun. The fun is wearing a new sweater. The fun is taking that yardage out of your stash. The fun is not feeling guilty every time you see a pile of black stockinette heaped on the couch.
I should have done this years ago.
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Reader Comments (3)
Once in awhile, this insight visits me, too...
Uni-tasking gains another supporter! Before we know it, only teenagers and men (who think they do but really don't) will be multi-tasking.
I concur! I just finished a lace shawl this last weekend after knitting almost obsessively for a little over a month. During those weeks I knitted the remaining 2/3 of the shawl (which I started almost a year ago). Hurray for focus!