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slogerot
New Pal
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 Posted - 06/26/2006 : 8:46:57 PM
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| I've been working on this baby blanket for a couple of months now. I could easily have finished it a month ago, but...I'm so BORED with it now! Ugh! I want to get it done so I can move on to sock knitting (my new love), but I must finish this blanket so I can give it to its recipient--a friend of mind. Anyone been in this boat? I just need to suck it up and do it. :) |
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PuppyMomma
Chatty Knitter
USA
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Posted - 06/26/2006 : 9:34:32 PM
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Yup. Baby blankets usually take me forever. I try to give myself a few months to do them, usually starting as soon as I find out that the recipient is pregnant. I also keep a few projects OTN, so I can switch back and forth.
Right now I've got a few pairs of socks going, and the 2nd Mystery Shawl, which is the bane of my existence. I'd work on it more often, but it is not a good one to do if you are even remotely tired.
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technikat
Gabber Extraordinaire
593 Posts |
Posted - 06/26/2006 : 10:15:56 PM
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Yep, I just spent 4 months making two baby blankets. It seemed to take
forever, but I kept chugging along so that I could finally start my
tank top. I then got halfway done with the tank when I got distracted
by starting the Branching Out scarf.
Baby blankets - done, Branching out scarf - done, Tank top - not yet. |
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Chemcats
Permanent Resident
3337 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2006 : 04:46:41 AM
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Yep, with almost every project I start. And since I have completion issues, I am usually muttering and hyperventillating by the time I finish. But finish I do, because it is soooo nice to see a finished project and a set of empty needles ready for the new project that I was thinking about when I was muttering over the original project!
convoluted?
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YarnGoddess
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 06/27/2006 : 05:47:25 AM
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Me too. I've got 3 baby blankets to do. One of my co-workers is expecting triplets, or at least his wife is. I'm almost done with the first one, then 2 more to do after that. And they take forever!
Elizabeth
Zipper & Diva
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Mama Cat
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 06/27/2006 : 06:26:40 AM
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I always crochet baby blankets, and they work up REALLY fast!!! That might help in future if you like to crochet. I use a sport or light worsted weight cotton in almost all of my baby blankets, like Reynolds Saucy. Not too expensive, machine wash & dry but natural fiber, fast to crochet, and the recipients are generally overwhelmed thinking I put all this personal attention into their baby gift.  Well really I do put a lot of thought into it, especially the colors.
As to boredom with projects - YOU BET. That's why I usually have so many going at one time. I'm just starting with socks and I think this is a very good project for when the boredom hits - a quick fix, something that works up quickly and lets you rest a bit before you tackle the big project again. |
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AuntyNin
Seriously Hooked
USA
772 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2006 : 06:35:04 AM
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Boredom with big projects? Absolutely! Like Mama Cat, I usually have six or seven projects on the needles, in a variety of colors, yarn weights and needle sizes.
For example, this weekend I just couldn't face the lace shawl for one more stitch, so I grabbed the sugar'n'cream and a pair of size 8s and whipped up a washcloth. Now I'm ready to go back to my Peacock Feathers.
AuntyNin
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Dejhia
Chatty Knitter
USA
131 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2006 : 06:55:45 AM
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I've been stuck there before. I feel your pain. After my first baby blanket where I had only one other project going, I've learned. Now, if I'm gonna do something large like a blanket (baby or adult size), I always have more than one other project going. And, always something fun that I really like. This way, when I start to get board with the blanket, I can work on something new for a while, even if it's just a few hours. I go back to the blanket refreashed and ready to keep working.
~ heather
www.dejhia.blogspot.com
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cableready
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
385 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2006 : 07:16:23 AM
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I feel your pain! I usually make sweaters for baby presents.
Out of three afghans I have started to make one was completed, the other two have turned into long, interesting scarves. After about 10" in I got bored bound off and added fringe.
Pamela - who has great patience for sweater knitting, though. |
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slogerot
New Pal
41 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2006 : 07:20:25 AM
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| It's good to know I'm not alone. :) The baby was already born so I just need to keep truckin' and finish this thing. I think next time I'll start earlier. :) |
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v-allknit
Seriously Hooked
India
741 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2006 : 08:24:45 AM
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yes i too get bored with shawls it take for ever to finish, i still have the faroese shawl i had started few months back and now i have to gather courage to re start it coz i want to wear it this winter!!! when i will do that i dont know as winter is still far off:)
shruti
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Cozy
Chatty Knitter
USA
273 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2006 : 09:27:14 AM
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I'm also doing a baby blanket. I'm doing one of the block ones so that I can break it up; I know I have to sew all these blocks together one day, but being able to change colors & stitch patterns help the boredom a lot!
And like most others, I also have 1 or 2 other projects going at the same time.
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rainyrivergirl
Chatty Knitter
Canada
212 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2006 : 12:19:50 PM
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| I started a baby blanket for my godson....fifteen years ago! It still sits there in the bottom of my basket, waiting, waiting. I should probably rip it up but for some reason I can't be bothered...So I know how you feel. At least you will probably finish your project before the "baby" is too old:) |
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RobA
Permanent Resident
2373 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2006 : 12:43:09 PM
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I find most baby blanket and scarf projects get boring very quickly. One of the reasons I never knit the Clapotis. Lace patterns with variations -- i.e., that use different patterns -- stay interesting but torture this careless knitter. On the other hand, baby sweaters knit up really fast!
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Vanadia
Gabber Extraordinaire
Denmark
511 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2006 : 1:04:39 PM
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| Oh yes, I know the feeling. I knitted the Great American Aran Afghan, which consist of 20 squares and a border, a total of 17 skeins of cascade 220. I quickly decided to limit myself to 1-2 squares pr month and knit other stuff. Otherwise I would be bored out of my mind and never finish the thing. The strategy worked successfully. Well, towards the end I got competitive and knitted a square a week ;-) |
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Elaine in NJ
Gabber Extraordinaire
584 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2006 : 1:17:19 PM
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I always keep several projects going, of several types and at different stages of completion. That way if one thing is boring or stalled, I can switch to something else.
Life is too short to waste it on acrylic. |
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scraffan
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 06/27/2006 : 7:07:50 PM
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I keep two or three projects going. One - a simple one that can be done while chatting on the phone or after a stressful day at work.
One project that requires thinking and then another one being planned.
I want to start a baby blanket for my friend (the baby blanket in Debbie Macomber's book. Collin's toy ships) I am thinking on waiting until the baby is born though...
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scraffan
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 06/27/2006 : 7:10:14 PM
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As for getting tired of a project? yes..there has been more than one project that I have thought will this ever end? Surely it will...
That happens when I memorize a pattern that is short and needs to be repeated again and again
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WendyB
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 06/27/2006 : 8:11:00 PM
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| Great American Afghan fatigue. That's why I'm doing anything but. Every time I chance upon the latest square that's close to being done, I look away. I even tried starting a different square. Nope. Just can't do it right now. It's almost a year old. I hope to get the urge soon... |
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needles54
Chatty Knitter
USA
306 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2006 : 05:30:20 AM
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I have been working on the Print oWave shawl and am at the edging which is tedious and a bit confusing so I had to start a new project just to stay sane and have something else to pick up. When I had started the shawl I was doing a baby sweater and booties but they are done so now i have 43 rows of the Icarus shawl done, and already I wonder which I will work on today! Keep knitting it will get done and there is something new in the future!
"save lives---don't knit and drive" |
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slogerot
New Pal
41 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2006 : 10:44:59 AM
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| I finally called my friend and told her I wanted to meet to give her the blanket, so we're getting together this Sunday. Now I have to finish it! I work well on a deadline, so I'm excited it'll be over soon. :) |
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Project fatigue? Anyone?
