A WIP-list for a dark December Tuesday

Maybe it's because it was Monday, and Mondays often bring me out in an organisational fit of list-making. Maybe it's because the Christmas holidays, all 3 weeks of them, are but days away. Meaning I might have snippets of (nap)time (please don't let the naps go just yet) to make things but none at all to really think anything through. Maybe it's because it's winter and this is Sweden and therefore it's DARK and an article in the latest issue of Mollie Makes about making stuff in order not to go doolally in all this DARKNESS struck a chord. Maybe, quite likely actually, it's because I know there is physically no more room in the cupboard for any more balls of yarn, or for any more baskets of half-finished things. 

Anyway, whatever the reason, yesterday I took out my camera, a pen, some paper, and photographed the things I am currently working on. And more to the point, would like to get finished. Ideally. I worked out the sizes and stitch counts where necessary and wrote them out, so that I can just blindly follow instruction in between playing trains and making puzzles.

So here they are. 8 projects: 6 crochet, 1 knitting (I know, I'm KNITTING) and 1 sewing. On top of that I still have 3 finished items that need the patterns writing up, some curtains to sew, and a big old pile of mending to do. But the latter especially don't photograph pretty. 

#1: Sirkku Mittens
Pattern by Vickie Brown for Inside Crochet Issue 58 (available for free if you sign up to Pocketmags here)
Drops Alpaca yarn in #2923 and #517

#2: Window into Winter - a Shawl
Pattern under development 
Wool & Alpaca tweed mix by Emporio Lanar in Avio

#3: Slouch Beanie
Pattern by Brindille & Twig (available for purchase here)
Organic fleece and organic cotton jersey by BirchFabrics

#4: The Chunky Sweater
Pattern (and a better name) under development
Rowan Thick 'n Thin in #968

#5: Crochet meets Patchwork Blanket
Find all the free patterns for this blanket on my Pattern Page. 
100% cotton yarn by DMC Natura Just Cotton in Gris Argent, Aswan, Ivory, Jade, Amaranto, Brique & Blue Jeans

#6: Blue Bell Hill Scarf
Pattern by Jocelyn J. Tunney for O-wool (available for free here)
Drops Alpaca in #2915 and #6309, Wool & Alpaca tweed mix by Emporio Lanar in Naturale

#7: Nordic Pixie Mittens
Pattern under development
​Drops Alpaca in #8120, #4050 and #3112

#8: Dally Dahlia Blanket
Blanket pattern under development. Dally Dahlia granny square pattern available for free here.
Mandarin Naturell by Sandnes Garn in #1001, #4627,  and #7024

It's been quite good, quite satisfying, making this pretty list! As I've mentioned before, I'm not a very good finisher. I'm definitely a Compulsive Obsessive Maker (Kat Goldin at Slugs on the Refrigerator completely got me with this phrase, and in fact her entire post, to describe what we do), and a prolific project-starter. Sometimes though, you do just need to knuckle down and finish things. If only to make room for more yarn. 

How many projects do you have on the go at once? If the #craftastherapy_wip gallery on instagram is anything to go by, I'm not the only prolific project-starter out there ;-)

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