Note to self: Record earlier in the day when the sun is behind the house and isn't going crazy in and out of the clouds. Again, apologies for the manic lighting in this video! I'll try to improve it for next time. Thanks for understanding! 😅
I can't seem to make a new comment. Not sure why. I wouldn't frog anything. I'd just take a week to finish each project and don't start a new one until they're all finished. Please hold the shawls etc closer to the phone so we can see the patterns clearly. You're obviously very talented ❤ I think you'd look lovely in turquoise or mustard or a burgundy colour top. Just put the jerseys on to measure against your own body to get the correct length.
Okay, girlfriend, I have an idea for you. I instituted "Finish it Friday" awhile back, where I pull out a long term WIP, and that's all I work on that day. Any other day of the week, I work on what I want. It makes for slow progress, but progress nonetheless.
Such a great idea, Clair!! But, knowing myself, I tend to go with the flow and work on whatever sparks joy in the moment. Honestly, I’d probably end up rebelling against it! 😅
Maybe instead of frogging those lovely knits you could auction off the half-finished work (and accompanying yarns), and donate the proceeds to a cause you believe in! I’m just looking at that Stephen West undulating shawl like “nooooooo it’s too pretty, and too far along, to send to the pond!!” 😆
That was sooo fun! I love that you have such a mercurial spirit when it comes to making and that you have all those glorious half-made things that beguiled you and then just fell from your hands when you were done with them. Never change, Kristin! 🥰
Aw, thank you! 🖤 I swear, those UFOs were fun while they lasted - Here's to forever getting distracted by new and shiny cast ons and leaving a trail of WIPs in our wake! 😉
I will always care about the project bags!! GORGEOUS ❤ I've always joked that my license plate should read BAG LADY😂! Sooooo many project bags by The Crafty Little Fox. I know, I may have a problem. I've been pulling out my old crochet WIPs and finishing them up slowly one by one.
The Stephen West Shawl., I would just cast it off as is, it is big enough to be useful. I am glad it isn't just me, who starts and also doesn't finish things. I was going to knit the seamless sweater but the thought of all the ends to deal with puts me off.
I literally ordered 3 tape measures from Amazon a while back ... and they all seem to have disappeared into the alternate universe stitch markers eventually disappear to! 😂 I think I need to order them in bulk!
It seems that you are leaning toward keeping the Stephen West Faded Undulation Shawl project in your WIP grouping. Yaaay! Mindless knitting will call to you once again, for sure! I think that you will be happy that you chose to save it. 🙂Oh, and congrats on your 10 year achievement! I am so very grateful that you have shared your many talents and interests with us! Looking forward to sharing many, many more milestones along with you! ❤
Ah, yes…WIP piles. Ah, yes…Shiny new things. I too find it sad when I forgot about the project! Then the frog/finish dilemma. I promise myself to finish o.n.e. thing, continue on my merry cast on journey… and here we are! I’m glad you shared this vid. I’m not alone. My mood/s determine what I will knit & crochet. I bounce around different project makes so I don’t get bored. And then the Overwhelm hits. sigh. All knit (or crochet) is good! Frogging be damned! Thanks, I had fun chuckling along!
Nice episode. Congratulations on 10 years! I have seen many podcasters take a long term project and put it in their 30 minutes of knitting every morning or night whichever suits them best. Before you know it you’ll have it off the needles. The sweater with the Yin Yang yarn is so beautiful!
Congratulations on ten years, and at the same time good grief - HOW did it get to be ten years?! I remember it when you said you were going to dye full time. Hell, I remember you talking about *trying* dyeing for the first time. It can't be ten years ago - more for those first steps. I mean..... Blimey.
Love this video! Thanks for sharing. So many of the shawls and even the Oslo hat made me think you could finish them where they’re at…see if you use them…and then always frog later if you’re ready to use the yarn. I also have a crazy idea to graft/sew all my UFOs together into the most unique version of a scrappy blanket! Haven’t done it yet, but it’s my mind. lol.
Oh loving the Stephen West kal at the start of this vlog (and the project bag - love a good project bag). Would be great to see the finish result of that and any of the other “stuck” projects that you finish Kristin. 🙋🏼🏴
I’ve been missing you, and this reminded me how much. I totally need to do this! BTWs I just started a Sea Glass cardigan…cross your fingers for me. Thanks for all you do to get this viewable, I appreciate it!
1: I DO care about the project bags 😂 2: This would be a fun scheduled Premiere episode to do so we could all chat as we watched! 3: I need to WIP audit, again, badly. 4: that Dennis Drops sweater is amazing!!! He will love having that to cozy in!!
I love your marled magic shawl. Not much more to go! I think you should finish it. I’ve been working on mine for weeks because I’m a slow knitter and I had to take a break. I’m stuck on that inverted triangle and starting it. But I worked on other sections before that so that’s pretty much the only section I have left.🖤
Thank you! 🖤 I’m so close to finishing it, there's no reason for me not to push through. That inverted triangle is definitely tricky, but it sounds like you’re almost there! Take your time-you’ve got this! 😊
There are some lovely WIPS there that are so advanced you can almost touch the Finish Line. How about a "Knock It Out November"? Just as would-be novelists try to knock out the first draft of a novel in November, you could focus on knitting/crocheting down some of those WIPs so you can start the festive December month with a cleanish slate for all those Advent/Christmas cast-ons. And if the disappearing tape measure is the reason so many WIPs stall, how about getting a second one that permanently lives round the neck of your tailor's dummy (I've forgotten her name)...
Insanly crazy idea; finishing a project before starting a new one 🤭😉❤ Have you tried knitting the sleeves first, and than finishing with the body? I do that because it makes it easier for me to actually complete my sweaters. Love your work❤
❤ Hi! I was just talking to my husband about your missing cardigan… I’m knitting a turtleneck poncho out of a Caron Crystal cake and I remembered that you were making a sweater in that yarn as well 😊
AHH! I totally forgot to show the Battenberg blanket and remembered as I was editing. 🤦🏻♀ Fret not. It is safe from the Frog Pond. It's just going to be an ongoing project I pick up here and there. 😉
I would make Denis’s sweater and the fruit garden a priority finish. You can even do a simpler border around the Fruit Garden. No need to be exact. I’ve seen a lot of hacked / modifications on these blankets. As for the rest … oh my! So sad to see you frogging some of those beauties. But at the end of the day, you need to be happy. The market bag can be turned into a little sock project bag (where you stopped off) with a drawstring and lining inside. It is so pretty.! ❤❤❤
That’s a great idea for the Fruit Garden! But I think I want to push through and finish the pattern. As for the frogged projects, it’s always bittersweet, but you’re right, it’s all about finding joy in the process. 🤗💖
@@Voolenvine fruit garden framed would make an amazing backdrop for your podcasts. Pls don’t give up. So far, it’s looking like a masterpiece! Love the colours. So proud of you…😊🥰
Marled magic looks great and looks huge already- if you don’t even knit anymore on it couldn’t you just bind it off and be done essentially? Looks like a sizable shawl.
The Fruit Garden is so beautiful. You must finish! What yarn did you use? ETA: Oh, I see you used cotton. Interesting because your finished part does not look like cotton. I did not start with that kit because I didn't want to use cotton.
This was such a fun watch. Thank you! I'm currently following your "Favorite Socks" pattern and video tutorial and am knitting the heel gusset decreases while watching this! I think I need some Voolenvine yarn now to knit a pair next!
Aww, yay! I'm glad you're enjoying the video and my "Favorite Socks" pattern! 🤗💖 Heel gusset decreases can be tricky, but you’ve got this! A pair of socks in Voolenvine yarn - YES!! I'm here if you need enabling 😋
Thanks for sharing! I like to audit my projects every now and then, too. Maybe you could look for a crochet market bag for the Aunt Lydia’s/sparkly DMC combo? That might be less frustrating and easier on your hands. 🤗
That's exactly what I was thinking, Katie! A crochet market bag could definitely be a good way to go, and it’d be so much kinder to my hands. Thanks for the suggestion! 😊
I googled the steven west pattern and I believe you only need the Icord edge, but finished all of the main knitting. Should be able to finish in one day, though icord edge not the nicest part of knitting. Edit: If you like the tunesian blanket texture maybe you can repurpuse the work you did. You can do one row of tunesian crochet without a return pass and then continue the blanket knitting instead of crocheting, You have all the stitches on the needle then anyway.
Love the marling of the Oslo Hat, but off to the frog pond it goes. 🐸🧶 RIP to the Fruit Tingles. I had a feeling it wasn't going to make it. 😆 I'm rooting for the Okapi and Dennis' River Moss sweater! 🖤 Can we get a welfare check on your Home Cardigan? 😆 Happy 10 years! 🥳
Haha, thank you! 😆 And I found the Home Cardigan!! (I showed video of it at the end) It was tucked away in one of my craft drawers 🤦🏻♀ It's hanging in there-no frog pond for it yet! 😜 Okapi and River Moss are at the top of my "To Finish" list and thanks for the 10-year love, Roshelle! 💜🥳
Thanks for sharing your UFO’s I love the Catherine Clark one. ☝️ sorry you are frogging that one. What is the yarn you used ? I like this combo. I always love color work but I get you how you can feel about it at times. I like to keep more than one project on my needles too. Thanks for sharing them. Congratulations 🎉🎈🍾 on 10 years. 🎉
Ahh, I know. It kills me not to finish it ... but, holy cow... if you look at the pattern page on Ravelry, it's colorwork for DAAAAYYYYSSS 🤤 And all my brain says is "NOPE!" 😂The yarn is mine, Nouveau in "Lore" and "Poe" And thank you so much, Drea for your kind words and just for hanging out with me, here!! 🥰💖I hope to run into you again at another yarn fest!! 🤗
@@Voolenvine your welcome 🤗 I always enjoy your podcast. By the way I did check the cowl out on Ravelry and I was like oh my goodness. I definitely would shorten it. Couldn’t knit that for days. 🤣. Thanks for the yarn you used I definitely liked how it was showing up as it seems so nice and rich in color. I may have to put that on my list to get. I am on a yarn diet. 🤣 but I do sneak in a purchase now and then. Yes hope to run in on you again. Keep being your creative self. Totally Enjoy it. 😃
Am thinking the fruit tingles shawl and the beanie don't frog cuz somebody could wear those and you're so far along - unless you really want to reuse the yarn.
I wonder if your interest in color has shifted to beadwork. Maybe you aren’t craving color work in your knitting because you’re getting it in your beading. :)
Nooo! Froggin is something that really terrifies me, all the time and effort... wasted! You know these shows where you have to face your big fear right? For someone is high, for others dark, or small spaces or spiders, but for the fiber crafters its frog. 😨🙈🐸 Looks like this is episode of ''A True Horror Story'' 😅
@@Voolenvine I like watching you going through your projects and making decisions. But could not stop thinking how they can be bind off early (two of the scarfs) or transform into pillows (the Oslo hat and TLYC afgan), something that is worth the effort made till their current point. But then it can be looked at as wasting of yarn if you want to reuse it, so I see why this wasn't an option. Just in my humble opinion these types of videos should be Finish, Transform or Frog.
Crocheting with cotton thread definitely feels easier on the hands. Funny, I thought it was actually a crochet pattern before casting on. Whoops! 😂 And yes, the number of needles tied up in my projects is a bit triggering 😅
Hi Kirsten Your knitting is so beautiful and it pains me when you talk about frogging all of your hard work. Someone mentioned auctioning or selling the project with the supplies. That way out of sight, out of mind
Some projects you really want to finish but can’t seem to finish why don’t you offer to a viewer to finish. They would finish it for you and end up with a free pattern. Just a thought.
YES!!! I love doing this for certain projects. I have in the past like with my "Don't Look Up" pullover. I do want to repurpose most of the yarn though for these projects so I'll be hanging on to them. 😉 Such a great idea, though!!
Oh, you’re making me feel so much better about the messes I have on hand. I recently went through all of my UFOs and FO’s that I don’t wear or use and I have a huge pile of frogging to do, but I’m discovering I hide the yarn tails so well, it’s virtually impossible to unravel some of these projects, so I’m in a quandary as to what to do with all of these things. I might donate some of them, but I do have some really nice yarns that I would like to repurpose however, when I look at my craft room and see that I actually have a small yarn store, I’m rethinking that decision lol. Good luck with everything and don’t feel bad because you’re not alone. XOXO.
Weaving in yarn tails is definitely an art-kudos to you for mastering it! 😄 I totally understand the struggle. In the past, I've gifted some of my FOs to my younger cousin, which is always a nice option. You could also try selling handknits on Etsy or eBay. If there’s a market for handmade quilts, I’m sure there’s one for gently-used handknits too! Just a thought. 😊
That's a great idea! And I've done that in the past. Honestly, I’m not really into the idea of giving these projects away as I'd like to repurpose the yarn for something new when the mood strikes. 😊
