{"id":356,"date":"2013-11-11T16:14:29","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T16:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=356"},"modified":"2013-11-11T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T16:14:29","slug":"im-very-very-good-at-starting-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=356","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m very very good at starting things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night as I was cleaning up a little and deciding which project I would take to bed with me I was reminded of my tendency to start new knitting projects. Without any regard to what I may have recently or not-so-recently have started and may or <del>may-not<\/del>\u00a0\u00a0<em><del>probably <\/del><\/em>\u00a0 <strong>really<\/strong> don&#8217;t have time to finish. I cast on at least 4 things this last week.<!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/albatross-cowl\">Albatross-cowl<\/a>\u00a0from Interweave knits 2013 Holiday Gifts issue.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-370 alignleft\" style=\"clear: both;\" alt=\"CAM00095\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CAM00095-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Sorry that pic is allllll blurry, this is also my first\u00a0entrelac project so I&#8217;m completely obsessed with it. Sadly I am using thinner yarn than the pattern calls for so I&#8217;ve have to double all my stitch counts to make it big enough, doubling the time needed as well.<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m only kind of sure who will be getting it.<\/li>\n<li>A another pair of <a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/bobbysBooties.pdf\">Bobby&#8217;s Booties <\/a>&#8211; we are sadly behind our goal to have enough for x-mas gifts.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m really happy with these so far, I&#8217;m double knitting the sole for extra squish and durability.<br \/>\n<a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CAM00088.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"bootie heel\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CAM00088-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CAM00093.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"bootie - double knit sole\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CAM00093-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CAM00094.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"bootie - double knit sole peek\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CAM00094-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>This thing&#8230;. I think it will be a fingerless glove. I mostly was practicing the tubular cast on, my new favorite thing in the world.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CAM00097.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-372\" alt=\"Thing?\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CAM00097-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A test swatch for some mittens I&#8217;m designing. While this might not really count as a project, I did start it and have not finished it. And as soon as I do, I will be much closer to starting the mittens.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CAM00096.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-371\" alt=\"CAM00096\" src=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CAM00096-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There is also a hat with some scrap stash hat yarn I started for no reason, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=41\">lace shawl<\/a> I&#8217;ve been working on about a day a week. Plus I just realized this morning I have no idea what to make my sister.<\/p>\n<p>I also pulled out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>my <a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=352\">WFIP<\/a> piece for this coming friday&#8217;s post. It&#8217;s been on the needles for over 5 years! FIVE!<\/li>\n<li>a simple scarf knit on a diagonal in a variegated yarn, almost half done. I know that at least 2 years old.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You are probably getting the point by now, I know there are knitters out there with the same problem.<br \/>\nSometimes I start something because I need something small for the car, don&#8217;t want to have to carry a pattern, etc etc. But more often it&#8217;s because I see a new yarn or a new pattern or just get smacked with a good idea and I just get so excited about the possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>I just have to start something!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night as I was cleaning up a little and deciding which project I would take to bed with me I was reminded of my tendency to start new knitting projects. Without any regard to what I may have recently or not-so-recently have started and may or may-not\u00a0\u00a0probably \u00a0 really don&#8217;t have time to finish. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/?p=356\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I&#8217;m very very good at starting things<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=356"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356\/revisions\/376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rainymorning.com\/blob\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}