There comes a time in every knitter's life when she must come to terms with her WIP basket. That time came around 4 pm yesterday afternoon, when I suddenly and inexplicably felt the need to Finish All The Things. And so it was, that I blocked a shawl and a cowl and grabbed a shawl to "knit the last little bit of". Seven hours, six billion picot bind offs, and a facial twitch later, I have a brand spanking new Taygete ready to be blocked.
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It wasn't until yesterday that it fully hit me, the sheer numbers of my works in progress. For the last couple of months, whenever anyone asks how many projects I have on the needles, I think for a minute and say, "Um, about eight. Yeah! That sounds like a big enough number." Yesterday, my confidence was rocked. Apparently I don't know how to count, and also have the memory of a goldfish when it comes to where all of my Addi Turbo Lace needles have gone.
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It wasn't until yesterday that it fully hit me, the sheer numbers of my works in progress. For the last couple of months, whenever anyone asks how many projects I have on the needles, I think for a minute and say, "Um, about eight. Yeah! That sounds like a big enough number." Yesterday, my confidence was rocked. Apparently I don't know how to count, and also have the memory of a goldfish when it comes to where all of my Addi Turbo Lace needles have gone.
![IMGP2588](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7126/6945879034_5937849506.jpg)
![IMGP2933](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5271/7199552514_ddb8598808.jpg)
![IMGP1572](http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6216/7018804469_a445127812.jpg)
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Because there are - count 'em - 15 projects there. 3 sweaters, 1 pair of mitts, 1 hat, 1 pair of socks, 2 cowls, and uhhhh 7 shawls. How did I let it get this bad? How is possible that a totally finished object that I cast off almost a year and a half ago was only waiting for a wash? How? How?!?
![IMGP9446](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7373/9770219023_4ec631e75c.jpg)
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![IMGP9448](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5337/9769915761_7835ebdfbf.jpg)
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Friends, I have no better answer than "I get distracted by pretty things".
So in the next few months, I'm going to try to whittle it down. Knit a sleeve here; block a shawl there. I can't promise that I'll be able to start off the new year with a clean WIP slate, but I would like to get down to a reasonable number, like 10 or even 8. (A more mature and well-adjusted Cory scoffs at this definition of reasonable, but let's not shoot for the moon here.)
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