It’s time for another Reverb10 post. I’m now one day behind, but I’m OK with that. Here’s Day #6.
Make.
What was the last thing you made? What materials did you use? Is there something you want to make, but you need to clear some time for it?
(Author: Gretchen Rubin)
I’m trying to learn, once again, to knit. I’ve had a couple of really talented knitters–people who are also employed as teachers–show me how to knit and purl, but I’ve had a great deal of difficulty learning how to work with yarn. I pick up extra stitches in almost every row–I’m very good at knitting long isoceles triangles–and sometimes I drop stitches, which means there are 1/2-inch holes in the middle of some rows.
I decided I’d try again by making a scarf for my 5-year-old son. I cast way too many stitches onto the needle because I didn’t bother doing a swatch first, so it’s an extra-wide, extra-holey, isoceles scarf. But I suspect he won’t notice. He’s mostly excited that I let him pick out the very bright, rainbow-colored yarn and that I’m able to make anything, no matter how scrambled, out of it.
I’ve vowed to finish the scarf, both because my son knows it should be finished soon and because I’m trying to commit to seeing my personal projects through to completion. Work projects? No problem–I finish those, almost always on time. But artsy-craftsy stuff, or intellectual pet projects? Those tend to get pushed aside in favor of easier things.
What about you?
What have you made recently? What remains unfinished?
Yarn photo by Stephen Depolo, and used under a Creative Commons license.