Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Unfinished



All around blogland, it seems, people are slowing down, settling in and readying their homes for the festive season. Everywhere I look I see beautifully decorated trees and homemade hearths and ornament-annointed mantels. I look around my own home and see empty bookshelves, piles of uncategorised 'stuff' and boxes stacked nearly to the ceiling. Ah, moving house - the most heart-warming of Christmas time pursuits.

I've been knitting a little here and a little there this past couple of weeks. I set out on our big beach holiday with enough yarn to knit at least six cardigans and jumpers. Optimistic? Hmm. Half an hour into the journey, I realised I'd left my knitting needles at home, and with the three in the back seat already whining "Are we there yet?" (only four hours to go...), there was  no way we were turning back. Of course, I had no need for the needles. The knitting I accomplished, mostly over glasses of wine after our communal dinners each evening, was scarce. Optimistic? Yes.

But now it's back to packing and sorting and packing and sorting. And throwing and chucking. I have lost count of the bags of stuff that have gone to the charity bins, and despite that and endless full garbage bins, I still have several boxes labelled 'crap' and 'junk'. I'm guessing I won't be unpacking those ones in a hurry.

The packing and sorting did unearth a large plastic box, long forgotten, filled to the brim with unfinished knitting projects. Holy smokes, what was I thinking buying that yarn? Those patterns? Some of these things have been in the works since I took up knitting again back in the early noughts. Is that 100% acrylic? Hot pink and lime green stripes? Yikes.

Amongst it all is a finished jumper (sweater) in lovely Debbie Bliss cotton that someone could be wearing now but for the wonky collar. And a quite nice Jo Sharp jumper in orange that would fit one of my girls, except the sleeves turned out quite long and thin. I could be all brash and make these my new year's knitting resolutions...or just quietly put the lid back on and add it to the tower of boxes in the garage. And tiptoe away. Shhh...

Perhaps I could stick a star on top of it all and call it the Christmas tree.

Back to the packing and sorting.

Joining in with the Yarn Along over at Small Things.


15 comments:

  1. Moving is hard, be nice to yourself : ) I too am shocked at the amount of acrylic funky colored projects I have found from my past lol. I would now never wrap a precious baby in cheapo Red Heart yarn but back then I thought I was accomplished by making something for my baby. That was 19 years ago...phew! I hope your move is uneventful. Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Moving at Christmas. Such a busy time! I say sneak away from the unfinishables and find something therapeutic to work on during a few minutes rest from packing...All the best on your move!

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  3. I wish you all the best for your move:)

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  4. good luck with the unpacking. I wont tell anyone if you want to quietly close the box and walk away:) or you could unravel and try some new projects with the yarns

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  5. Oh my! Moving during the holidays? Rock on you! Such energy you must have!!

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  6. Oh dear, you don't need anything else remotely stressful I guess. Tiptoe away. There'll be a time for everything. Good luck settling in and for Christmas in your new home.

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  7. Wow! What a treasure box to discover! Hope your move goes smoothly. Moving can be very stressful. We moved a long way away from our old home and the journey and all that went with it was very difficult. But sweet too.

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  8. Duh! Maybe I should actually READ all of your post before writing a comment? I guess your facetiousness didn't come through loud and clear. I remember unpacking several boxes of yarn that I had collected for a few years - awful stuff, really. For a few seconds, I thought, 'well, maybe I could find a use for it'. But I regained my sanity and it promptly went to the thrift store.

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  9. Good luck with your move! I need to go through my own stash of yarn and embroidery projects and pass along things that I know full well I'll never use!

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  10. Wow! Just found your blog via Yarn Along and I LOVE all your pictures! Beautiful blog :)

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  11. Beautiful picture, even if the projects aren't quite perfect - I like the idea of using them as the tree instead ;)

    Moving house is stressful enough without worrying about decorating for Christmas!

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  12. I agree... be kind to yourself. The projects are beautiful, even if they are all a bit wonky...

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  13. did i already comment? oh dear. well, i do want to wish you an easy, peaceful move and many blessings for your new home. in the country?! hurray!

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  14. Next year will be different - I'm sure you'll figure out a way to make the most of it. God bless!

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  15. good luck with packing and sorting and knitting! I love all the colors on your photo :)
    if it makes you feel better - there ś no Christmas decorating and getting ready either - I have to finish my exams at school - and so I sit here on my bed, surrounded by piles of clothes and books and notebooks ...and somewhere in the corner is my knit-basket full of unfinished and un-started projects I want to finish before Christmas...

    good luck and don't let it get you down :)

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