Finished one!

These were so close to finished it's ridiculous! All that was needed was buttons and two button loops.

Extra motivation to finish them off was found in the colder weather and the knowledge that when I'm back to driving to work in the morning, I will need something to keep my hands warm.

Knitting audit

So after yesterday's rough count, I decided to do a complete knitting audit. This has involved going through all my projects and making a list of what's on my needles and - naturally - knitting a bit of most of them.

In total I have 26 WIPs. In February I had 28, so I think I can just about claim that I have reduced the number of started-but-not-finished projects.

The oldest project is a top I think I started in 2010. The newest is either a pair of socks or some fingerless gloves - probably the socks.

The projects can be (loosely in some cases) categorised as:

Cardigans - 7
Jumpers/tops - 7
Blankets/coverings - 5
Gloves/mittens/wristwarmers - 3
Socks - 2
Hat - 1
Scarf - 1

A few items being made for gifts, but there are over 15 potential additions to my wardrobe. I think it's time to develop that potential!

The only problem is to decide which one first!

No, autocorrect, WIPs not whips ;)

A rough-and ready count shows I have at least 25 knitting WIPs. I really ought to try to finish some of them before the end of the year.

Knitting WIPs

On my needles

The other day, a friend catalogued her yarn stash. I started to do mine yesterday but petered out at the point where I had to move to go and find more yarn to catalogue. Today I intended to continue, but got distracted by tidying my knitting basket and instead made a list of my WiPs. It appears I have 39 of them - one technically may not count as it's been ripped back and not yet cast on again, but for the purposes of this update I am including it as a WiP. I know I had a bad attack of startitis a little while ago - I didn't realise quite how bad it had got.

So what am I knitting. Well it appears just over one-quarter of my knitting is cardigans/shrugs/waistcoats etc., followed by jumpers and socks.

However, not all of it is for me.

Obviously, I have plenty to be getting on with.

So feel free to place your guesses - how many items will I finish by the end of January 2012 and how many new items will I have cast on in that time. I'll give a mystery prize (not of great value- don't get your hopes up excessively) to the person with the closest guess (please only guess once for finished and once for new; guesses must be made in the comments to this post by 23:59 GMT on 7 January to prevent people from having any advantage from things I might say about my knitting over the next month).