Excavating through my abandoned WIPs

[@futurefiber]

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[@mirkwoodFaerie]

"Me and my socks, we have a love and hate relationship." Spoken like a true Brendan Fraser.

[@mirkwoodFaerie]

(also for anyone wondering this is just a dumb joke, I'm not referencing anything.)

[@carlafawcett3851]

Hello Jenny. Yes I have old wips. I picked up my Floozy Cardigan fro 2018. I may run out of wool, but I am trying to finish it : )

[@mngmay]

You posted this the same day I dropped off yarn to Seattle Recreative for donation and wanted to start a project, but couldn't find where my 16in cables were... the universe is aligning for us impulsive cast-on-ers

[@futurefiber]

i can't find any 4mm needles right now why are we so chaos

[@mngmay]

@@futurefiber Are they attached to a gift knit on time-out? That's where mine (and that 16in cable) were 😆

[@mimarimani]

Two suggestions. The pink project... Maybe turn it into a hat/scarf or mittens? The blanket project... You could remove the white part and give it a narrow border instead. Then you have a nice baby blanket or lap blanket. An alternative could be to sew the sides together turning it into a pillow or duffel bag. Loved the intro and the stairs as backdrop.

[@judyperodeau4945]

I agree with that “mentally physically” comment and I need to do the deep dive and reality check on my yarns too! Ty 😃👏🏼🧶

[@Fgurs]

i loved this video concept!!

[@AntisocialAuntie]

Fun video! I go through my projects every July - far enough away from winter that I am more realistic about the WIPs. And it frees up my yarn and needles for new Christmas ideas. Lots of love from the Pacific Northwest 🧡

[@lillianbarker4292]

I love the waffle alpaca neck warmer. Finish it! It’s a great project for traveling.

[@thebooknitter]

The abandoned wips that i have are mostly The ones that are ill fitting or i made a mistake and never continued 😂

[@HadesCrowson]

I might have that same blue-green yarn in stash! I got it from Micheals last year on clearance, but haven't seen it since. It's the Lion brand wool-ease thick and quick in the color succulent. I'm not using it, so let me know if you'd like to have it!

[@Lisa-vb3gn]

Loved the video! I just did an archaeological dig yesterday and made myself tell the truth about my WIPs. I have a tendency to convince myself that I will actually do something even if I know in the darkest part of my soul that I will never. So there were some projects that got banished.😂

[@annalina-we]

subscribed as soon as i saw the binoculars

[@bernicemcgowan6657]

I don’t have any long term knitting projects to toss but when I was weaving I would often create something I couldn’t figure out how to use so often ditched those ( and I many have one or two left of those, hmmmmm…..)

[@susanmarshall3709]

That blue/aqua yarn from the blanket might make a great storage bowl! You could knit an everlasting I-cord and then wind it up or you could just wind the yarn around a cording cord and then loop it round and round! Is the stairwell a cooler spot to be in in your house? Good to see you. My problem is not the WIPS but all the patterns I print in the thoughts of making them and aspiring them with a yarn. Bags of that around my stash.

[@lillianbarker4292]

I hate that feeling that I have to spend time with yarn I don’t like just to finish a project. You can sell or trade it on Ravelry. You can also record the information that goes with a project on Ravelry. That helps you catch up where you left off. I just finished a baby blanket I started for my baby son. It was a beautiful complicated textured pattern. My son is almost 40 years old. 😂 I also have some gorgeous linen, cotton yarn that I’ve knit twice into different sweaters. Neither sweater looked good on me. Believe it or not, I’m going to frog it and make it into another sweater!

[@kristintamm502]

I reccomend the Schemer Slipover. I recently finished making it and I feel so cute in it.

[@Stitchers_Whimsy]

I think the calico-type color you could use with a solid color for a colorwork hat or cowl. It would be a great way to use the yarn up but also a way to keep the color a little muted as well.

[@jennymiles4426]

Something that has helped me finish those stalled projects I learned from a Swedish podcast, Ciaspod. And that is to just allow 30 minutes a day to work on that project. Then you can work on something you like more. Or often I find I get into a rhythm and keep going and even finish that previously stalled project. I’m actually on the last couple of 500 stitch rows on my Javelin shawl which had been always my last choice to knit on but using CIA’s 30 minute theory I could see progress and now I might be able to wear it before the end of our winter - it’s gorgeous Labienaimee yarn in Winterfell which is a beautiful dark blue black bit teal-ly colour that will perfectly fix all my wardrobe gaps

[@Stitchers_Whimsy]

I'm doing this technique with a pair of socks. I love them and can't wait to wear them, but OMG, 2.5mm stockinette is mind-numbingly boring!!

[@futurefiber]

this is a really good idea! thanks!

[@marissas8112]

I'm here for this bit! 😂 You look good! I only have 3 hibernating WIPs, but one is a long term scrappy blanket and another is DK christmas socks, so it isn't their season now. Another is a pumpkin, but it will be made... I swear lol.... Thanks for another enjoyable episode!!!

[@susanmarshall3709]

That blue/aqua yarn from the blanket might make a great storage bowl! You could knit an everlasting I-cord and then wind it up or you could just wind the yarn around a cording cord and then loop it round and round! Is the stairwell a cooler spot to be in in your house? Good to see you.

[@axellaxell6528]

The only long term wips i have are crochet plushies that i lost motivation to do, but knitting i usually dont let a project sit too long About the yarns you dont know what to do with, i would suggest donating or even selling them. I found out there is no point in trying to use up a yarn you dont like just because you have it. I regularly destash by selling handdyed for a few euros less than the original price and i either sell acrylics/cottons by batches or i put them for free on websites like fb marketplace, vinted or like depop ! It frees the mind to focus on yarn you really like and want to use 🩷

[@alyx2alyx]

abandoned sock idea: when i have a sock that i started but don't want to finish, i turn them into quick little bags from whenever i stopped wanting to make the sock. i give them to friends for lil jewelry bags, or dice bags, or pencil bags, whatever the friend wants to use them for.

[@stephanieta5745]

Love the video as usual!! Btw sharpie rubs off of laminated paper easily with rubbing alcohol or hand sanitizer :D

[@kimbim96]

Thank you for this podcast :) I really like watching them while knitting myself. It's my dream knitception saturday :)

[@This_Is_My_Knitsta]

I love the commit to the bit!

[@arabellak3806]

Yess perfect timing, I was getting bored of what youtube was suggesting for me to watch. Thanks for another video! Im trying to finish up an old WIP that I started in January while watching. I feel ya.

[@annielegg7066]

You’re brilliant, use whatever tools you need… I’m trying those tags !🍓

[@deyaneria]

I use wet erase markers on my fermentation jars and they don't rub off unless you take a damp washcloth to them. I like them a ton better than dry erase.

[@yves6073]

Super timely, Ive also been going through my abandoned wips, and have frogged a lot and made new plans that I'm more excited about😅😊 love to see this.I'm super impressed with your tags, great idea!😮

[@futurefiber]

yayy hope you like the tags!

[@Maria-mg1yv]

That intro was 😙👌 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@raquellak6551]

I made that sunrise throw as a gift for my sister! I think my gauge was a little looser than yours because it ended up a little more drapey, and even though you decided to frog yours, I am tempted to make another one as a housewarming gift for a friend who’s just moved. I say this despite initially thinking this would be good inspiration to archaeologize my own wips… instead I start thinking about beginning another new project. 😶‍🌫️

[@futurefiber]

i love how the blanket pattern looks! I wish i had the crochet motivation to finish 🥺

[@mannliie]

omg seeing the blue balnket unlocked memories, it looks so good imo

[@lillianbarker4292]

You put so much into the blue blanket that it might be worth taking off the white and finishing it as a baby blanket.

[@trefleacinqfeuilles7193]

Acetone might destroy the tag as well as the marker, isopropyl alcohol / hand sanitizer is better suited for cleaning plastics!

[@ivettabauman]

Hi, so nice episode, funny:) I also feel big guilt if i left some projects, ha ha, therefore i have now only 2 forgotten and I hope they will not growing:)

[@aninehartog3950]

😁😀

[@katherinedugas3975]

I have sooo many hidden WIPs…like literal years old. I would hate to count how many years old. Probably as old as my child.

[@dreamerknitter]

if you just don't like the colour of some yarn but still like the feel of them, you could overdye it! :)

[@CindyTRH]

❤❤❤

[@ginninadances]

Sharpie usually comes off with alcohol

[@terinskyweaver]

Remember if the yarn is nice but you don't like the colour, you can always dye it. I just finished a vest in soft squishy delicious yarn in a colour I never wear, but am planning to dye

[@KnitsByNayla]

The sock that never was could be a little coin purse.

[@Carrottastic]

🤍🤍🤍

[@stockinette_only]

Wishing you all subscribers in the world!

[@katherinedugas3975]

I have sooo many hidden WIPs…like literal years old. I would hate to count how many years old. Probably as old as my child.