One of the great things about blogging is that once I’ve promised to do something on my blog, I find it much harder to hide from doing it. I’ve no doubt that if I kept quiet and didn’t mention it again, you guys would forget I ever made the promise, but still making that promise in open forum makes it so much more compelling. After all a promise is a promise.
The week before last, I set a goal to finish off my UFOs and to have a UFO free year. Fortunately I’ve been pretty good of late and it turned out there was only a pair of socks lurking at the bottom of my knitting basket. (Having said that , I think they’ve been there nearly a year.) One sock was waiting for the toe to be Kitchener stitched together, the other was short of a heel.
Last week I Kitchener stitched the toes together…
… and last night I turned the heel, and Kitchener stitched it closed, and I now have a pair of socks…
So I’m delighted to tell you I’l officially UFO free. Now all I need to do for the rest of the year is keep it that way!
Well done! Can I send you some of mine?
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Thank you. Will I be allowed to keep them when I’ve finished them?
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Lucky you. I have one that’s about 4 years old waiting for me to get more yarn to finish it. I suspect it’s discontinued…
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Sounds like it might be better frogged. I confess I have a quilted block I’ve been intending to make into a cushion for the last three years – but that doesn’t count, because this blog isn’t about sewing 🙂
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Well done, I will have to do the same. Love xxx
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Thank you. I’ll be checking on you 😉
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Wow! How does this feel?
I started knitting at the age of 4 (I guess, can’t remember) and I think I haven’t been UFO-free since I was 10 O.O
Don’t you miss your UFO-basket?
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It feel great 🙂 I’ve been knitting since about that age too, but when i was young I never had more than one piece of work on the go, so no UFO pile until I was long married. And given the UFO basket is really the bottom of the WIP basket, I’m not really missing it 🙂
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Congratulations! Good luck staying that way 🙂
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Well done!
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Thank you 🙂
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Super job! Now you have the freedom to cast on ANYTHING you want!
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Or maybe just stick with half dozen WIP I currently have 🙂
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They are done, and they are gorgeous. I have not knitting socks, since maybe last year. Should definitely think about knitting some again soon, winter is coming.
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Thank you. Me too, apart from finishing these, which have been hanging round for the good part of a year, I can’t remember when I knitted socks last. May we should have a sock KAL between the two of us 🙂
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Good heavens. Well do ne you. But I have to say I don’t think you have been trying very hard to create UFOs. I have them from at least 20 years back, now that’s UFOs. Good luck with not creaating new ones.
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Thank you. Sorry, will have to try harder – even my sewing UFOs, which don’t count here, aren’t 20 years old 🙂
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Well done. They look very cosy and comfy.
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Thank you. They are lovely – but it’s so cold today I’m on my thermal walking socks.
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Yay!!! Well done. I need to follow this example!
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Thank you. Good luck if you do!
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Thanks x
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Woohoo! Well done! 👍
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Thank you! 🙂
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Well done ✅
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Thank you!
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Yay go you. I’m heading that way for knitting. I’m getting my nan to frog one of my old projects, then I have one ufo passed on to me from my nan that is now residing at eds house so I don’t have to lug knitting up there. I just have to seam up one jumper and add afterthought heels in my traveling socks both of which are ongoing projects 🙂
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Excellent. Sounds like it’s going well. Look forward to hearing you’re UFO free very soon. 🙂
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