One of my New Year's Resolutions this year is to clear out my stash of WIP's. Let me tell you a horrible secret. Truly, Truly Horrible. Work in Progress projects take up three tubs in my closet.
Eeep!
I've resolved that I am going to try and finish as many as I can - either for myself or to gift - or barring that, I'm going to frog some pieces and repurpose their yarn for my scrapghan (which takes up a whole separate tub, so I guess I have four tubs) I decided to chronicle my journey through the past to projects unfinished. I hope that I'm not the only person this insane to have these many projects, but also that I maybe inspire my readers to finish some of their projects!!!
WIP #1
The Bernat Waverly Mystery Crochet Along
Let me start by saying, these are all finished motifs. I did FINISH the crochet along. In fact, I did motifs enough for TWO different blankets. But when they posted pictures of how they were supposed to go together, I tried every possible combination and I HATED them all. I thought it looked slapped together and didn't like any configuration that anyone had posted. I decided to box it up and come back later to see if I could make a few more motifs in different colors to make it look like something I liked better.
Here's what the original design by Bernat looked like:
I just don't like the clusters of color in the middle of the blanket.
Here are my motifs from the CAL:
Like I said, I was doing two blankets. One was blues and white, and the other was black, grey, white and gold. After this blanket had sat in a box forever, I had a request for a custom baby blanket. I found the white motifs and stole a bunch of them for this new blanket (The Midorie Blanket)
I have yet to remake those motifs, and I don't know if I will, either.
My plan for finishing this blanket is to first try a bunch of different combinations, to decide how I like them to be arranged, and then to make what I need to fill in on the blanket.
WIP #2
Basketweave Crochet Blanket
I hate this blanket. If I could start it over, I'd use a gigantic crochet hook. It's crocheted too tightly to be a comfy blanky, imho, and I am not sure what I plan on doing with this one. I might attach the squares that I have and donate it to my children for their baby dolls.
WIP #3
Double Sided Tardis Blanket
What the finished product will look like:
So I love the look and feel of this two inches of blanket. It is going to take me forever, especially since I'm going to need to practice the double knitting again before I begin work again, plus I think I'm going to have to go buy more yarn, as I stole all of the black while I was working on Christmas projects. This is part of why I'm doing this though, to make sure I have what I need.
WIP #4
The Groovyghan
I've been working on this one for so long that the website has actually shut down. I had to use the internet wayback machine in order to find the pattern again to save it for this purpose. I gave up on this one when I worked this part:
I stopped because I was not doing it evenly and gave up. I packed up what I had made into a box and left it for years.
I plan on trying to finish the groovyghan, and I will probably gift this come Christmas time this year!!
WIP #5
Hexi-puff Scrapghan
I have a scrapghan in crochet and one in knit. The knit one has far less completed on it than the crochet one, but I still love these little hexipuffs. I have designed for a bunch of them, and love that each one can be so personalized. I also plan on letting the kids each design some. :)
So there you have it, the first 5 WIP's that I will discuss from my ridiculous stash. Have any of you made these? Do you have any New Years Finishing Resolutions? Leave a comment below!!