UFO count

Ok, this post is for all the people who think I have 17+ unfinished knitting projects. Here is a list of all of my unfinished projects. I think from oldest to newest but I can't be sure. Obviously my stash is bigger than this, anyone who knows anything about knitting knows you have to have yarn ready for the next project before you actually get to the next project. For inspiration and emergencies.

Project 1
This is a purse I started with yarn I had in my stash because I was in the mood to crochet. It's made out of suede yarn and it's inspired by this pattern: Berroco's 'Val'. I've finished the front and I have the yarn to start the back and I even know which crochet hook to use - the sparkly red one. I have no idea what size that is so hopefully I'll finish before I loose it. The crochet hook that is.

Project 2
This is a baby hat I started for someone at work whose wife was about to have their first child. But then when the baby was born my coworker disappeared for a month and I never bothered finishing. Quick, someone else have a baby so I'll finish! The hat is pink with a flower on top so it had better be a girl.

Project 3
Here is a wrap I started with some really soft lace yarn and a pattern from Exquisite Little Knits. I was working on it as a traveling project but it's taking forever. Plus its a summer item and who can be motivated to work on a summer wrap in the dead of winter?

Project 4
This is another summer project, the Cabled Bandeau. Totally coincidentally also purple. This was another stash using up project that is taking a really long time because of the cabling. I think I'm close to the end now though, I just need some super arctic temperatures to get me in the mood. (Super arctic is the opposite of sub arctic right?)

Project 5
This is a project that I made up myself that was supposed to be a quick, confidence boosting project that turned out to take much longer than I was expecting because my first few pattern attempts didn't work out and then when I finally thought I'd finished it I found another skein. So I have to rip out the last row and then keep knitting. Plus I don't really remember the pattern I finally made up. But it's sparkly and pink so I'm sure I'll finish eventually...

Project 6
This is the Bonsai Tunic from Interweave Knits. It was going along swimmingly until a) I realized I was supposed to stay with the smaller sized needles for the lacy bit on the front and b) I realized that I had two different dye lots, one of which was much darker - see the line at the top of the back? So my great friend Carolyn sent me another skein which will hopefully match better but I have to rip out a bunch and I think I already did some weaving and the whole thing is a bit sad and frustrating, plus its more of a spring project :).

Project 7
Here is a sweater I started for myself from the Fall 2007 issue of Vogue Knitting. Vogue just redid their website and aside from being hard to navigate it seems to also be void of any useful pattern photos. Anyway I only started this project a little while ago and as you can see I only have one sleeve and the gussets left. The texture is really great but it doesn't show up well in the photo.

Project 8
This is another crochet urge project. I had these enormous skeins of Jo-Ann's Rainbow Boucle and I've been trying to use up stuff in my stash and they were taunting me with their enormity so I started a blanket. And I've gotten really far. But now it's Christmas time and I don't have time to work on it.

Project 9
This is a sweater for my dad from Knitting for Him. I got some really soft, washable wool from the yarn shop. I am making progress but I think I might be knitting the sleeves forever. At 6 rows to the inch this project is to blame for many other ufo's remaining status as ufo's. Also my dad is not the same size as the pattern so I'm having to do lots of knitting math. The Knitters Handy Book of Sweater Patterns has been very helpful for shaping the armholes and sleeve caps.

Project 10
I've been having trouble resisting Jo-Ann's Kashmira yarn so I bought a bit to test out on a scarf. It's the type of scarf with a slit so that you can keep it tight around the neck. The pattern is from the Knitting for Men book mentioned above. There are a few holes in the seed stitch but I think once it's folded in half it will be pretty warm. Cables do slow things down a bit though but at least its a nice woolly, wintery project. See! Only 10 projects. Plus that table runner thing for my mom but that doesn't count because I was young and naive back then. And many of these I'm actually working on at the moment. So there.