Exhibit A: The malabrigo sweater
Nothing has better demonstrated my completion aversion than the malabrigo sweater.
The yarn for this project followed me home in November of 2005 as a birthday gift from my mother. I cast on immediately and didn't put it down until I had the whole sweater knit about 6 weeks later. After this initial affair, the whole thing was shoved into a dark corner of the stash for another 8 months (putting us comfortably in the month of August, for those that are keeping track). After a half-hearted attempt at setting the sleeves, it was again forgotten. Spurred on by the cool weather in late October, I struggled through half of the finishing then gave up until just now.
Spurred on by this month's project spectrum colours, I finally locked myself into a distraction-free zone and forced my way through the seaming last night (over a year after completing the knitting). Now there are ends to weave in and I feel my interest waning once again.
Exhibit B: The books
The additional evidence suggests that my aversion to finishing isn't knitting specific. It also taints my legal studies.
I am fortunate enough to be in the final semester of a twenty-year education. One would think that after a particularly gruelling three-year stint in law school, I would be raring to finish my studying and move on with my life. The pristine, above-pictured books suggest otherwise.
For better or for worse, one more week and I'll be through the worst of both.
Send strength.
1 comment:
*sends strength*
Is the malabrigo sweater awesome? Will you be able to wear it sometime soon?
I tend to procrastinate on my finishing too, which is why about six snips into the Venezia I was like "wait a minute what am I doing?!"
You can do like I do, and save the ends as trophies. I have quite a pile accumulated from the sleeves of Venezia alone.
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