I’m not the type of crocheter (or knitter) who feels the need to complete every project I start. Sometimes I start a project for stress relief, other times I make a bad yarn choice, and then there are times when the project just isn’t really something I want to work on anymore.
Today, I’m celebrating all those creations that actually made it as far as into my Ravelry projects but were later unraveled. While I actually unraveled 12 projects in 2012 (freaky, huh?), I’m just going to talk about the three most significant ones today.
If you followed my second Year of Projects posts, you may remember that I was working on my first pair of knit socks.
I started these during the Ravellenic Games, hoping that would be the push I needed to actually get excited about making knitted socks. I love looking at other people’s knit socks and I love wearing hand-knit socks, but something about actually knitting socks never seemed all that appealing to me.
I think I’ll stick with crochet socks. I’m not all that comfortable knitting with small needles or with lightweight yarn and I just don’t feel committed to spending the amount of time needed to knit a single pair of socks.
Another learning experience was the slip stitch scarf I started for the Red Scarf Project. Vashti Braha‘s newsletters got me very excited about using more slip stitches in my projects. Unfortunately, I didn’t really think this one through.
Let’s just say that the combination of not so great quality acrylic yarn, watching a movie while crocheting, and slip stitches is not a good one. I decided to unravel this, along with a Christmas stocking I made last year (in red wool)…
…and give slip stitch crochet another try in wool in 2013.
I think the addition of this hook I found at a shop near my job, which looks like a pjoning hook, will also help to make the stitches more even.
And finally, there’s the Pineapple Doily Shawl I started.
Several students in my crochet class were working on it, and I decided to start one, too. I don’t usually work on projects with my students (besides a little swatch I make in class), and this experience hasn’t encouraged me to make it a habit.
I inherited this yarn from my grandmother and I eventually want to make it into something special for my mom. So far, the perfect project for this yarn hasn’t revealed itself.