Tuesday, July 30, 2013

To Present, or Not To Present

I'm a gift knitter. I like to make things people want, and that means I'll spend days knitting kneesocks if that's what someone wants.

Kneesocks like this:



How is it possible I didn't blog about these? I did them back in 2009! The only mention of them seems to be here. Note to self: Get better about blogging gift knitting once the recipient has received. My favorite part of these socks is that I made the skeletons on the Life sock flip off the skeletons on the Death sock. We may all have to die, but we don't have to embrace it.

Anyway, I like knitting for people. I also like knitting for myself. Right now, I'm nearing the end of a big gift knitting project, and I'm trying to figure out if I want to make a present I need for November or if I want to start a sweater for myself.

On one hand, November. That's a long time from now.

On the other hand, projects occupy space in my brain until they're finished. This is not just true for knitting, but it definitely is also true for knitting.

On the first hand, there is always a project waiting to be knit for someone else. I say that the November one is the last one, but we all know that's a dirty lie.

On the second hand,

Wait, there is no second hand.

Yay, sweater! I'm thinking this, but with cap sleeves.

3 comments:

  1. oh yes, I do like that sweater!.....glad ya'll had a nice trip! :)

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  2. Yes! Make the sweater--I have this issue and had my eye on that very top. Too funny, and I love, love the socks!

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  3. Oh. Mah. Gawd.

    THOSE SOCKS.

    Those socks are awesome.

    The sweater is cute, I personally would definitely add sleeves but I've never been much of a lover of vests. Although I suppose it could be used as a tank top?

    THOSE SOCKS!!!!!

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