Thing a Day: 7

It's been a week into the Thing a Day challenge and so far, I've completed 2 entire items... and one on its way to being almost ready to be worn and shown off. These projects have been all knitting oriented thus far. Considering that knitting is a time consuming craft, I think it's been a very productive week in making things. The third item, pictured above, is about 1" away from being completed - the first one of these wristwarmers took about a month to get through. It's amazing how much can be accomplished if you just break up a larger task into persistent 15 minutes to 1 hour mini tasks. A lot can get done..

So, you wonder.. what's this 2nd project you've finished? Since you ask, these wristwarmers were knit up in less than a week (was trying to get them in for a last minute Christmas gift..) but I never got around to actually seeming them. They were binded off fairly quickly and ever since then, just been staring at me while sitting on a corner of my desk. (If you've kept count, that's 2 pairs of lounging wristwarmers on my desk.. you can see why these are the first few to be on the list of projects). Alas, got this done in about 15 minutes yesterday evening:Still need to sew in the loose ends.. The tan & baby blue ones are further along than in the photo.. got a bit done on the train this evening. It's great beating rush hour and getting two seats to yourself. I'm pretty sure that I'll have them bound off and ready to wear by Saturday. I had predicted finishing them over the weekend, hopefully before Sunday and I've surpassed this goal! I'm feeling good about this.. it's nice to finally get things done.

Labels: knitting, thing-a-day