Telling my UFOs to FO!

There is nothing more annoying to me than having a bunch of UnFinished Objects sitting around. Sometimes they are "taking up" needles that I need, other times I just want to see it all finished.

This week has became a "project" week. On Monday, I went to a meeting for my running group, and saw everyone wearing nice sweaters. Well, maybe not everyone, but there were several nice sweaters in the crowd, and a few looked like they could be homemade.

On Wednesday, I dug through a wicker basket in our bedroom, and pulled out my "Denim Sweater," which I made with my Bond "Incredible Sweater Machine" on about 2004 - maybe even earlier!









Over the course of my lunch hour, as well as a conference call, I was able to seam and weave in all the ends on this beautiful creation. After more than five years, I finally had my Denim Sweater!



Once that was finished, it was on to another project - my Vanna's Striped Afghan. I started this back in August of 2008, and then got caught up with socks and some holiday gifts. It sat in my messy knitting room in a Vera Bradley backpack, waiting to be finished.



I loved this pattern from the start - very basic - a moss stitch border, great colors in the middle, and an endless repeat of knitting and purling. It was perfect for working on in front of the TV - no real pattern to keep track of, and so within 5 days, I was able to take it from 55 to 100% complete.





The blanket adds a nice punch of color to our neutral living room, and the Vanna's Choice is a very easy-care yarn.

Our nine month old puppy Veruca immediately took to the blanket!



Now that these two major projects are complete, I was able to finish one more friendship scarf, and buy the yarn for a new jacket I am doing in a crochet-along. I don't have much work travel upcoming, so I think I'll be able to limit those UFOs to a few pair of socks, and maybe a sweater I frogged a while ago!