Crocheters against UFOs

[HollyM]

It's time to take a stand!
I know we all have them lurking in our closets, causing us guilt and taking up valuable stash space.

Yes...the dreaded Un-Finished Objects :eek

Now, I'm not talking about when we jump between a few different projects at the same time, or temporarily set one aside to do something else that has a deadline. No, I'm talking about the poor, forgotten projects languishing away at the bottom of a plastic tote, or worse, Walmart bag. The ones you can't even remember what size hook you were using.

Ladies (and gents!) we can win the war against these insidious tangles of yarn. You must be willing to take the first stitch though. Pick a UFO and make a commitment. There was a reason you started it, something about that pattern and yarn spoke to you. Love it enough to complete it. If it no longer calls to your heart, set the yarn free. Yup, that's right. Rip it out and find a better use for the yarn.

Our motto "Finish it or Frog it!!!!!!" :2frog

I have several shawls I started and then puttered out on. My first UFO pledge will be to finish the blue homespun shawl I was going to give my mom for Christmas :blush I should be able to finish it by Mother's Day

Holly

[xantha]

Great idea, Holly! :)

[diamond]

:rofl Now this is a great crochetalong (not that the others aren't)! I, of course, have several UFOs just stashed away somewhere. The worst one is a black boa I was making with LBs Fun Fur. That insideous black fur is tangled amongst so many yarns and the boa was almost done! I had to put it down because the black was killing my eyes. But to make it a FO, I first have to detangle it. :rofl It'll be a days worth of work just to untangle something that I should have finished within a half hour of starting. :eek

Count me in although for the next week or so I'll be busy with family coming in. But then I'll be free for a couple of months.

[wolfeyez76]

I was looking for some yarn to start some new projects this weekend and just staring at my UFOs wondering what to do with them. I think I have 6 afghans and a sweater that I started long long ago and never finished. The sad thing is, not only do I not remember the size hook I was using, but I can't even remember the pattern I was using for about half of them! I even sat down and went through ALL my patterns to try to figure it out with no luck! Guess it's time to sit myself down and frog them. A yarn winder would be really nice right now to help deal with the tangles I just know are coming when I finally find the right project to complete with that yarn! Count me in on this!

[shelbyro]

Great idea! I so need this CAL. It needs a button though! Oh the possiblities..... I don't have the capability to make cool buttons, but I am sure someone could. Yeah! I will be so happy to get rid of my half finished projects (so would my husband, haha).

[losingmymind2]

I guess this means I better start digging in the bottom of my closet. And to think we only moved in 2 months ago :eek I :remember seeing some long forgotten projects as I packed up for the move. I'd lost the pattern, now I bought the pattern book but don't even think the yarn is still around, so may end up frogging that one anyway. But I'm sure there are a dozen or so, from baby stuff to rug for the racing fan in my house.

Kathy in NC

[rebeccav]

here ya go, Holly :U


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/rebeccav/ewe%20devil/BUufopledge.jpg

[diamond]

OMG Rebecca, that is just too cute & perfect!!! :rofl

[Raquel]

Oh, this is a fabulous idea. Just the kick in the pants that I needed. I started making a blanket for my Dad, and it's just so huge that I got overwhelmed! Blankets take me FOREVER. . . But now I'm inspired. I pledge to work on it every day, even if it's just one row a day, that's progress, right?? Great idea, thanks Holly! And the little UFO button is perfect!
:book Raquel

[cajunwhacko]

Count me in! As soon as my shoulder is okayed for crocheting I've got a baby sweater and blanket that I have GOT to finish... and they're just kinda layin there. Fortunately I think I used the same size hook as the pattern called for... Even in my stack of WIPs, they somehow crawled to the bottom... probably in the infamous Walmart bag even... :lol


Okay, I'll be honest, the button did me in! lol

[shelbyro]

Perfect button, Rebecca, thanks!! <swiping now...>

[HollyM]

Love the button Rebecca!!!!!
I really need to start a blog so I can use it :lol

Raquel, yup, even one row a day is a row in the right direction! :hook

And as an addendum, for the hopelessly snarled project, we need to give ourselves permission to cut it off and THROW IT OUT!!! If it's less than $5 of yarn, it's not worth spending 8 hours to salvage it (unless you enjoy that type of thing!) If you really can't stand the thought of tossing it, the begining of scarves, afghan squares etc make fabulous dust cloths :cheer (hey, she *could* be dusting with those pom poms)

Holly

[crochetaddict033]

oh, I'm in.......I'm scared........:lurk ....and:sweat ...but yea, I need this. Count me. Gonna get the button up on my blog...and go hunting for them.....*shudder*..


Want to know the worst one? When I first started crocheting I was scared of "patterns" but I wanted an afghan. Know what I did? I started one of just rows and rows of DC's. Now, maybe that wouldn't have been to bad. However, I ended up with this huge, long thing that seemed never ending. It was huge, heavy, but too long and not wide enough to be an afghan.....I gave up. It is all bunched up, shoved in a kitchen garbage bag with the skein of yarn still attatched to it...and probably the hook too. I was so disgusted with it I just shoved it all in and tied it up.....Would be some nice stash enhancement to frog it.....oh my...I am scared. :eek

LOL.....What a great idea Holly.

[Kimberly]

I'm in.....The button made my mind up! :clap I don't have a lot of UFOs...but this should give me the :kickto get them finished) Especially since one was the first project I started (a black and red wool scarf)! I really should at some point either finish it :knit , or :frog it and start over since it probably is really bad.....just need to find it first! :think

[kariholtz]

NNNNNNNOOOOoooooooo!!! Not a cute button too!!?:eek

But, but, I can't join because... ummm... *thinks*... I don't have any more rrom on my blog for another button! Yeah that's it! *looks at the button again*

I do have this poncho I was supposed to finish for MYSELF before Christmas.....


STOP TWISTING MY ARM!!!! :devil
I'm in!

[thecrochetdude]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/rebeccav/ewe%20devil/BUufopledge.jpg

Fantastic idea. Now, does anyone feel a sense of guilt over not finishing the projects? When I pull out those OOOOLD projects I get an overwhelming sense of guilt for neglecting the poor thing for so long.

I love the motto: FINISH IT OR FROG IT!!

[Chatty]

Must..........................resist.............. ...................cute........................... .button:eek

Nnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooo!!

*Looks in her tote at the the poor neglected UFOs...........

*Caves in and snatches button*:hook

[Woven N Spun]

Man, this almost makes me wish I had some UFO's. I guess I am just one of those complusive people that can't move on until a project is finished. WWWAAHHH i want the button.

[sem464]

I love the idea and the button. I don't really have any ufo's right now, but I am in anyway. I had some not long ago. Some I made into snuggles.

[noricum]

Woven N Spun: You could still use the button, and pledge not to have any UFOs! ;)

Great button, and great crochetalong idea! I'll take this pledge. Hmmm... I have a lot of UFOs... I think I'll pledge to finish (or make decent progress on) two UFOs before starting any new project. That way I can still start new projects. ;) (I've got a couple of afghans that will take me a while.)

[sem464]

Got my button!:cheer I even did some updates on my blog.:blush Does that count as taking care of ufo's?:lol

[MiCountess]

You mean that I should really finish that **** 63 square blanket???? I don't want too. Too many other projects to start. But maybe, just maybe I could get my dining room table cleaned off. Boy, would that ever make my husband happy. So, I guess I will start by cleaning my craft room and getting organized. How's that?? Will that work??
Michelle

[rebeccav]

so that motto is:


Finish it or Frog it??

for those who chose the latter

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v254/rebeccav/BUffroggin.jpg

my hubby made this for us while i was away at knitting lessons - isn't he a doll!?! (notice that the dear frog is loosing his booty) :lol :lol :lol

[Donna]

Oh, gosh do I need to do this! :sweat I do not want to tell you about my UFOs! Can I expose myself like this? :eek I don't know! :rofl

I made a button for it, but was reluctant to post it after seeing Rebecca's cute one. :manyheart But I figured if her hubby can do one, then I can too. :lol

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/dbelle/crochet/buttons/ufo.gif

[rebeccav]

love it donna!! i almost used that ufo clip art! but how did you get it to flash ------ ooooooooooooooooo

i need to go back and outline the other 2.

[shelbyro]

oooh! I like all the buttons. I can't choose! I will swipe them all and then decide later....

Like the frog booty.....

[Donna]

Thank you, Rebecca! :hug

i almost used that ufo clip art! but how did you get it to flash ------ ooooooooooooooooo Secret! :devil Tee hee, just kidding! I used Adobe ImageReady, which came with Photoshop when I bought it. It lets you work with animated GIFs. It's the only software I have that can do that... I think. :think :lol BTW, I almost used the same clipart you used, too! :lol

I actually messed with the animation a bunch, because they had the UFO moving around. Also the flashing was way too fast :loco so I slowed it down.

i need to go back and outline the other 2.I do like borders! They give such nice definition! :tup

[Catana]

Okay, I take the pledge, but how do I decide which button to use? My main UFO at the moment is a shawl which seemed like a good idea at the time, but I gave up and buried it under a bunch of stuff. It has to be frogged, and it's a mix of yarns that aren't going to give up easily.

[kariholtz]

Would you guys cut it out with the cool buttons already!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I have to decide which one to use!:eek :think

:rofl

[Tiggzie]

You know what sucks? It's worse than not remembering the hook size, worse than not remembering the pattern...when you don't remember what the **** you were making!!! I almost never use a pattern for things I make (I think it's the teen rebel in me) and sometimes I'll pull out a UFO from my crochet box and just think "What the **** was thing going to be??" My family is no help either. "Oh that's that abstract thing you were making." :think Gee thanks, mom.

I am so in. *grabs all the buttons and runs*

[topperarnold]

I was in before the button even arrived. I had declared April WIPathon month on my blog, but UFO is probably the better word for it. Exactly when does a WIP become a UFO??? :think:think:think:think

I'll have to update my blog tonight. I'll be finishing or frogging after I get a few more charity blankies done.

Sara

[xantha]

I Exactly when does a WIP become a UFO??? :think:think:think:think
In my world, when I really stop working on it. As in, it sits around, started but unfinished, in a box/basket/whatever for weeks and weeks on end and I don't even THINK about it. Heh.

I have a baby ripple afghan I started for the ripple-along and it is just sitting in the bottom of one of my baskets, untouched, unfinished, unthought of since ... mid-January? It's a UFO, not a WIP (though I think I have WIPs that are older than it but get a few rows in here and there).

:)

[Tiffany]

I unofficially started this a week ago when I gave my 63 Squares yarn stash up for donation. :devil I am so in!!

I fear that I'll be froggin' more than finishin'. :D

[faithpa76]

OMG, I am definitely in on this one ... I cleaned out our bedroom this weekend (hence, also my stash) and found a few, even tossed two, one that was too snarled to contemplate and another that was just a chain and a couple of rows and I haven't a clue what it was intended to be. Actually started working on one of my UFO's the end of last week, so this is good timing!

Now to decide which button to use. The froggin one just cracks me up, lol.

[Chatty]

I couldn't decide between the 2 UFO ones so I put one on my general blog and the other on my pattern blog. I still might swipe that frog one and put it on my general blog, we'll see.

:frog

[HollyM]

Oh!
I love *both* new buttons!!!! :manyheart

Donna, you don't have to confess to all your UFO's all at once :faint
Take it one neglected project at a time:hook

When does a WIP become a UFO???? It's hard to assign a specific amount of time, but I we all know one when we see one. When you accidentally come across it, sigh, and think "I should really do something with that....." but don't :D

Holly

[Julie]

Oh crap, I'm in. Because I'm reading this and the numbers 63 keep floating through my head. :flying I'll do my best. :D :xfin

[vhanna26]

Wow!
I'm really intrigued:think , but I have UFOs that are YEARS OLD!!! including a lovely rose and pineapple doily--I can't frog that:eek . I just need to make about eight more roses...and 48 leaves...and a border full of double trebles and picots.

Of course, the alternative is finishing it.:blush

Maybe this could push me along. Besides, I love the buttons.;)

[crochetaddict033]

Oh forget about choosing which button, I'm going to use them ALL :eek

:rofl

[Frangipani]

I have 2 UFO's. One is a shawl that I can't even remeber what the stitch is and how to do it. The other is a blanket I made and never finished. I can't really finish it either because I can't buy the same yarn here in Australia but it's way to big to frog. It could cover a King size bed (over 80 hours of work on it so far)!! I think I'll have to commit to doing something about finishing it the best way I can so it doesn't sit in a bag for the rest of my/it's life.

Say NO to UFO's!!
Hee hee :lol
Bec

[mc_crochets]

ok i gotta join this one......i've got many ufo's....started then tossed in walmart bags (come on, I WORK there :lol) lets see....A "pretty as a peacock" shawl, ds's ripple ghan, hubby's eagle filet chart (frogged but still started over and left aside LOL) oh and lets not mention my 63 squares. I think I'll pledge to finish the shawl and ripple ghan before starting anything else new
:lol:lol

[noricum]

I have 2 UFO's. One is a shawl that I can't even remeber what the stitch is and how to do it. The other is a blanket I made and never finished. I can't really finish it either because I can't buy the same yarn here in Australia but it's way to big to frog. It could cover a King size bed (over 80 hours of work on it so far)!! I think I'll have to commit to doing something about finishing it the best way I can so it doesn't sit in a bag for the rest of my/it's life.

Say NO to UFO's!!
Hee hee :lol
Bec

What do you have left to do on the blanket? If you just need yarn for a border, maybe you could frog it a bit to make it slightly smaller, and use the yarn from that? Or get a complementary colour. ;)

[adultramblings]

I'm in... I only have one UFO, unless you count the 63 squares CAL with the missing squares... so I don't count it, since I can't find it. Besides, the yarn that was supposed to be the CAL, disappeared into kitty blankets for the shelter. I recently tossed a couple afghan UFO's.... I spent hours frogging the yarn & finally decided to toss it. I'd rather spend my time recycling wool sweaters than recyling acyrlic that I don't use other than for animal blankets anyway.

[Raquel]

BecccaRoo, is that the lacy shawl like you made for Cosette? I can remind you how to do it. As for the monster blankie, I'm sure we can stock you up when you come home, or I can mail the yarn to you! You guys should see this monster blankie--it's enormous but done in I think sportweight yarn, so it takes forever to get anywhere on it! Poor girl gave herself carpal tunnel working on this thing! :worried
But it's beautiful. You should put up a pic, sis. Love you!:manyheart
:book Raquel


I have 2 UFO's. One is a shawl that I can't even remeber what the stitch is and how to do it. The other is a blanket I made and never finished. I can't really finish it either because I can't buy the same yarn here in Australia but it's way to big to frog. It could cover a King size bed (over 80 hours of work on it so far)!! I think I'll have to commit to doing something about finishing it the best way I can so it doesn't sit in a bag for the rest of my/it's life.

Say NO to UFO's!!
Hee hee :lol
Bec

[Frangipani]

Yes. It's a black version of the Cosette shawl and the monster blankie hasn't been touched since it's been hot here. I need to pull it out and make a decision. :think

[Ro]

oh man. i am so in i'm out lol.

those buttons are just too cute, which one, which one?:eek

[diamond]

OK...so ya know I HAD to do this. I HAD to cut skeins of yarn and throw the UFOs away. Don't ask me what they were 'supposed' to be because they were so tangled I have no idea. I know a couple of them were yarn w/fur. I think there were at least 4 UFOs I had to trash. There was just no detangling them. But on a positive note, they weren't UFOs that I've been posting on my Wed WIPs. So they don't count! :sofunny

[Chatty]

I think I know what I'm going to commit to as soon as I finish my pillowghan and the baby ensemble.

I started a MAM in an arrowhead pattern and stopped after the first strip. I still have the strip and it's done in RH SS in black and light berry so I should be able to get the yarn to finish it. I really like that pattern too and that's the only UFO that I seem to want to finish.

:frog

[HollyM]

Yay Diamond!

You did a *good* thing! Sometimes it's just not worth fighting to untangle a big mess. It's now outta your hair and has freed up space and energy :clap

Holly

[losingmymind2]

Well, I'm working on a UFO at work! It's a ripple (see ripple-along) afghan for my friend...was SUPPOSED to be for Christmas but she got a k*****d scarf and hat (my first efforts doing the k-word.) Now to brave my closet and see what other UFO's await.

Kathy in NC

[rebeccav]

checking in on my UFO activity. i've chosen the rainbow blankie to be my UFO project (because i have so many:eek )

it has grown by 3 rows today :clap this put me just past the 1/2 way mark :cheer
it is being done in diagonal box stitch.... 1 more color section and i will be starting my decreases :D

[Kimberly]

My UFO update....I frogged it! :frog So my scarf UFO now consists of a rolled ball of wool waiting to be reworked back into a scarf - I am sticking with the original idea, just making it slightly skinnier and probably a bit longer than originally planned! I could not figure out what my pattern was on the original - I seemed to have been doing some wierd combination of stitches that had no rhyme or reason to them at all! :eek

[Chatty]

I've spent part of today moving boxes and stuff from the living room and my bedroom into my son's old room, I had to cut some yarn that had got tangled and dropped out of some boxes just to be able to move the boxes. I still haven't moved them all out of the bedroom but as soon as I get them all moved I'll be going through them and separating them into Finishables and Froggers.

I'm probably going to have a bigger stash of frogged stuff than I will new yarn :blush

:frog

[knotyourgrandma]

I really need to join this CAL. I have a sweater vest I started for my husband and I'm just not into it at all. But I really need to work on it because he's seen me make all sorts of stuff for everyone but him. :) Every time I have a new project he asks "what about my vest?"
It shouldn't take long- it's with Wool Ease thick n quick- I just can't stand working on it for some reason.

[mythunderbird]

:angrybut i have so many ufo's.cabn't i just hide them under the bed?:eek :eek :eek or in the closet? or in the garage? hehehe i am so ashamed,:blush :blush :blush cause i am probably one of the worst, and i tell my students. stick with it, you will get it, my problem is i get bored if idon't absolutely love it(like my nephews afghan) i always finish the ones i have orders for, but when they cancel mid project, i hardly ever finish them., and i can tell you, even though my nephew is suppose to be a fine upstanding young future attorney, he welched on this and wanted me to just give it to him. I DON"T THINK SO!!! so guess i need to finish some of those ufo's count me in:devil

[xantha]

I frogged my first UFO today!! :frog

I think I might make another donation baby sweater with the yarn now (but I won't start it until I finish a bunch of other things, heh). :)

[Suzee]

I frogged 4 mufflers/scarves. They didn't turn out the way I wanted them to. Now, I am redoing them. I have some cross-stich and needlepoint projects that are UFO's. But, that doesn't count here, does it? :hook

[CatsCradleCreations]

I have a few UFO's haunting my stash, so I'm going to jump on the bandwagon and join this CAL. Besides, if I frog more than I finish, I won't NEED to buy yarn next month, so I'll be helping myself with the Stash Busters! :D

I have a sweater I *almost* finished last fall while I was pregnant with my daughter, but it was HUGE on me and I was 7-8 months along! Before anyone says anything about gauge, I was dead on, but it seems that this pattern was written in VERY big sizes...:eek

Anyway, I got as far as edging the neck and sleeves and just couldn't bring myself to edge the bottom. Not only can I not wear it, but I don't know anyone big enough to fit this thing properly!! So, my wine-colored Light N Lofty sweater has now become my first UFO to frog.

Now, if I just had the time to figure out where those darn seams are.... :think

[noricum]

UFO update: I edged 8 squares which are now ready for RAOKing, and I made some progress on my LB Homespun throw. :)

[CatsCradleCreations]

Update: I haven't actually hit that poor sweater yet, but I DID release some yarn from a forgotten dishcloth!

I was getting out my cotton for the dishcloth exchange and found the poor thing hanging on to the cone. I put it out of its misery and frogged it! :frog

[Tiffany]

I'm being pulled in!!! I bought a shawl pattern from this site today - www.nexstitch.com (http://www.nexstitch.com) and I need to make it right now. This is why I have so many UFO's around my house - I can't quit beginning projects.

I did attempt to finish my bamboo purse tonight. I got the sewing machine out to finish the lining and... I've lost the lining! I think my packing-happy 2-year old stuck it in a box. :think

[Kimberly]

I did attempt to finish my bamboo purse tonight. I got the sewing machine out to finish the lining and... I've lost the lining! I think my packing-happy 2-year old stuck it in a box. :think
LOL - Good luck finding the lining! My (then 2 yr old) nephew decided to pack up my makeup for me when I was moving here...some is still MIA :shrug - probably packed in the storage boxes in the US! :lol

[Catana]

I'm being shamed by all of you. I guess I need to get frogging on the shawl that I thought was such a great idea. And by the way, shouldn't this really be called a UCAL? :hook

[crochetaddict033]

Well, I frogged a pair of sorry gloves hanging from the ball...they had some weird hole in the top...don't know where I was going with that. And I frogged a plain ole dishcloth that I started....I don't know when. So I am slowly making progress...tackling the small things first to ease my way into it...lol :blush

[Chatty]

I still don't have all my stuff in one room where I can go through it easier. I know I'll probably be frogging most of the stuff I started and maybe finishing the one arrowhead design afghan. I did find a thread collar I had almost finished once, it's done in filet crochet and I might try to finish it too.

[faithpa76]

I'm being shamed by all of you. I guess I need to get frogging on the shawl that I thought was such a great idea. And by the way, shouldn't this really be called a UCAL? :hook
Ha, maybe it's a frog-a-long?

I do think there are some people who are finishing projects, too, so we aren't all just frogging, though, lol!

[HollyM]

Since I started this nonsense :lol I'd better post a progress update myself!!

I finished the Barrington homespun shawl for my Mom :clap
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/ilexmi/th_barringtonshawl.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v201/ilexmi/barringtonshawl.jpg)

Hmmm, what's next :think

I think it's going to be the yellow & white little star afghan that is around here somewhere.

Holly

[kittencrochet]

I so need to do this!! I have 3 totes and 2 huge walmart bags filled with UFO's...mostly knit projects...my niece's scarf, one slipper for my son, dishcloths, a sweater I started when my son was 2 sizes smaller, knitted afghan, pet blanket. The only 2 crochet UFO's are 2 blankets for my bf...one is a huge granny square that I'm just going to frog because I can use the yarn to work on his other blanket. Apparently I got bored with the big square, cut the yarn and started the other. What was I thinking??!! I'm going to frog all the knit projects except the slippers...I need to finish those...poor kid was so excited about them! They match my bf's and he wanted to be "twins".

[Marla]

We won't even count UFO's here.... things that need to be finished before I move and gotten rid of, used, or sent somewhere.


The neon afghan, a lap warmer for a child, a couple baby afghans, the ripple afghan, the rainbow child's afghan,..... a pair of socks that most likely will be frogged since Ilost the yarn to finish them!!!:eek ..... several other little ones....

These got abandoned a while ago. Sometimes I wonder if there's any that will end up being frogged for lack of interest, yarn, etc.

Think I'll put the finish or frog button down... when I get around to putting up blog buttons that is!!

[topperarnold]

I finished the Barrington homespun shawl for my Mom :clap

Holly

I think it should be against the CAL rules to post pictures of projects. Now I want the pattern to that shawl and I want to make one. :blush How can I make progress on my UFO's if folks are tempting me with other things! LOL! :lol

About the only progress I've made is adding a page to my blog that shows all my UFO's and what I decided to do with them all. :devil

Sara

[HollyM]

I'll make you a deal Sara,
You finish a UFO and I'll reward you with the pattern :laughroll
It's something I came up with myself, the funny thing is I started it so long ago, I can't find the paper that I wrote it down on :oops
The stitch repetition is super easy, I just can't remember exactly how I started it.

So by the time you finish your UFO, I should have it figured out :sher

Holly

[rebeccav]

sara - that is progress!!! prioritization is part of the process :U
i say YAY for you!!!

[shelbyro]

OK, I have made some progress (*of the two steps forward, one step back variety*):

Several rows done on my sunshine and lace afghan
Decided to frog my son's socks (heck they probably are the wrong size now anyways). His feet are too CHUBBY for crochet socks, the little bugger.

Steps backward:
I keep making those butterfly hair things and bookmarks....

[srmc]

Now, I'm not talking about when we jump between a few different projects at the same time, or temporarily set one aside to do something else that has a deadline. No, I'm talking about the poor, forgotten projects languishing away at the bottom of a plastic tote, or worse, Walmart bag. The ones you can't even remember what size hook you were using.


Oh man is this me or what? :eek I have so many UFO in different stages of completion. A couple I do not know what hook I used, one I have lost the pattern and the yarn I was using has been discontinued years before! :(

Dh is constantly bugging me to finish the projects I told him would be for us. First on my list is that darn afghan I was making for us and second would be the baby blanket that was supposed to be for one of my nephew's first Christmas. Let's see.....he will be three in September....I guess now would be the time to finish it right? LOL!

Stefani
www.dreamsofnyssa.blogspot.com (http://www.dreamsofnyssa.blogspot.com)

[srmc]

Would you guys cut it out with the cool buttons already!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I have to decide which one to use!:eek :think

:rofl

I totally agree!!! How am I supposed to decided which UFO's to work on if I cannot even decide on a button?

Stefani
www.dreamsofnyssa.blogspot.com (http://www.dreamsofnyssa.blogspot.com)

[topperarnold]

I totally agree!!! How am I supposed to decided which UFO's to work on if I cannot even decide on a button?


I picked the one with the pwetty lights. :fluffy

Sara

[noricum]

Well, I feel more like this is backwards progress, but it needs to be done. Tonight I frogged half a sock so that I can adjust the ankle. That sock did *not* want to frog, I tell you. (And I still have three more to frog! Aack!) These are socks for someone else (thus I couldn't check them as I went) that need adjusting, and I had been avoiding ripping them out. I'm feeling better now that I've started. ;)

[Tiggzie]

Okay people...I found something where I was using four yarns crocheted together as one. Yeah, four. I have NO idea what it was, what it was going to be or what hook I used. It got frogged. Also, I found a scarf I started in 2000. It's lumpy and a bit mishappen so I'll frog that tonight and use the yarn for something else.

I just got 35 skeins of yarn in the mail though. **** that eBay!! I made a new pledge to myself though. If I won't finish it, I won't start it.

I hope it sticks.

[xantha]

I am a bad jess. :(

I started a new project today. Have I finished any of my UFOs? No, though I did frog one. Argh. :eek I just had to start this new one, I'm making up a pattern for it and I want to see it work! :blush

[topperarnold]

I am a bad jess.

I started a new project today. Have I finished any of my UFOs? No, though I did frog one. I just had to start this new one, I'm making up a pattern for it and I want to see it work!

Fifty lashes with ugly yarn! :lol I know the feeling, I've been fighting the urge to start something, too.

Today I'm going to frog a scarf, socks and a tank top I started years ago. I'm having fun reading about everyone's "discoveries". I'm just picturing folks rummaging around in their closets "Now what in the world is this??? What possessed me to even make something like this?? :think:think"

Sara

[topperarnold]

I'll make you a deal Sara,
You finish a UFO and I'll reward you with the pattern It's something I came up with myself, the funny thing is I started it so long ago, I can't find the paper that I wrote it down on The stitch repetition is super easy, I just can't remember exactly how I started it.

So by the time you finish your UFO, I should have it figured out :sher


Sounds like a deal. That should get me going! :clap

I sat down and frogged a scarf, top and shawl. The first thing that popped into my head was "what can I make with this yarn now?" *smacks hand* "Bad, Sara! The point is to finish something. Not start something new! :rant

Sara

[kariholtz]

I frogged three hats, a shirt and a blanket that have been UFO'S since Moses was a baby.

I am so bad though because I am already planning what to do with the yarn *insert evil yarn crazed laugh here*

[kat]

I frogged three hats, a shirt and a blanket that have been UFO'S since Moses was a baby.

I am so bad though because I am already planning what to do with the yarn *insert evil yarn crazed laugh here*

:rofl:rofl:laughroll:laughroll:laughroll:rofl:rofl

You are hilarious!

[Marla]

:blush :blush :eek ME!! ME!!! I fit that description- the one of people rummaging thru closets (actually a room in this case) saying why was I making that, or what was that.

I frogged a sock that'll never have a mate- yarn went into a magic ball. Finishing the Neon Afghan. Frogged the starting of an afghan that only had a tiny bit done. Yarn went into above said magic ball too for kitty snuggle. Good project for bits of yarn that are too small to do anything else with! Make a "magic ball" (that is, for newbies, a ball of many colors made of small balls of yarn all wound and tied together). The animals don't really care what color something is and sometimes it actually turns out to be really pretty.

I've got a couple of WIM's but fighting the urge to start them!!



Fifty lashes with ugly yarn! :lol I know the feeling, I've been fighting the urge to start something, too.

Today I'm going to frog a scarf, socks and a tank top I started years ago. I'm having fun reading about everyone's "discoveries". I'm just picturing folks rummaging around in their closets "Now what in the world is this??? What possessed me to even make something like this?? :think:think"

Sara

[Marla]

Sara,

You could always send ME the frogged yarn... (hint, hint) that way you won't be tempted to make something new with it!!! :rofl


Sounds like a deal. That should get me going! :clap

I sat down and frogged a scarf, top and shawl. The first thing that popped into my head was "what can I make with this yarn now?" *smacks hand* "Bad, Sara! The point is to finish something. Not start something new! :rant

Sara

[srmc]

I frogged three hats, a shirt and a blanket that have been UFO'S since Moses was a baby.

I am so bad though because I am already planning what to do with the yarn *insert evil yarn crazed laugh here*

LOL! You are not the only one. I have not even dragged out all my UFO's yet and I am trying to plan on what new to make with the yarn.

Stefani
www.dreamsofnyssa.blogspot.com (http://www.dreamsofnyssa.blogspot.com)

[topperarnold]

Ok. I have this afghan I was working on and I decided to frog it and use bits of it for woolies and snuggles. I had finished a skein when I last put it down and I was thinking that instead of frogging, I'd just start working from that end so as one project came unraveled, another new one would grow.

Is that still frogging?

Sara

[Chatty]

Yes, it does, I do that all the time when I have a big item I'm going to frog. It's much easier than frogging and rerolling since you're using it anyway.

[rebeccav]

well, the motto is "Finish or Frog" soooo, sounds like you're doing both! :cheer :clap

[HollyM]

Yup, it certainly does count! And you get bonus points for being efficiant :heehee

Holly

[topperarnold]

I love you all! I guess I don't really need approval to do something, but it's nice to hear other folks say "it's ok" Am I making sense? :think

Sara

[Catana]

I frogged my impossible shawl, but I doubt I'll get back to it very soon. Too many other projects waiting, and I keep starting new ones. I think I'm going to drop out of this crochet along because having half a dozen or so WIPs is just my way of working. I'm going to concentrate on getting my stash down to a manageable level. (Thank goodness I only have three more days to buy yarn before May.)

[sem464]

The multiple WIP's is not the issue. It is things that haven't been worked on in a very long time. You can do it. Just keep up the good work. We would not fit in if we didn't have many things going at one time. This morning my hubby said "Everytime I see you, you are working on something different. Do you ever finish anything?" As a matter of fact I have. I finished 2, count them, 2 things yesterday:lol :lol :lol .

[topperarnold]

Whoo Hoooo!!!!! :clap:clap:clap

Today I finished a Charity Blanket (ok, that wasn't really a UFO) and yesterday I finished a dishcloth. Now that's pitiful...a dishcloth as a UFO???? In my defense, it was knitted.

Sara

[rebeccav]

way to go, shari and sara :clap :cheer :clap :cheer :clap

[sem464]

Ok, I just had to give an update. I have used a skein of yarn from my stash to make an animal snuggle. But wait, I also used some really nice tiny fuzzy stuff from my stash (can you tell I have no idea what it is or what I originally bought it for) to finish a blanket for the Blankey Brigade. :clap I am so proud.:D

Of course, :blush I also have to confess that I have been ordering sale yarn (1.27) from Herschnerrs. And it's sock yarn (something I can't even find on my side of the world, especially not for 1.27) But after all, it's not May yet. :lol :lol

[Ro]

Well, finished off some UFO's, just had to report! I cleaned out one of my spare travel totebags, and I found two preemie blankies that just need to be woven in! So I'll be doing those hopefully tomorrow. Today I did the same thing with a travel sized blankie I had waiting, of course I finished my huge butterfly blanket and it got mailed...feels so good to be clearing this stuff out and getting on to other projects!

Now I have to finish the yellow blanket that's on my crochenit cable hook (haven't used that in awhile, it's fun and brainless which is good for me :lol will try to work on that over the weekend some!

ps, yay sara and all the other folks finishing blankies! They're such big WIP's usually it is quite a feeling when they're done :c9

[Marla]

:clap I finished a UFO!!! My Animal Snuggle!! And ALMOST finished my neon afghan... kid's afghan that is....

The bad news is... I was cleaning out a corner in my room of stuff to move and found 3 more UFO's. Still determining if they are finishable or will have to be frogged. :(

One step forward and two steps back.... :ohdear :help :faint

[cajunwhacko]

:clap I finished a UFO!!! My Animal Snuggle!! And ALMOST finished my neon afghan... kid's afghan that is....

The bad news is... I was cleaning out a corner in my room of stuff to move and found 3 more UFO's. Still determining if they are finishable or will have to be frogged. :(

One step forward and two steps back.... :ohdear :help :faint

Aww, that's great that you finished 1 and almost another though! I have GOT to see a pic of anything called a neon afghan :)

Look at it this way, better to find those 3 UFOs now, than to think you had defeated them all and then have them jump you unexpectedly! And if frogging is their fate... just think of the yarn! :lol

[Marla]

Aww, that's great that you finished 1 and almost another though! I have GOT to see a pic of anything called a neon afghan :)



Here is!! Not a pic of the whole thing but..... My Angel is helping as usual... notice the catnip mouse on the afghan. Will probably go to St. Jude's when done.

http://www.geocities.com/missmarlad/angelhelps.jpg

[topperarnold]

I was surfing around last night and found this (http://www.craftown.com/edging/edge5.htm). Yes, I confess, I started it :(...in the most beautiful periwinkle blue. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it...maybe a summer scarf?

Well, I guess I must be flogged with wet yarn or something. I promise not to start anything else...

Famous last words, huh?

Sara

[faithpa76]

Oh gosh - Sara, that is really pretty. I like that it's the pineapple thing but with a twist - lovely.

I"m not making any comments on the UFO aspect of it, lol. :)

[topperarnold]

Thank you. I feel so shamed. :cry

Sara

[noricum]

Well, it's only small progress, but I finished two more squares on my afghan, and made some more sock progress. :) (However, I currently have 12 projects going!!! Must finish one!!!)

[sem464]

Sara, that is really pretty. But you know, we have to see it finished!!!:lol

[srmc]

Well I finally did it! I pulled out my first UFO! Here is the link to go and see

http://dreamsofnyssa.blogspot.com/2005/05/ufo-1.html

For some reason I am having problems posting to the board today. Is it only me?

[sem464]

The colors are really pretty. Good Luck!

[rebeccav]

hmmm, sadly, i started a new project :lookout
guess i'm due for a flogging as well:eek

although, i did complete 3 rows on the MONSTER sized red ripple blanket :yay
i'm giving myself another foot or so on this and am calling it done :P

[knuckles]

oh I hate to say this, but I am so glad I'm not the only person who does this. I've only been crocheting a year and I have the hardest time finishing things. I have two squares for an exchange all done except for weaving in the ends. Same with one afghan. I have another afghan that I have maybe 6 more rows to do and it will be done (except for weaving in those stupid ends) Then there is my modified version of the 63 square afghan. all the squares are finished, I just have to put them together and weave in those obnoxious ends.

[diamond]

Well, I finally finished the scarves for my Swap partner (5 in total). I've also worked on the Sylvia Cosh sweater but just a bit. Got side-tracked doing comfortghan squares. I have no idea what UFOs I have left to do besides the Guardian Angel afghan & Sylvia Cosh's sweater. But if you saw a picture of this Guardian Angel afghan you would understand my reluctance to pick it back up. Besides, I don't know anyone having a baby girl anytime within the next 9 months! Everyone is having boys! And the afghan is PINK!!! Why, oh Why did I make it in pink??? Why not white???? A nice universal color! GGRRRRRR

[lilhatshack]

How about a UFO swap - where I send someone my 1/4 finished afghan - they finish it and then they send me their unfinished dishcloth and i'll try to finish that before Christmas......just kidding!!! Help me - i'm UFO queen - I have a whole tub in my craft closet of UFOs and I don't remember any of the hook sizes - we need a UFO queen button!!!!!!! I'm in!

[faithpa76]

I frogged an afghan I started back around Christmas - I was using some Light & Lofty to make a star afghan for dh, got one skein in, didn't like it, and so just left it in the pile. It's all frogged, balled and waiting for some other project (unknown as yet - lol).

Does anyone else ever get the feeling that those UFO's are just sitting there laughing at them?? :lol

[csabers]

Ok!

After looking at my long list of WIP (http://csabers.blogspot.com/2005/04/wip-wednesday_27.html), I have taken the pledge.

My button is up, my hooks are out, and...I'm not working on any of them! :eek

As soon as I finish my mother's day present (hurry, hurry!) I'm on it!

Promise!

[sem464]

Welcome to the group!!! Looks to me like you could also join us at stash-busters. You have enough projects to finish, you probably would not need to buy yarn this month:lol :lol :lol

[diamond]

OK...I've got a question. Now, hold your horses and your get your fingers off your keyboards until I've asked! I do not want to buy any yarn, hooks or any crochet stash. I do, however, want to buy some material. I'm do not sew, per sey. I do own a sewing machine but my in-laws borrowed it and who knows when I'll ever get it back. But my question is, I would like to buy a special material to line a crocheted project that I am thinking of making for someone. Just one item. Would this be considered buying stash? The project is current and to make & finish it, I would need the lining. So???? :think I will gladly abide by your decisions. :ghug

[Tiggzie]

Eh buy the material....just close your eyes if you pass any yarn on the way :lol

[sem464]

This is a crochet group, so I would say it is only yarn you can not buy. Plus, you know, you might have to buy a pattern or two so that you can use your stash!

[noricum]

If you need to buy something to finish an object, it doesn't count as adding to stash... as long as you actually *do* use it to finish said object. ;)

Good news here... I've got an FO! Now I just have 11 WIPs/UFOs. ;) (I can't wait until I'm down to just a few!!!)

[topperarnold]

Andrea,
you just made my day. :c9 11 WIP's. I thought I was the only one with WIP numbers in the double digits. :blush

Sara

[crochetaddict033]

Ugh, I have been slacking here. On the up side I finised 2 WIP's, so they won't become UFO's...lol. I will dig some out today and decide what to do with them!

[diamond]

As an update, I have finished the scarves for the swap I'm in. Have made several comfortghan squares which we be mailed out this week, am making more squares for comfortghans (I just can't say no to those requesting squares), I started & finished a fish for Boxes for Brendan (http://www.psf.homestead.com/boxesforbrendan.html), I've designed & made several teddy bear clothes which I haven't posted yet (have a few more I want to do, these will be for Jonah's Travels (http://www.wovenspun.com/jonah.htm) when he comes to visit), I've been working on a thread bookmark, as well as working on the Kitchen/Bath swap and Summer Secret Pal swap. But that sweater & angel afghan are still sitting there!

[AngelFairy]

I think I was the first one to join without telling anybody, because last year almost everybody in my family got a UFO for christmas,Starting with my oldest niece,earlier in the year she had asked me for a poncho I started it, but I did another project. I left it in the bag that I had the other yarn, later I started a beanie and then I took a break and forgot them. At christmas I didn't have to much money to buy presents,then I remember I still had those projects so I decided to finished them. With the poncho I was half way done so I just added fringe to it and I made her a hat to go with the poncho and another one because I felt so guilty because I forgot about it.I also finished the beanie
and for my sister I made her a shawl with mohair yarn all of them were
so happy with their presents.The only ones that I bought present for were
my nephew who wanted a dvd:devil :woo
and my youngest niece the:princess . Right now I'm almost finish a star afghan
and a rug and two shawls. Well thats it for me, thanks for listening.

[Tiffany]

I found my poor UFO sock and finished it up last night!! :yay During my study breaks today I hope to get the second one started so that I'll have my first complete pair of socks.

[kariholtz]

WOOHOO!!:yay WTG Tiffany!

I frogged some more ufo's today while in DECLUTTER mode. I had no idea what some were they had been ufos for so long lol

[knuckles]

there was somebody's UFO (ripple afghan) that was donated to our fund raising garage sale. Its pretty dirty, so I'm going to wash it up and donate it to the snuggles program.

[diamond]

Today I have done absolutely NO crocheting. But I have been reorganizing and I cannot tell you how much stash was in my bedroom. It's now all moved into my craft room waiting for tomorrow to be put away. Then I'll take pictures to show you 'insanely' my stash is. It is absolutely ridiculous. Remember that new furniture hubby bought? Well, it's so packed you would think I've had it for years. And I still haven't organized my books yet. I have no where to put them in my new room. All space was taken up by yarn & thread! GRRRRRR. I seriously have a problem. :think

[crochetaddict033]

Well, I found a UFO that was supposed to be some sort of ripple blanket for my daughter. I :manyheart the yarn but so did not like the way it was turning out so I guess I just forgot about it. Anyway I frogged it, and used the yarn to make a poncho for my youngest, and am making a hat and mary jane slippers with the rest of the yarn for a set. I am so happy with how it is turning out and I still :manyheart the yarn. It's RH Baby Soft in Angel Print and it is so cute! I am going to put up pics when I get the set done! WooHoo!!!!!:yay One more UFO taken care of!

[CatsCradleCreations]

I recently got rid of a box full of UFO's. I sent them over to Marla! I had been hanging on to them for who knows how long; I just don't like throwing things out, but I knew I'd never pick them up again.

Still need to weave in the ends on my sister's rug (Christmas gift), need to finish 2 scarves that were supposed to be Christmas gifts, and I have an afghan that was supposed to be hubby's b-day gift last year...yep...UFO. I'm sure I have at least 9-10 UFO's and WIP's...haven't counted lately, but I have a good reason~~I'm a mom of 4 (youngest is 5 1/2 mos) and a full-time student, so my time is pretty stretched.

[vernzap]

I'm sure I have at least 9-10 UFO's and WIP's...haven't counted lately, but I have a good reason~~I'm a mom of 4 (youngest is 5 1/2 mos) and a full-time student, so my time is pretty stretched.

Melissa, I'm amazed you find any time at all between school and four kids! I think it's great that you take time out to do something you enjoy. Good for you!:cheer

[noricum]

Another one bites the dust! I'm now down to 10 WIPs/UFOs! ;) Tonight I finished the socks I was making for Josie. Slowly but surely, I'll make it down to a much more reasonable number. ;)

[AngelFairy]

I want to report that I finished Beths little star blanket and a pet rug
I wanted to make for my dog,.I still have a shawl I need to finish,but
I just realized that the yarn I use for the rug I was using it for the shawl, so I guess I'll have to frogg the shawl. I guess
that's it for now.:hook

[cajunwhacko]

Ten lashes with a wet noodle... or wet yarn I guess in this case!

I'm so bad. I know I said once I was allowed to crochet again I'd finish the baby sweater at least... but instead I've started a sweater for me, a secret project for my secret pal, a raok, and a baby romper. I started the halcyon shawl too, but I actually finished that one! :lol

I started the sweater for me though because I needed to do something to help cheer myself up. Plus it's FREEZING at work. The management has strange ideas concerning the AC and the break room.

The secret project takes priority, then the romper because it's a 0-3 months size, and the sweater is 6-9 I believe. Besides, even in Germany baby won't need the sweater in July! *knock on wood - no freak blizzards please* Mind you, all I have to do on the sweater is the rest of one side and the sleeves. Which will take much less time than the back of MY sweater which I have almost done. I know I'm little bitty, but even I require a lot more stitches to wrap me up than a 6 month old does... lol

After those two and the raok that I really need to get done and in the mail (it'll only take 2 or 3 days tops) and the couple of little secret pal things that I need to do I'll finish the sweater. Honest! Maybe I need more than just 10 lashes... oh dear... :blush

[knuckles]

I have a deadline of May 19th to finish up two afghans. yikes. guess I know what I'll be doing in the evenings this week.

[noricum]

Single digits! Yay, I only have 9 WIPs/UFOs now. ;) However, I'm *really* tempted by some new sock yarn I was RAOKed with... ;)

[xantha]

woohoO! I finished another one of my WiP! I'm also considering frogging another one... I just don't think I am going to ever get back to it. I'm not sure yet, though.

[HollyM]

Everyone is doing great!!!!

I feel bad because I've been neglecting my own thread :blush

I have finished the Little Star UFO, no pictures because I finished it 5 min before I had to get in the car to give it to the intended recipient. You all know what it looks like anyway :D I did it in yellow and white stripes of Bernat Baby Sparkle.

I don't have an official UFO/WIP count, seems like every time I dig into my stash, I find something else lurking in there. I've been steadily working along on 2 existing WIPs (they weren't ignored long enough to call them UFO's) They are both baby blankets, one is using the friendship jewel squares and the other is a back & forth shell pattern I can't remember the name of. The motif one is my "need to concentrate" project, the back & forth is my "traveling" project. It's just *killing* me to not start something new :lol but I'm being good. I have been doing a lot of spinning lately, so that is giving me my new project "fix"

Holly

[CatsCradleCreations]

:woo :woo :woo

I finished my sister's kitchen rug! It's been sitting in a drawer since right after Christmas waiting for me to weave in the ends. Well, I did it! It's done! One more UFO finished! And here it is:

http://photos10.flickr.com/14527111_2581cddc6d_m.jpg

[noricum]

Yay! I finished another pair of socks! I'm down to 8... unless, of course, you count that snowflake I started last night... um... *sigh* ;)

[xantha]

Yay! I finished another pair of socks! I'm down to 8... unless, of course, you count that snowflake I started last night... um... *sigh* ;)

you said yourself that snowflakes don't count!! :)

[Kimberly]

All UFOs disappeared for a few days after I frogged my winter scarf and returned the wool into the stash, but I have a little shawl UFO that is trying to fly into my UFO Free Air Space....I have become a bit bummed out with the pattern since I crochet too tightly and it does not look like I wanted it to - and this is with me going up 2 hook sizes! I've now hit the stage where I avoid all eye contact with it in hopes that it will either finish itself or frog itself back onto the cone....sigh

[noricum]

La-tee-da! Back down to 7 WIPs/UFOs! :) (Um... not counting that silly snowflake...)

[noricum]

I'm slipping... back up to 8! *sigh* (And that's still not counting that silly snowflake!!!)

[CatsCradleCreations]

I've still got a couple floating around...got my sister's rug and my pattern proto-type finished, but haven't really done too much in the way of clearing out UFOs b/c I've been busy with school and comfortghan squares.

I've actually got a couple of patterns I'm working on that I've put on the back burner for now...and then there's the bookmark I started about a week ago that's just sitting in the drawer waiting....

[Cordelia]

PSSSSTTTTTTT.... Is it too late to jump in???? Surely not, I mean there will always be UFOs somewhere, right?

I have one baby blanket to complete, a childs poncho, a twin size afghan, squares....and I am sure there is more hidden in the depths of the nightmare before opening closet!

BTW thats just my crochets projects..not sewing and or refab/recon projects!:eek
I know thats not an awful lot of crochet UFOS but it seems it when Im doing other things in between!:think

[loranger329]

Ack! I have a lot of UFOs to finish...a star afghan I started for my son, a pink baby blanket for a friend, a Homespun afghan for my sister, and there's some mysterious white mass of yarn that looks vaguely like the beginnings of a shawl, but I can't tell what pattern I was using, or even what size hook. Looks like THAT one is heading straight to the frogger!

This is such a great idea. Why start something new when I've got all of these fantastic things to finish? (If only I could remember that next time I want to start a new project...)

[noricum]

Welcome CraftyCritter! ;)

Well, I finished one project last night, but then immediately started another, so I'm no further ahead. ;) (Still at 8 WIPs/UFOs and holding...)

[cajunwhacko]

Due to the incredible number of projects that I need to do in the next few weeks, I'm denying all knowledge of this CAL. LOL

I'm sure I'll be back when everything dies down though... and I still haven't finished that stupid sweater! :blush

[diamond]

My UFO's are still UFO's.....haven't had any time to work on not one of them with the swaps, comfortghan squares, going out of town, getting sick cuz I was out of town, youngest son's high school graduation......blah blah blah. I could kick myself. :kick

[diamond]

Due to the incredible number of projects that I need to do in the next few weeks, I'm denying all knowledge of this CAL. LOL

I'm sure I'll be back when everything dies down though... and I still haven't finished that stupid sweater! :blush
OH WAIT....if CajunWhacko can be in denial, so can I!!! I'm denying too!!!! Deniers (is that a word?) Unite! :devil

[cajunwhacko]

OH WAIT....if CajunWhacko can be in denial, so can I!!! I'm denying too!!!! Deniers (is that a word?) Unite! :devil

ROTF come on over! :devil

[TamKing]

Now this is one I will get in on! I LOVE finishing up WIPS!:clap :cheer
:hook Tammy

[Knittykim]

:yay I finished the elfin hat/booties, star blanket and tube socks. Pictures on today's entry of my blog.

[noricum]

Down to 7 WIPs/UFOs... I finished another pair of socks. :) (But I really need to finish off one of my bigger projects!)

[TamKing]

Well, well, well....I actually made a lot of progress once I put my mind to it. I've been working on this crochet bag (that will be felted later) and now I'm almost finished with it - FINALLY!
I plan to take a WIPS inventory this weekend. What better way to see the progress I'm making.
Tammy

[cajunwhacko]

I've finally finished all my secret projects except for one, and I have the yarn to do it so it should go pretty fast! There's one more too, but it's still a WIM cause I can't get the yarn til Mom comes home.

Just a few more things that I need to finish, and then I can get to work on my UFOs... I guess this means I need to find the book that that darn sweater is in so I can finally finish it! :eek I think I need to find a different pattern to use all that mango/variegated yarn I got for the romper... something tells me that otherwise, Mitch will never get to wear it! lol

[Chatty]

I just pulled a 35 gallon tote from my room that's filled with UFOs and tangled yarn. I'll be untangling, frogging and setting things aside that I'll want to finish and it'll probably take me awhile.

I finally found a reason to brave that big tote-I'm about to embark on a journey of trying to make a dress dummy from crochet.

At least I'm finally getting to my UFOs :wink

:frog

[rebeccav]

:cheerYAY for you!:cheer

i actually have something to report as well.... i completed one of my UFOs last night. stitched in the ends and everything :hook

[Chatty]

Good for you!! :yay

I detangled and frogged for about 3 hours last night and barely made a dent in the big tote.

I have a small tote full of wound center pull balls of yarn now, most of them tiny but I need quite a bit for my dummy and I guess I could always get into scrumbles with what's left :wink

At least I have plenty of toilet paper rolls just in case the one I'm using wears out before I'm done. That was the best tip I ever read was to use one of those to roll your yarn into center pull balls, my yarn looks so much neater now than when I just rolled into balls that would roll everywhere when I tried to use them.

I'm slowly but surely making my way through that tote, looks like most of the UFOs in there will get frogged, I can't even tell what most of the things I frogged were going to be. I did find a dishtowel I'd made a long time ago in there so now it can go to my kitchen.

I'll keep everyone updated and might take pictures when I'm done, no way am I taking before, that's too embarrassing :blush just imagine a 35 gallon tote filled with nothing but mostly tangled leftover yarn.

:frog

[Cordelia]

Mantler....Now that ur down to 7 can u come do my ufos? I mean it still counts if someone else does them right? :P

[noricum]

Actually, I slipped and am back up to 8. ;) Of course, that's because I'm waiting on some yarn to finish one of my WIPs up... it's relying on leftover yarn from a second WIP. Plus, I've been trying *sooo* hard not to start anything new... I've got a bunch of big projects (like sweaters) that I'm dying to start, but won't let myself until I finish several of my large WIPs. (I keep working on the small ones!)

[kazily]

Can I join you? Most of mine are things that I really should frog. A poncho I decided looked like a rug on me :lol & other smaller projects. I may finsih one or two but most need frogging. Anyone know what I can make from coffee colored acrylic? That's the poncho that looks like a rug with wide cream stripes. :D All it needed was two panels joined but I was unhappy with it plus it was way too big. Too bad it doesn't match my decor or I would use it as 2 rugs! ;)

[Chatty]

Sure, this pledge is ongoing, just like all the CALs.

I think I've got the tangle more than half untangled now, I've found stuff in there I didn't know I had, As soon as I get this shawl and tie done I'm going to finish my dummy then have some fun with scrumbles-while finishing the arrowhead MAM, of course, I've actually found some yarn that I can continue it with and I should be able to get some more since it's RHSS in black and lt country rose, I think is the other color.

:frog

[rebeccav]

mmmmmmm coffee colored yarn. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm:mug :heart coffee

oh, i'm sorry, slipped away for a sec....

not sure... how 'bout a tote?





hey andrea - surely several small count as a large... right :D :P

[noricum]

Rebecca - they would count... if I didn't keep restarting new small projects! ;) (I'm back down to 7... but I really think I should fess up and call my snowflake a UFO... either that, or finish it!!!)

[Chatty]

I've made a huge dent in the tangled yarn and found nearly a pound of RH in country blue-I have a 7 oz, a 3 oz and a 4½ oz cake of the stuff. Now I need to figure out what to do with it after I finish the rose afghan and send it off.

I have been frogging things too, if I wasn't sure what it was supposed to be or I couldn't get enough yarn to finish what it was supposed to be or I just didn't want to finish it, it got frogged. The 3 oz cake of country blue is a frogged something, I think it was going to be a small throw, I had started something in reversible shells but I couldn't remember what size hook I had been using.

At least I'm trying to stick to the pledge and when I'm done I'll have lots of little cakes of yarn to practice scrumbling with after I get my dummy made.

:frog

[noricum]

*sigh* ...I've slipped. Back up to 9 WIPs/UFOs. ;)

[goldi316]

You counting that snowflake yet? :rofl

[Chatty]

Are we going to have to :kick you :angel :devil

:frog

[faithpa76]

Now that we're all moved I have to get working on my UFOs. At least identify them and decide what to do with them ... lol. While we were moving I found a blanket I started when I was pregnant with my daughter (who will be 7 this summer - lol) - this was during my "I have no idea what I'm doing phase" so that will be frogged - but the yarn saved, I LOVE the yarn ...

Anyway - lol. Need to sort them all out. :)

[noricum]

Nope... still not counting that snowflake. ;)

[cajunwhacko]

I started listing my WIPs on my blog last night, and the list is so far out of control I'm not sure what to do with it.

:eek 5 bookmarks for the Bookmark Swap
:eek my "I don't wanna work on nothin" shrug
:eek Mitch's pink terry bath blankie
:eek final bits on Secret Pal stuff
:eek The blue/white blankie I started the other night mistakenly thinking it would get me to the point where I could fall asleep
:eek The other half of T is for Tim, which in all honesty I started 4 times, but had to frog out 4 times too because I couldn't get it right
:eek The first frog for Matty for his birthday present

And then we have the UFOs...

Let's suffice it to say the number has grown by one, since I've pretty much accepted the fact that I will NEVER finish Mitch's Mango/High Energy Variegated Romper. The whole 'pants' section is popcorn, and I... HATE... POPCORN! Oh yeah, brilliant pattern choice. So I need to find another pattern and frog it all out.

So much for finishing the green sweater. Maybe I'll have it done in time for her firstborn? :rolleyes :haha

[cajunwhacko]

P.S. those are only the WIPs I can think of. I know there are a LOT more than that, so don't say, oh but that's only.... no. :blush

Oh, and Andrea, hand over the darn snowflake... I'd love to have somethin little to not count! :devil

[Knittykim]

Anne-

You should try knitting too...then you could have that same amount of knitting projects sitting about to match your crochet UFOs/project in process.

If my stack of projects ever falls on me, I will be squished!!:eek

[cajunwhacko]

Anne-

You should try knitting too...then you could have that same amount of knitting projects sitting about to match your crochet UFOs/project in process.

If my stack of projects ever falls on me, I will be squished!!:eek

I already have my DPNs, I want to learn how to knit socks because my poor feet don't like the crocheted ones so much - the heavier yarn is great, but the sock yarn just doesn't cut it, and I have sock yarn I want to use!

I definitely know the squishy feeling... :lol The last anyone'll see of me is :2eek, and then y'all will KNOW what happened!

[Knittykim]

anne-

hey, socks are good. I have some knitted and some crocheted. I suffer from the "oh, look. One sock is done so I can start something else" syndrome WHEREIN i end up with 3 single socks. sigh...:(

did you make your crocheted socks from fingering weight yarn?? Mine feel fine, altho they are a bit snug...

[cajunwhacko]

I traded with my aunt, 4 balls of mohair for 2 balls of true, elasticy sock yarn. I made one sock, and decided I will save the rest for when I can knit them, because otherwise I know I'll never wear them.

Of course, I have bony feet too, so maybe that's part of it. :lol

And I'm a definite sufferer of SSS... Second Sock Syndrome. I told my friend I'd make her 2 pairs, and let her pick the yarn for one. That was in January or February. I just found the one pair a couple of days ago, and still need to put the heel in. The second pair has been sitting there mocking me for months, I need to do the cuff and the heel and that's it. I told her I found her socks and she laughed and said she'd been wondering if I was still doing them. Must... get them out in time for Winter (the one pair's wool-ease, and they're both warm)

[noricum]

Hey Anne... I can mail you a bit of thread, and then you can call it your UFO snowflake! ;)

[cajunwhacko]

ROTF there's an idea!

[kazily]

mmmmmmm coffee colored yarn. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm:mug :heart coffee

oh, i'm sorry, slipped away for a sec....

not sure... how 'bout a tote?





hey andrea - surely several small count as a large... right :D :P

Oh thank you for the idea! I don't know why I didn't think of that! Yes coffee yummy! I wanted it to look capucinno colored with cream stripes but I hated it. I still haven't frogged it. I promise to start on it tomorrow lol! I almost forgot about this but I have saved the button & will put it on my blog soon.

[Chatty]

P.S. those are only the WIPs I can think of. I know there are a LOT more than that, so don't say, oh but that's only.... no. :blush

Oh, and Andrea, hand over the darn snowflake... I'd love to have somethin little to not count! :devil
I think I've got all my WIPs listed in my blog and was surprised at the list. I'm definitely going to be working on those before I get to the WIMs. After I finish a few then I'll pick from the WIMs so I guess this will definitely be an ongoing CAL for awhile :wink

I'd like to have a little something that didn't count too, and not just a bit of thread either :devil

I've found 2 UFOs in that tote that I think I'll finish, The arrowhead you know about, I just hope I'll be able to find the colors I need, I really like that pattern.

The other one is a small thing I started with scraps in the step pattern, only done a little different, it starts in the middle and works out. This one is a square and I'm going to try to do it in nothing but scraps (how's that for scrap busting?) and call it Around the World in 80 Scraps :lol 'cause I probably have 80 different scraps to put in it. I guess it'll be a big square throw when it's done.

:frog

[kazily]

I frogged those poncho panels yesterday. That hurt lol! (it was the largest thing I ever frogged). But now I have several large balls of coffee colored yarn & one large ball of speckled cream yarn (I can't remember the yarn now but is RH ww).
Added the button to my blog as well. I have another piece to frog soon in the same yarn! UGH! It was something I started before the poncho & I have no idea what it was going to be lol! This one is about 18" square. I will have tons of this color yarn--not sure if that is a :D or a :think

[boredelf]

Well I think I can join this as well! This weekend I finished piecing together a granny square blanket made from squares I received in a swap. I'm still working on weaving in the many ends and trying to decide whether I want to put a border on it or not. It is HUGE already (25 12'' squares and I croceted a dc crochet border on each square before joining).

Other things to finish: A lb waterfall throw that's been unfinished for probably a year!
granny square purse
little hearts doily (first filet project and have since forgotten how to do some of the stuff)
and eye glasses case.

I know that's not all that much, but I hate having things unfinished for too long!

[Chatty]

You'd hate to see my UFOs then, the two I want to finish have been lying around for literally years :blush

I got a couple more rounds on the Around the World in 80 scraps throw, I'm going to do that on all in scraps so I can get rid of some of them. I would have done more but my arms were so sore from scrubbing yesterday I could barely hold a hook.

I probably still won't get much done on either of them until I finish the roses afghan.

:frog

[boredelf]

I have only been crocheting for a year and a half, and at least one of those items has been sitting around almost that long! ;)

I finished weaving in the ends on the granny square blanket last night. I'm tempted to start something new now instead of continuing to finish other stuff.. hm...

[cajunwhacko]

My first reaction was to say "Go for it! Start something new!" and there was even something along the lines of an evil cackle. Then I thought, good lord, I'm turning into the darth vader of crochet. ack!

[Chatty]

:rofl Anne :lol

I think the two projects I'm talking about have been sitting for longer than that, I've been crocheting since I was a child and have always been a good starter-a good finisher is a different story :rofl

I think the last year I've finished more projects than I ever have since I started crocheting :rofl

:frog

[noricum]

Ha! Take that, you measley snowflake! I have FINISHED you!!!! ;) (Photo at my blog, if you're interested: http://noricum.blogspot.com/2005/06/snowflake-monday.html )

[faithpa76]

Woohoo Andrea! :cheer

[Chatty]

Way to go Andrea!! :yay

Snowflakes are on my WIM list.

:frog

[yarnnutamy]

I didn't realize that other people put some of their WIPs in Wal Mart bags, too. :sofunny When I'm cleaning my house for company, I always grab a Wal Mart bag or two or three and put my WIPs in them. Then they go into my stash closet...which is such a mess, considering hubby built me some shelves in there shortly after Christmas. I tried to keep it neat...honest :faint but sometimes I just shove stuff in there and don't get around to organizing again. That could be a half-day project.

I think there is a Martha poncho in there that I started and stuffed in there, maybe an afghan, maybe a few doilies and some dishcloths. Most of all, there's lots of yarn in there that I had "intentions" for and forgot for what I intended them.

Great idea for a CAL. As soon as I'm finished with my current afghan, I will get into that closet and organize and find my WIPs that need to be finished.

[noricum]

Another one bites the dust. I finished my throw. :) I'm now down to 7 WIPs/UFOs! (And NO snowflakes! ;) )

[Chatty]

Since I had to start cleaning out the room I intended for my crochet/knitting stuff I've got 2 boxes with stuff to frog and maybe a couple of other things to finish.

We'll be storing some stuff for our son while he's away at school and that's the only space we have to store anything.

At least I got most of the junk up and in trash bags and my new yarn in bins. I have a lot of my old yarn I've had that I got years ago sorted into boxes or totes, I still have some more yarn to untangle but that can wait, I've done enough for one day, the trash man is probably going to want to strangle me as it is :devil with the numnber of bags I'll be putting out tomorrow.

:frog

[cajunwhacko]

I actually frogged out the romper that I had started and started over again on a dress for Mitch. Unfortunately, it's coming out way big, so I'm not sure what'll happen with it... It's probably a 5/6, but oh well. I just need the motivation to finish it now! I'm working on the skirt, and I think I'm about half a ball of yarn in. Then I have to do the back and seam them all together.

The skirt is a lot farther along than this, but it's the only picture I have since it's already dark out.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/cajunwhacko/th_PICT2703.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/cajunwhacko/PICT2703.jpg)

The pattern is the jumper pattern from the book Crochet for Babies and Toddlers.

And I still have more UFOs and WIPs than I care to count, so I shan't. :devil

[dhaunae]

I absolutely adore those hot summery colors you're using in the dress. I'm down to 3 UFOs now (we're not counting other crafts, right? someone please say yes!): my daughter's afghan, my best friend's afghan, and my Inspired Scarf which has all 10 motifs done and sitting on my desk staring at me :( I should have Laurie's afghan and the scarf finished this week unless life interferes again, and Ethan's afghan is on an N hook so should go quickly once I'm concentrating on it. Just in time to start the Cathedral Window afghan which will no doubt be on my UFO list for a long, loooong time!

[cajunwhacko]

I absolutely adore those hot summery colors you're using in the dress. I'm down to 3 UFOs now (we're not counting other crafts, right? someone please say yes!): my daughter's afghan, my best friend's afghan, and my Inspired Scarf which has all 10 motifs done and sitting on my desk staring at me :( I should have Laurie's afghan and the scarf finished this week unless life interferes again, and Ethan's afghan is on an N hook so should go quickly once I'm concentrating on it. Just in time to start the Cathedral Window afghan which will no doubt be on my UFO list for a long, loooong time!

The yarn is Paton's Look-At-Me! in Mango and High Energy Variegated, just in case you're curious.

I know I for one am NOT counting other crafts. If I had to count the number of quilts that are in the UFO stage, I'd probably go into shock. I wish I could get down to 3... :lol

[noricum]

Yay... I'm down to 6 WIPs/UFOs... I can't believe I was once in the double digits! I've finished my sockapal2a socks now, and so won't let myself have two pair of socks going until I've finished all my grandma's toe socks I have planned. :) (They're a WIP I keep finishing and restarting, and thus don't change the WIP count.)

[Stephanie]

I am also joining you gals on the WIP/UFO attack. Crocheting is one area where I rarely had more than one project at a time, so UFOs were never really a problem (certainly not like quilting!). However, some things have started to get out of control!

1. One Stitch Afghan in Homespun - put it down 2 years ago...there it stayed about 85% done. It isn't really wide enough. :thair
2. Summer Sling (about 1/2 done). Now I have to find the bag with the rest of the cotton yarn!:blush
3. Tractor Christmas Stocking (1/2 done) for my BIL who actually drives one of those John Deere farm ones.:smiling

I think that's it!?

Stephanie

[Kimberly]

Oh no!!!!!!! The UFOs in my apartment are multiplying faster than rabbits!! I don't know how they started reproducing as there were ZERO of them a month ago, but somehow one snuck in, and its become an infestation!

First is my evening shawl - have not touched it in a month now!!

Next are several dishcloths languishing away in a bag on the floor (and they don't even take too long to finish - laziness, sheer laziness I tell you!!)

Wrapping it up is a doily I started for my Grandmother and a Scarf for my neice......the 63 squares afghan.....and several random projects - not even sure what they are supposed to be!

Argh! How did this happen????? *deep breath* Okay, I am going to show them who is boss around here! Off I go to eliminate a few of them...two to frog (what were they???) and at least 1 to finish each night this week....I can do it!!!

[Crafterlady46]

:blush I feel like a dummy...Can someone tell me what wip/ufo means. Sounds like you have ufos and wip them. LOL :D

[Kimberly]

To be brief (a change for me, I know) a WIP is a Work In Process (so one you are actively working on) and a UFO is an UnFinished Object (formerly a WIP, now consigned to the forgotten depths of a closet, craft bag, pile under the bed etc :lol ) I remember :think for days all of the little acronyms that folks use!!

[Crafterlady46]

To be brief (a change for me, I know) a WIP is a Work In Process (so one you are actively working on) and a UFO is an UnFinished Object (formerly a WIP, now consigned to the forgotten depths of a closet, craft bag, pile under the bed etc :lol ) I remember :think for days all of the little acronyms that folks use!!

This board stuff is just too funny. :lol It's a weird shorthand. :think I spend a lot of time tring to understand the way things work. I am getting there. It sure is fun here.

[goldi316]

Don't worry Priscilla - before long you'll be slinging the lingo with the rest of us as if you were born speaking it! :lol I remember my confusion when I first encountered "frogging" in someone's post! The hard part for me now is when I'm talking to friends and family and slip right into "Crochetville-speak", their puzzled looks are priceless! :rofl

I should probably join this CAL, I've certainly piled up quite a few WIPs and UFOs in the last several months, that's for sure... :eek I think the oldest UFO I found is the "Blanket of Roses" throw kit I recently found - that I started something like 15 or 16 YEARS ago! :eek:eek:eek I bet that's a record! :blush :devil

[Cordelia]

Okay I so suck....I still have four projects unfinished, oops make that five, yet I continue to make new stuff! Whats my problem?:(

[srmc]

Okay I so suck....I still have four projects unfinished, oops make that five, yet I continue to make new stuff! Whats my problem?:(

You do not suck and you are not alone. :-) I still have not finished a single UFO since starting this crochet along. I took a picture of it, posted it on my blog and added a link even. I have have not touched it since. LOL!

[Cordelia]

Stefani I think I am going to have to set a day aside just to finish them, like a UFO-a-thon....Honestly, it makes no sense, most would take less than 30 minutes to complete!!!!! Is there a name for this syndrome? :blush

[srmc]

Stefani I think I am going to have to set a day aside just to finish them, like a UFO-a-thon....Honestly, it makes no sense, most would take less than 30 minutes to complete!!!!! Is there a name for this syndrome? :blush

True. If I just sat my butt down and did it, I would have them all completed. I don't know if there is a name for this syndrome (other than me being lazy :lol - LOL!) If you find a name - please let me know. :D

You know I am ashamed to admit.......I still have not mailed my nieces their Christmas presents. All I need to do is sew a snap on 2 purses and I think sew a strap on just one purse. Oh and pack it all up and head over to the post office! Maybe that is what is keeping me from finishing? :think

[jadyn05]

I'm a newb to crochetville, but I have 1 big UFO. It's the afghan that I was supposed to make my nephew and give to him LAST christmas. I made all like 82 granny sqaures for this great patriotic blanket for him. Had the pattern of the colors R,W,B and a Verig. of all 3 all worked out, so there were 6 different squares and they were gonna be in diaganols and look cool. Well, I UFO'd it once, and when I came back to it, I think I used the wrong size hook, so my squares weren't all the same size, and I couldn't get them to line up right when I was assembling it...GRRRRR .. NEWAY, I sent all those squares into Online Angels to go toward ghans for others, and started little Gavins blanket all over again, this time 1 giant Granny Square....I can even change hook sizes and it won't mess it up :). But I still haven't finished it, it sat for a few months already this year, and I keep saying it's too hot, or whatever else, and I've done a few other projects in the meantime, I have complete avoidance of this blanket happening...
So I'd like to join this corchet along, and pledge to finish Gavins blanket for Christmas....THIS YEAR!!!!! NO EXCUSES!!!!!!

Ada

[boredelf]

Well I think I can join this as well! This weekend I finished piecing together a granny square blanket made from squares I received in a swap. I'm still working on weaving in the many ends and trying to decide whether I want to put a border on it or not. It is HUGE already (25 12'' squares and I croceted a dc crochet border on each square before joining).

Other things to finish: A lb waterfall throw that's been unfinished for probably a year!
granny square purse
little hearts doily (first filet project and have since forgotten how to do some of the stuff)
and eye glasses case.

I know that's not all that much, but I hate having things unfinished for too long!

Ok, I finished the granny square blanket and the LB throw. I think I may frog the glasses case. That leaves the purse and doily. I'll get to them soon, I hope! :)

[Stephanie]

Thought I would officially post in the UFO section--finished ONE! The One Line afghan is done and ready to be gifted.

Now, I have to find the directions for the other two. Imagine that. Losing the directions.:blush Like this doesn't happen to everybody, right? :lol Oh, yes, and I started TWO projects this weekend to use up scraps...Alas..I'm a victim of saving yarn.

Stephanie

[crafty_bri]

I had a blanket that I started while on a road trip 2 years ago that has sat in my craft closet since returning from said road trip. I loved the yarn used in it... so soft and warm... but for some reason couldn't bring myself to finish it.

After reading what you girls are doing, I went right to my craft closet, brought out the WalMart bag it was in (wasn't that mentioned in the original post?) and frogged the whole thing! I then thought, "Oh my gosh. What the heck have I done!?!"

I'd just like to say that it is now a long, luxurious scarf and matching hat. What I shall do with the other skeins I purchased to use for that blanket, I don't know yet. But I look forward to seeing what they'll become. :D

[happyladybug]

The first time I saw the word "frog", I cracked up - The Frog Smilie is even better! :2frog

My only UFO is a messed-up red worsted yarn doily. It needs to get frogged and turned into something else!! Thanks for the inspiration!

:bounce
Hilarie

[crochetlady]

Guys I have taken the plunge and admit I have way to many UFO's lying around and I wanted to see if I admit to this then I will pick up my lazy butt off this chair and computer and get some crocheting done lol like that is going to happen. You know partly its girls like Dot who keep me from doing my work (alright alright I will stop looking for excuses and start my crochet)

Please guys don't take this in bad taste and Dot I love you to pieces don't stop those creative juices from flowing:)

here is my list of UFO's
rose doily for my thread cal
a bag all done just need to make the strap for my bag along
a ripple shawl for the ripple along

and 63 squares ..but wait thats just a wim so technically its not an ufo not yet that is..

I know I am leaving out a lot of things but I want to very badly finish these first so I promise to finish these 3 before I list my endless UFO list:)

take care
hugs
Vims

[Breger3]

I guess all my UFO's are techinically WIPS, but the problem is I just keep starting new projects with oiut finishing anything, I do have at least one FOR SURE UFO, but I'm joining this to get all my WIP's done, and that one UFO frogged, will be the first time I frog something and use the yarn for something else! Thanks for starting this, it was much needed, I had just posted pictures of my piles of WIP's on my blog a couple days ago!

[BlondieeAggiee]

OK, I'm in. I'll relent.

Fortunately, I only have two UFOs. One that I picked up and starting working on again. It's the Fresh as a Daisy pattern from the Leisure Arts: Our Best Afghans A to Z booklet. About this time two years ago I handed my mom my crochet pattern books and had her pick an afghan. She picked that one, and asked if I could make it big enough to fit her queen bed. Sure, no problem, just add more squares. Turns out, the squares are tiny (two or three inches as the most) and I had to add a gazillion of them. I still have 306 to go, plus the border, plus weaving. I'm hoping to have it done by this Christmas.

The second is a afghan for my boyfriend. It's crocheted from a chart. It is the Xcellend Choice pattern from the same book as the daisies. I started on it when I went riding in the semi with him in April. Haven't touched it since.

I'm wanting to start an afghan for my sister (undecided pattern), an afghan for her exchange student made like her home country's flag, and something for me! But I will get my mom's afghan finished before I start anything else...but maybe not before I buy more yarn.

[KSCrocheter]

I am SO guilty of this! I kid you not! I suppose the MOST pressing is getting Cindy's Kitchen set,and her afghan finished....and the baby ghan for Bella...( That little cutie was born June 15th...And, she IS cute,by the way...She's my cousin Cathy's newest grandbaby...)

Nita

[cajunwhacko]

I'm wanting to start an afghan for my sister (undecided pattern), an afghan for her exchange student made like her home country's flag, and something for me!

Just a comment... having been an 'exchange student' (though in college) three times, getting something like that would be awesome, but I think it would have meant even more if it was the flag of the country that was my 'new' home instead of the home I was going back to. Just something for you to chew over. Good luck with the daisy squares!

[BlondieeAggiee]

I usually err on the side of caution when it comes to my "nieces" Two of the four previous girls loved the United States, the other two couldn't wait to leave. By the time I'm ready to start this one, hopefully we'll know how she feels.

[Raven]

LOL! I currently have one UFO in the blanket-box. A Granny Square Afghan that I started years ago, got all the granny-squares done and had been bordering it together.

Recently, I found a video-tape from Thanksgiving 1996 and what do you think I saw sitting on the back of the couch?? Yep, you guessed it, MY UFO!!! Worst of all, it was about 1/3 finished then, and is only about 1/2 finished now... 10 years later!
:coo

Is this some kind of record? or does it just validate my parking at Procrastinators Annonymous? :lol

~ Raven ~

[Kimberly]

Due to focusing on swaps and Christmas, my UFO list has increased to include the 63 Squares Afghan and an Evening Shawl I've been working on. :eek I'll get back to these sooner or later!

I do believe that I hold one of the longest UFO projects, although it relates to another one of my crafts. I also cross stitch and way back somewhere around 1986 maybe 1987 I started several different cross stitch ornaments. I had decided that they were all too easy for me, in the know it all way that only an 8 year old has! Instead of being the good little cross stitcher and finishing them up and not doing them again, I instead shoved them into a zip lock and condemned them to the bottom of my closet, and then the depths of a storage box! While back in the US in June, I actually came across them, all still half done! :blush And where are they now you ask? Why, put back into the same box that I found them in! :lol

[pb&j]

UFO? I love it. I'm a newbie here so the TLA (three letter acronym) for unfinished object is new to me. Yes, I'm guilty of starting projects before finishing others. I don't have too many of those lying around, just one scarf where I ran out of yarn, a poncho that I definitely have to frog, and the worst project is a granny square blanket that I started for a home color scheme that we don't even have any more!

To ease the quilt, I've started using left over yarn to crochet small blankets for the local humane society. Check out "hugs for homeless animals", www.h4ha.org (ht