I Give Up

Carrying on from my last Manitoulin post, I'd like to share with you some of my uncle's talents.  The yard of his home on the west end is filled with figures, twenty or more.  This is the first fellow you see sitting before the driveway.

They are a combination of metal, wood, and old clothing and props.  Tourists often stop for a better look at his creations. 

Most are people, but there are also a couple of birds, this Mother Goose being one of my favorites.

 

My dad is talented too, specializing in wood carving.  I've shown some of his birds before, posed with my works in progress.  We're a crafty family.

Now for my knitting:  the Rivendell socks are finished and delivered to my daughter.

 

And the bamboo sock yarn scarf is ready to wear. 

 

But I will never run out of UFO's!  I don't dare show you all the projects I've started.  I seem to finish one and start two - I'm worse than that old frog trying to climb out of the well.  I've made some progress on the Hempathy skirt I started last summer and abandoned when I realized I needed a size between medium and large.  At the time, I was in the mood for knitting, not math.  The recent Creative Knitting magazine has a similar skirt so I am now combining the Greetings from the Knit Cafe ruffle with increases from the other pattern.

 

But of course I got distracted and started something totally new.  I've been looking for a scarf to use my Noro Silk Garden sock yarn.  I considered a small Clapotis, but was drawn to the similar but more complex basketweave pattern with dropped and wrapped/dropped  stitches that is in the current Vogue Knitting (the one with the Botanic Medallion on the front - sigh/dream).  It's a "Pay Attention" project, and with company around, there's not much chance of working on this again for a while. 

 

And then the weather discouraged me from knitting anything summery.  Except for a day and a half, it's rained all week.  So, I give up.  I might as well just work on my afghan.  I'm on the last octagon, and I've purchased some purple yarn for the finishing diamonds and border to tie it all together.

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[freshisle]

You're not alone in that sea of works in progress!
Lovely Rivendell's.