{"id":482,"date":"2013-10-25T10:29:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T09:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/?p=482"},"modified":"2013-10-25T10:32:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T09:32:50","slug":"the-problem-of-a-new-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuesdayfortnite.co.uk\/?p=482","title":{"rendered":"The problem of a new project&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So my finishing of projects over the summer leaves me in the odd situation of having no major projects on needles or hooks.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, I have a few rows on a secret project to finish, and a thrummed muff that is staring at from the corner but I want to start something <em>new<\/em>.\u00a0 As you know well, a new project has to fulfil several &#8216;rules&#8217;, and these rules will change depending on what the project needs to fulfil.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I want to use up some of my gorgeous laceweight or lighter yarns<\/li>\n<li>I probably (therefore) want a shawl -but I&#8217;m not sure I want another triangle<\/li>\n<li>I have a long coach journey in the middle of next month so whatever project I start can&#8217;t be too fiddly or complicated<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t want a boring project<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;d quite like it to be blue, don&#8217;t know why, just would &#8211; you know how it goes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, I have <strong>lots<\/strong> of projects that don&#8217;t fit the &#8216;must be done on a coach&#8217;\u00a0 requirement &#8211; small beads, complex lace charts, fiddly stitches&#8230; In fact I was surprised at how many projects I have that fall into that category.<\/p>\n<p>The list of projects that <em>can<\/em> be done on a coach is much, much smaller but also contains stuff that is full of rows and rows and rows of boring garter or stockinette stitch.\u00a0 So, I have:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/tirrold\">The Tirrold Jumper<\/a> &#8211; laceweight, purple, bottom-up jumper sweater with an eventual\u00a0 interesting lace panel at the top.\u00a0 The yards of stockinette and rib have to be done at some point!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/textured-shawl-recipe\">The Textured Shawl<\/a> &#8211; I have a raft of dark green mirasol K&#8217;acha marked for this.\u00a0 DK weight, enough variance to be interesting but it&#8217;s triangular<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/thin-ice-2\">Thin Ice<\/a> &#8211; easy pattern with a little variance to keep it interesting, blue, lace on the bottom edge and beads if I want to add them.\u00a0 also triangular<\/li>\n<li>Finally, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/laura-18\">Laura<\/a> is a crochet project that I&#8217;ve had in my queue for a while.\u00a0 It&#8217;s beaded, so not appropriate coach crafting but I have some lovely fyberspates purple lace that didn&#8217;t work for the project I bought it for or I could go a little heavier and use the 4ply seasilk I have. I also don&#8217;t have a crochet project on the go at the moment, so I might just &#8220;cast&#8221; this one on as well &#8211; despite the fact I&#8217;d have to buy beads!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So, having done all that I think I&#8217;m going to cast on the Thin Ice and have that as this month&#8217;s project\u00a0 -and maybe take the Tirrold as a &#8216;back up&#8217; project for the coach if I&#8217;ve got to the complex bit of Thin Ice by then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Of course in the process of trying to decide what to do next I emptied out my entire stash onto the study floor and even had a bit of clear out (gosh, go me!) &#8211; as do I really <em>need<\/em> that half skein of bright orange acrylic?\u00a0 i&#8217;ve tagged the yarns I have for specific projects and made a list &#8211; I might even check it twice!\u00a0 have lots of things to for the next few months now at least.<\/p>\n<p>Right, best get started then..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So my finishing of projects over the summer leaves me in the odd situation of having no major projects on needles or hooks. 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