My so-called scarf, happy coloured socks

I used to be good at project monogamy. I knitted scarves and hats that took relatively little time and waited until I had finished one project before I thought about the next. With the acquiring of new skills, more knitting needles and a greater sense of adventure though, I started on multiple things at the same time. It started off being just a swatch whilst I was mid another project. My problem is that swatches quickly become scarves.

I have one such project on the needles at the moment. It was supposed to just be a swatch. I chose the yarn because it was a colour I didn't particularly like or visualise using in a future project. But as the swatch grew, I decided I really liked the stitch, and decided to just keep on knitting until it was scarf-length. Now I have half an acrylic brioche-stitch salmon scarf and I'm still not convinced by the colour. I was going to post a picture of it, but my camera refused to take a clear picture of it.

Instead we have pictures of other works in progress. NB. This is far from an exhaustive list of WIPs.

My so-called scarf, from here.

I really like this pattern, but it’s been on the needles for ages because I keep being distracted by other things. I am having strange issues with pooling – everything was going well and then the colours started to align into vertical stripes.

Happy coloured slipper sock, based on this pattern. The colours in this photo are really bad, but you get the idea: it’s a brightly coloured striped sock. I still need to weave in the ends, which I hate doing, and make the other one.