Bloggus interruptus

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When blogger went DOWN on us last week, I think my heart skipped a beat...or two.
Serious PVC pauses were happening......
What.... no blogger?
No way to post?
No way to read my pretend friend's thoughts???
It felt a bit alarming.
Didn't it????

Here's a little secret: I LOVE TO POST. Yup. I love it. Makes my day. Every time.

Today's little post picture is the hat I am almost finished knitting. It needs a tassel.
A simple tassel. THis single simple finishing touch will take me weeks to finish. I am
certain of it.
As much as I love to post, I hate to finish. I am just not good at finishing skills and they
are crucial to the final knit project. I don't sew buttons on well, I don't do zippers, I
have barely mastered a mattress stitch and I three needle bind off whenever I can.
The knitting part, I adore. The finishing.... not so much..
How about YOU?

Comments

Beverly said…
I think the fact that I sewed long before I started knitting has helped my finishing. I don't mind finishing at all. I look forward to it.

The only thing that seems to hold me up is blocking lace. I tend to let it marinate for a while even though once I start it sails right along.
8:47 PM
Nancy said…
I do not like to stitch (seam) knitted items together, and for that reason, I try to knit in the round whenever I can.
9:02 PM
SissySees said…
I don't like seams. Period.

Like that yarn though. Pretty.
10:29 PM
Judy S. said…
Cute hat. I am a big procrasinator when it comes to finishing....a sweater's waiting now in pieces. Have a quilt waiting for a binding too. Glad to know blogger wasn't just picking on me last week. Did your friend knit up those NB booties? I am very curious if she got tiny results also!
11:56 PM
Scrabblequeen said…
Cute little hat. I've never made a tassel, or a pompom. My idea of finishing is end with a little longer i-cord than you have, and tie a knot in it! I hate seams with a passion and nearly always knit in one piece/in the round to avoid them.
12:44 AM
Celia said…
I don't like tucking in strings.
9:23 AM
Linda said…
Cute hat! I'm not a knitter, but I love to sew and I do have projects of all sorts not finished! Thanks for coming by my site...I enjoyed your visit? Are you from Minnesota? That's where all my family is from...my husband's too!
11:08 AM
Marguerite said…
I am perfectly capable of knitting something and throwing it in a pile where it waits for years to be assembled.

I always have some kind of good excuse for this behavior. My favorite excuse is that I have something on the needles that I need to be knitting.
12:41 PM
Marguerite said…
Almost forgot to tell you I love that hat just the way it is. The yarn is so pretty.
12:42 PM
kathy b said…
Marguerite

THANKS, With your kind comment permission, I am finished. Not giving it a tassel afterall. My friend, teacher Karen was over this morning and she had the same thought as you! so it is an FO! Hooray!
(enablers.....I love you both)
12:49 PM
kathy b said…
Judy S

Karen got tiny bootie results too. Adorable, but tiny. She says to use sport weight next time......
12:49 PM
Anonymous said…
Cute, cute hat. You know what that says? It's "two" cute!

Me? I hate ribbing. UGH! But, I guess my socks just wouldn't stay up without it.
4:00 PM
Katherine said…
I'm not fond of finishing either so I do it as soon as I finish a project. If I put it off for even 24 hours it will not get done.

Just when I think I have mastered mattress stitch something goes terribly wrong! Every sweater I've made looks good in some spots and not so good in others. I definitely need classes!!
6:02 PM
Katherine said…
AND, I agree--the hat is perfect just the way it is!! Love the colors!
6:05 PM
Alyssa said…
Haha, I got a little freaked out, too! Thankfully all my blog posts got to come back, but my comments were all eaten :( Boo!

Oh, also, my feed was crowded with posts I had already read!
8:20 PM
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