From The Rainey Sisters Ravelry Group:
April 6, 2018 Tip of the Week
This week’s tip can be summed up in one word: MONOGAMY! Monogamy means sticking with something through thick and thin, through good times and bad, staying true to your one and only. What does that have to do with knitting?
When you stay true to one project, you make progress. You get things finished. Flitting from project to project may seem fun, but the results are sporadic.
Sticking with that boring project through acres of stockinette can be a bore, but the results are worth it.
Are we strictly monogamous? Heck, no! And there is a place for divergence. Some projects are just too big or complicated to drag around everywhere. Sometimes you hit a point in a project that requires a lot of thinking or calculating. And a portable, mindless knitting project is a must for grabbing as you head out the door to take your kid to the dentist.
A small quick, pretty hat or shawl can be the perfect sorbet to break up that long, boring slog. No one will fault you! It is knitting – it’s a hobby. We do it for fun! If it stops being fun, what good is it?
But, if you want to finish that sweater, keep at it. Slow and steady wins the race!!
I used to feel terrible that I’m not a one project woman (fortunately, I am a one man woman!), but now that I’m almost sixty, I’m fine with it.
Sometimes, when I’m on something big, I’ll set small goals and have a distraction project or two. Then, when the end is in sight, I jump right in and go for it. For me, it often helps to knit the sleeves first. One, they’re already done when the body is finished. And two, if the gauge isn’t right or yarn doesn’t work or if it seems like a project I just don’t want to do, a sleeve isn’t as much of an investment of time to rip out.
Comment by Sarah — April 8, 2018 @ 1:30 pm