Frustration

All right, I'm having one of those moments. I am frustrated with my knitting. Now, I'm not super frustrated or anything--I'm just a bit, er, annoyed.

I feel like my Tiffany mitten is taking forever. Let me rephrase: I feel like my second Tiffany mitten is taking forever. As far as I'm concerned, I pretty well flew through the first one (as a relatively newish knitter who had never really done this kind of colorwork before). Maybe it's because I'm not solely focused on the second mitt. Maybe it's because I have lost a little steam. (Who, me? Get bored with something quickly? Pshaw! Never.). Perhaps it's because I imagine that I will not finish another project for a long, long time. Yeah--I think it's the last one.

You see, I have taken on multiple projects. This is new to me. I used to be a one project girl. I picked something to knit up, I bought the yarn and needles, if needed. I got to work. And I finished the project. I did not buy yarn for "the next thing". I did not cast on for said evil thing. I never started on something else (evil) while I was working on the current project. This worked for me. I wasn't spending like crazy, and dh was o.k. with buying the yarn, because something was coming of it. Understandable. Reasonable, even. And it was working. I felt a sense of accomplishment each time I finished a work of art (well, to me, anyway) and I wasn't going crazy stocking up. [Have I mentioned I tend to get bored quickly? When I tire of a new hobby, I'm usually left with all of this stuff that I'm never going to touch again.] Then I joined the virtual SnB. Everyone else knits more than one project. Everyone else has a yarn "stash". Everyone else doesn't necessarily finish every project before moving on. Everyone else doesn't even finish every project at ALL. Wow.

So here I am, thinking, "Hey, this one thing IS a little boring, isn't it? Maybe if I just start ONE other thing...and I'll just go back and forth, you know, so I won't get bored." Uh, oh. And there it starts.

Now I sit with a project that is a pair. I did the first mitten, but now I have to make another. I have an unfinished sweater (ok, the yarn is on the way, but still--I started it in March, I think). I have an unfinished scarf (again, needed more yarn, but still bothers me). I have started a sock project--again, it is a PAIR. I have to make two. What was I thinking? And I started a dummy project on the side (of the mittens, mind you--they're very high focus knitting) and ran out of yarn yet again!

Impending doom of never in fact finishing a project again is pressing down on my shoulders (and knitting needles), rendering me immoble. Seriously, for some reason today, I can barely pick up anything to work on it...ever feel like that? Makes me crazy. Now you know the cure. All I have to do is just pick something up and keep working and I'll experience that pumped up adrenaline--the feeling of progress!! Need some motivation. I have an idea...

Here's the progress since last I posted pics, and it's not too bad, really.

The second mitt:


The first ever sock:




Turning the heel:


Interesting. I'm feeling a little better, after all. Maybe I will zip off to knit?

Oooh, one more thing. I received an "award" yesterday from a fellow knitter and blogger, not to mention mother of 3, like myself! Qutecowgirl gave the Nice Matters Award, for being so nice!! Hey, can you believe that? I know, those of you who know me personally are thinking, "Well, she must not know Jill very well..."
KNOCK IT OFF!! (I mean that in the nicest way, possible) Too funny. I have to say I am one of those people who if you don't know me very well, you would say, "Oh, she's just SO n-i-c-e!". And if you DO know me very well, you'd *maybe* think the opposite. But that's a pretty small handful of people. Anyway--Qutecowgirl's blog is very interesting and I have to admit that I stalk it visit it everyday. Now, here's the button for the award:



I took a closer look a minute ago, and I thought--hey, that's kinda a little dirty of a pic. But I can't not put it up. If I'm going to have that up, maybe it's time to join the Sexy Knitters Club, afterall?