{"id":291,"date":"2012-04-08T10:31:35","date_gmt":"2012-04-08T17:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/?p=291"},"modified":"2012-04-08T10:31:35","modified_gmt":"2012-04-08T17:31:35","slug":"finishitis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.tangledstrands.com\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"Finishitis"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a term in the knitting community for starting a bunch of projects all at once that may or may not get completed.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s called startitis.\u00c2\u00a0 And it’s a real problem for some people.\u00c2\u00a0 You may know it as “oooh shiny!” in the regular world.\u00c2\u00a0 Something catches your fancy and suddenly there’s the overwhelming need to drop everything and start that new project or buy that new thing.<\/p>\n

In the knitting world there’s an opposite term, that is (understandably) used more rarely, for finishing a bunch of projects all at once.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s called finishitis.\u00c2\u00a0 And I had it in a bad way a few weeks ago.\u00c2\u00a0 The overwhelming need to finish up several of my projects to clear the slate for new ones.<\/p>\n

You can imagine that it was a very happy moment when this round of finishitis was over and startitis was allowed to set in.\u00c2\u00a0 But that’s getting ahead of things.<\/p>\n

In one week I completed:<\/p>\n

A second honeycomb cowl, this one for myself.\u00c2\u00a0 Technically I started this project the same week, but we won’t count that.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a very fast knit, aided by a week of vacation and a very long plane flight.\u00c2\u00a0 It is just the thing to go with my grey plaid rain jacket and has been keeping me perfectly cozy for the past several weeks.\u00c2\u00a0 I can’t say enough how much I am in love with this cowl.
\n\"\"<\/a>My blue socks.\u00c2\u00a0 These are wonderfully soft, squishy, and warm.\u00c2\u00a0 They’ve become a new wardrobe staple, whether they are being shown off or hidden within my boots.\u00c2\u00a0 Must make more.
\n\"\"<\/a>A dishcloth that had been taking up space in the project bowl for entirely too many weeks.\u00c2\u00a0 Get it out of the way already!<\/p>\n

And then, just as fast as it set in, finishitis was over.\u00c2\u00a0 Ahhhh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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