My Life in Stitches: Bible Study Knitting

I knit in church but only in Bible study. I know that may seem disrespectful, but it actually helps me to keep my mind from wandering (although I suspect it’s a little distracting to the people sitting around me).

When I first started knitting in Bible study, I thought it was the greatest thing ever. But now, I’m not so sure. Not that the knitting is bad. That’s fine. It’s picking projects that is stressing me out. I have a rule (one among many) about my Bible study projects. They have to be:

• Chartless unless I can memorize the chart
• Small. I won’t work on a sweater in Bible study
• Mindless

Not bad rules, except I’m having a hard time finding projects that fit my criteria. I know hats and fingerless gloves are perfect for Bible study knitting, but there are only so many of them I can make. I working on a felted bag right now, but I have no idea what my next project is going to be.

So knitting friends, help me out. Got any pattern suggestions for me?

A few projects I've worked on in Bible study:

Pagona

Easy Fingerless Mitts

Spectra

A Gray Loop

Wingspan

Monkey Socks

My Life in Stitches: Get Off My Needles!

I have a sad confession to make. I have four projects on my needles right now. Not happy about that. I need to finish some of them, mainly my Mini-Mania scarf. I really loved this project when I started, but now, I just want it to be over. Hopefully by the time I post this entry, it will be finished.

Not only do I have all these project on my needles, a few have been “in progress” for a while. Here are my current WIPs:

Mini-Mania-cast on March 23, 2012 (soooo over this)

Monkey Socks-cast on March 22, 2012

Josephine Shawl- cast on March 31, 2012 (in its defense, this is my current mindless

Bible study project, which means I normally only work on it on Wednesdays and for the hour that Bible study lasts)

Spectra Shawl-casted on June 5, 2012 (a part of my birthday knitting and sadly it probably will be done before the others)

Phoenix Wingspan

Despite my multiple projects, I managed to finish a few projects. I finished my Wingspan. I am so pleased with this project. This yarn just didn’t know what it wanted to be as one of the ladies in my knitting group says. But when I introduced it to the Wingspan pattern, they seemed made for each other. I had originally named this shawl Red Rising, but one day when I was working on it, my DH commented that it looked like a phoenix rising. I promptly changed the name to Phoenix.

Pei Cowl

I also finished a Pei Cowl by Michele Wang. This was the first project in my birth-month knitting. This pattern went so fast! Once I finished past the lace rows, I zoomed through the rest. I made this with my Yarn Love Elizabeth Bennett. Lovely yarn to work with. I’m thinking about buying some more.

As for my unfinished projects, I wonder if I devoted a few hours a week to them, maybe they’ll grow up to be what they were destined to be.