This is not the time for me to work on the crocheted sock adventure. It is still something I am curious about but it isn’t grabbing my attention right now like some other ideas that I have.
Therefore, I have decided to put the project away, carefully. I want to retain the info I have learned so far and easily pick up where I left off, without repeating work that I have already done. This is part of the reason I blog, not only to share my adventures with you, but so that I can come and easily find my info again.
I also have notes on a sticky of the hook size, pattern name and the next round to work when I pick it up again. Honestly, I think the next step is to rip because the sock still isn’t large enough. It might even be time to scrap this part of the adventure altogether and start fresh with the book my son got me for Christmas. I didn’t even sit and put that much time in. Just isn’t time.
When it is time again, I will probably blow through the whole project in just a couple of weeks. I don’t usually blog in real time here. That would be too much info at a time and probably a bit confusing as I would hop from topic to topic.
I have learned the hard way to put the project away in a manner that will help me in the future. I don’t always remember what I thought I would when I returned to the project later down the road. Other times I had neglected to update Ravelry as much as I had intended and was at a loss of where I was. So now, projects that are going into hibernation all get the same treatment.
First, I get a sticky or a small piece of paper, and a zip top bag that is large enough to hold the project and any extra yarn, another story. On the paper I write down the hook or needle size and brand, the name of the pattern and designer and the round, row or section number I was working.
This paper goes in the bag. The hooks/needles get put away and the pattern goes back on the shelf. This way I have my tools available to use and when I am digging through patterns later I might see this one and decide to pull out my UFO.
All of my UFO’s, and even WIP’s going on a short vacation, go into a storage box, that also happens to be an ottoman. Those going on a short vacation, like for example because I have no self control on project B but project A is on a deadline, also go into this box. Then I know where they all are and if the box is too full for another it’s time to do something about it.
I do, do something about it about once a year anyway. Usually around my birthday. HERE is a link to the video of me doing this a couple of years back.
HERE is a link to the blog post where I share even more detail about how to decide what stays and what goes.
Happy Making!
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