Today I decided to take a different approach to knitting for my family this holiday season. Instead of stressing myself out with deadline knitting (along with the baking and decorating and gifts that have to be mailed out and the standard shopping), panicking over whether or not items will be finished on time, not to mention liked by the recipients, I decided I would let them choose a pattern and the yarn(s) involved.
My kids, being decidedly geeky teenagers, picked superhero themed fingerless mitts with large grins on their faces.
The project for my husband is a bit more ambitious, but as it uses ten rather large skeins of yarn from my stash and he picked a fairly uncomplicated pattern, I may get through his sweater in time for him to wear it next year. Maybe. The odds are improving on a daily basis as I slowly but steadily keep working through all the unfinished projects currently on my needles. Every once in awhile I may pause and make a pair of fingerless mitts or knit marathon style on something needed immediately. This works out. It keeps me from casting on any large new projects before I finish the ones in front of me. So far.
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