Fear of UFOs

We had one of those really nice lazy dazy weekends with lots of jammie time, blanket cuddling, reading, napping, movie watching, a little cooking and some knitting thrown in for good measure. We got our Christmas decorations packed up and stored away on Saturday and it finally felt like we were over the holidays again for another year, which was much needed. Some years it seems like the holidays, as much fun as they are, are harder to get through than others.

I've been reading about UFO challenges on various blogs. If you do any crafting, you know that UFO in this situation stands for Un Finished Objects, which really means a project you started, then stuffed in a bag and ditched in the back of a closet somewhere. Or is that just me? It could be any type of project - knitting, quilting, crocheting, sewing - something that either became boring or scary or who knows what your reasons are.

Here is mine ...

In November of 2007, I received some birthday cash from Mom and Dad and this is when I had gotten all jazzed about knitting again. I made nearly all of our Christmas gifts that year (8 scarves, 2 shrugs and a hat) ...

{Sorry about that last picture. It's a black scarf for my nephew knitted in chenille yarn with pockets sewn into each end and there was no way to get a decent photo of it, though I tried.}

So after I'd done all this knitting of fairly simple items throughout the year, I had birthday cash to spend and decided I'd make myself a sweater -- the Brushed Lace Cardigan that I found in a knitting magazine. And it started off great. I bought all these beautiful colors of Caron Simply Soft yarn to make this 3/4 length sleeve cardigan. This is a sweater that is knit in individual pieces and sewn together. Got the back done ...

Got the two front pieces done and one sleeve. And there the story ends, my friends. Sad, but true. I think I intimidated myself with the idea of seaming it all together and decided to put it away for awhile. Let's see, started in November 2007 ... *$@&%)~^ ... that's me calculating that it has been 3 years and 2 months since I started this beautiful sweater!!!

I am thoroughly flabbergasted and disgusted with my abandonment skills and this is my UFO project that will be finished in 2011, come hell or high water. You know, hell is only a few months away in Phoenix when we creep back up to Face of the Sun temps. High water? I have been caught in a flash flood in a wash once ...

So do you have any UFOs stuffed in the back of a closet?