YoungFolk Knits: Frog It Or Knit It? wip appraisal
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My unsolicited advice would be to hold off on doing test knits until you finish those absolutely stunning wips.
Yep! I need to put the brakes on 😂
I love the saying “Yarn so nice I had to knit it twice!” in regards to frogging and reusing materials. As annoying as taking back a project can be, at the end of the day it’s better to have something you’ll actually wear and use rather than something you can just finish quicker.
So true ❤
Oh my goodness, what a beautiful collection of WIPS! I would love to watch you finish all of them as time goes on, but the Celeste Pullover is my #1 pick. Thank you so much for sharing these , they are all evidence of how your creativity and enthusiasm for knitting is limitless and the intentions alone are very inspiring to me. As I was watching an idea came to my mind of a Hibernating WIP KAL! I think that would be so much fun and it would inspire me to finish some projects that have been hibernating for many months (or longer)
Thank you so much!!! And great idea!
Wowsers! I am most certainly not a monogamous knitter but his number of WIPs (no matter how beautiful) would freak me out completely…….I would suggest you dedicate 50% of your valuable knitting time undertaking a major WIPDown this year ……you are a fast and talented knitter and I would personally love to see a new section on your podcast covering your WIP Down process ……and a fashion update of all the resulting garment 🤩 I think this is an ‘issue’ many yarny folks deal with so we could do it together! Maybe you should make it a year long WIP Down KAL so we can all have more headspace free from lingering WIPs next year 😜😜😜
Great idea!
I really appreciate your pictures of the projects you put up as you are showing your lovely knits!
Thank you so much!
One thing that I did the beginning of last year is pick one day a week that I can only work on WIPS. It really helped me get back working on them but let me keep going on new things. Worth a try!!!
Great tip!
Dedicate one day per week or one week per month to WIPs. Pick one top priority WIP to focus on.
Just my opinion--Granny squares are enjoying a moment, but the moment will eventually pass. Either frog the granny square cardigan or get it finished fast.
You WIPs are so lovely. I know the feeling of lots of WIPs , sometimes I get overwhelmed a bit. Take care , hope your dad is much better now.❤😊
Thank you so much!
Kaci!! my yarn room is full of WIPs, just like you. And I love them all, they are out of amazing fibres too!! Like eating an elephant one bite at a time I just need to prioritize like you and dive in!! You are so dialled in to your colour palette. Thanks for another inspiring episode. ❤️❤️
Thank you so much 😍
I finished/frogged all my WIPS during Covid. Whew!! Now I’m focused on the huge pile of bags of projects/yarn I have set aside. Egads I have over 30! I guess I’ll just pick my favorites as I go, and be grateful they’re organized! 😮
PS IMHO frog the gingham and the weronika (I’m just reflecting your enthusiasm, or lack thereof). 😊. You seemed a little discouraged in this video which I get. Just focus on your favorite and start there! 🎉. One stitch at a time!!
Love all of your wips... and I am in absolute love of the colors you are using for the colorwork sweater from Petite Knit!
This is a great example for why i live by the Rule of Two.
One big and one small project, no more. That way my completion rate is aaalmost 100%
But all beautiful projects.
Love that!
Hi Kaci! I would love to see you finish more of these wips this year! I noticed you got them all out and aid how much you wanted to knit them and when it would be nice to wear them but you didn't make any plans on how or when to do that. I can I suggest picking 1 spring/summer project to knit on at the moment so it can be ready to wear when the weather changes. Just pick 1 at a time. You could have a wip section in your brain for your knitting, so yes you could take on test knits but you can also have brain space for "finish this next wip that I love". And do something else or watch something else while you work on it that is just WIP time that you wouldn't for a test knit for example.
Great idea ❤
One thing you can do is pick the 12 you want to finish most and then number them. Roll the dice each month and finish the one the dice lands on. If you can do more than one a month great but at least you will get some of them done
*If I were in your position, I would frog it all.* The amount of head space, shelf space, bag space and podcast space it's taking is pretty big. All the individual decision making, the vacillating, is exhausting. Frog it all, cake the yarn, and then sit back and consider your newly augmented stash. Take command.
That would take a lot of willpower 😅
I would frog most of them. Even though they would make up pretty, there is some mental or real world reason you never finished /returned to these items,. It's not material, cut once or scrap. Yarn is not a waste, but thinking time is - it was just going to be a piece of clothing. You have tomorrow, and a new project, and family, and life. Let most of those go - you will get more new wips - you know you will.
That was fun. I think you have so much beautiful work done already and if you just pick one and make it a plan you'll be surprised how quickly you get them finished. Start with the Celeste and then something for warmer weather and they'll be done before the weather really turns. Sorry your other video didn't work out. Technology....grrrrr! Best of luck.
Thank you so much!
Oh, my, you have some beautiful and complicated WIPs!!! I’d say it’s time to turn a blind eye to new things and finish what you’ve started. I can’t wait to see them!
Thank you! Will do!
Hard decisions to be made. That is a lot of beautiful yarn.
😂 I felt better about frogging a few things after making the video
I agree with your choices! It would be a shame not to finish all those gorgeous yokes!
Yessss!!!! 😢 I must finish!
Haha oh Kaci, you have so many beautiful WIPS!! I kept saying “FINISH IT!” For everything I saw. Especially the great gingham 😃
Hahaha! Maybe I will!
I love your intro! Especially the bees - those girls look like they're hard at work :)
Thank you!
Dropping in before watching to say I am SO HAPPY you decided to film this episode!!!!❤
😅 I couldn’t get thru all my sweaters to show. But at least I looked thru them ❤❤❤
There’s something about a new year for going through our WIPs and making decisions. I counted 21 WIPs at the beginning of 2024. I frogged a couple to get to 21. It is SOOOO hard not to cast on something new and delightful! I’ve been diligent and have finished 3 projects in January, so I’m down to 18. I’m working on 2 things at once, so I have different needle sizes to be working on. Printing out my WIP page from Ravelry gives me a quick visual reference of my projects that seems to be helping keep me on track. I do have some special yarn for a Pressed Flowers Shawl that is really tempting me.
That’s a great idea
This is what I do when it comes to purging WIPs or other things from my home...I ask myself, "if this were gone tomorrow, would I miss it?". If the answer is "no", out iy goes! I had a strange one lately, though. I was halfway through Clue 3 on the latest Westknits MKAL, and all of a sudden it was like a switch turned off....absolutely no desire to continue, and couldn't care less if I finished it. This troubled me a bit, but it was such a relief to let myself abandon it.
Great tip!
Wow, I had so much fun knitting clues 3 and 4, I can only encourage you to finish it.
I just keep thinking you should do like my friend who put her sweater on a knitting loom when its plain stockinette!
That would be cool!
I hate seaming garments too !! So not fun lol and I think I may not have a good seaming technique because it always looks poorly in the end 😂
What I usually do is that I add the stich counts of the body to knit it in one piece only, and then I pick up my stiches directly on the body to knit my sleeves in the round as well, respecting the count as the pattern says. I enjoy so much doing this because I save the seaming time and process and my knits are seamless 😍😍
Yesssss! If possible this is the way to go!
Wow … what a beautiful collection. You always choose such special projects I can see how hard it would be to frog them. I know whenever you make a decision you will also use the yarn for something else fabulous. I have a small amount to decide from last year and I know I will feel lighter when the decision is made.
I’m sure that even though it felt daunting it was also fun to revisit such great projects. Have fun beautiful lady 🧶💖
Thank you so much!
Good evaluation Kaci! You have started some beautiful sweaters, while just a few need to be “put to sleep” 😇
Yes! Thank you! 😊
You absolutely glowed holding up that Purpurea sweater! I'd love to see you finish that one.
I will!
So many beautiful FOs - you have amazing taste in yarns and patterns, I always end up adding to my Ravelry queue after seeing your videos! Thanks so much for sharing and can’t wait to see some of those finished (especially Celeste and the Purpurea! Gorgeous!) xx
Oh thank you!
I love a good WIP assessment!
I'm wearing my Tegna as I am watching your lovely pod today, I will say that the boring stockinette is good for mindless knitting at the movies, or during meetings.
Thanks for sharing your lovely work!
Great point! Thanks for the comment!
Your Celeste is so beautiful! Such a great colour palette. I'm glad you're planning on finishing it.
Thank you!
Wow, I was feeling for you there, so many beautiful almost sweaters. I say just tackle one at a time, put them in a priority list and work on the first one. You can always change the order too! Good luck! My 2 faves are the Purpurea and the Celeste.
So true! Thank you
I get to 5-6 WIPs and then I get overwhelmed and dedicate myself to finishing (or seldomly frogging) 3-4 projects before casting something new on.
That’s a great practice! I need to do the same
You have so many beautiful knits, Kaci! Oh gosh I would have a hard time letting any of those WIPs go!
Me too 😢😢😢
Oh my - as a monogamous knitter, knowing you have 40+ wips throws me into a mild panic. I would feel completely overwhelmed and cluttered even just knowing they were there. The reason I’m a monogamous knitter is because I know without a doubt that once I put something aside, I’m never picking it up again…
One other podcaster I listen to reserves one day a week as her UFO/WIP day. So her rule is she only works on UFO’s nothing new/current on that day. I don’t imagine she finishes anything all that quickly, but at least they get worked on. If she can’t be bothered to knit on it on UFO day, she knows she needs to frog it.
I thoroughly enjoyed your thought process of to knit or to frog. Looking forward to see the ones you kept as FO’s.
Thank you so much ❤
LOL...I am knitting the Latte Cardigan as I am watching this. Seaming is so worth it. My seamed sweaters fit so well compared to the others I have knit. Seaming can be intimidating, but it gets better the more you do it.
That’s true 😂 I don’t mind seaming at all I just don’t like setting in sleeves 😂
Love all your wips and how you stay true to your color palette! 🤎🧡
Thank you so much!
I have not tried to dye yarn yet, and right now I don't think I'm interested, but the way I go with hobbies there could be some day where I wakeup and am just desperate to try it lol so who knows!
It’s pretty fun!!!
I love the simple elegance of the moonset pullover! The moonset tee was on my list all summer but maybe I should shift gears and cast on the pullover. All your projects are beautiful btw!
Go for it! And thanks!
Hi Kaci! I have to admit that I have also a lot of works in progress, but they do not stop me casting on something interesting. I wonder if you could please share the specific colours you have got on the Celeste sweater. thank you, Marina
You’re adorable 😂❤ I love how you still want to knit all these 😊
Always!
On Fruity Knitting, this newest episode, birth Andrea and her daughter have made the knitting for Olive sweater. Beautiful, so continue on 😁
I’ll have to check it out!!
Let me first say that I enjoy watching your channel. You’re very cute and sweet. But wow. That is overwhelming. I work on one project at a time. I don’t start a new one until it’s washed and in the blocking process. Although I can say I don’t have any WIPS, is a big stash any different? Probably not a lot. This has made a huge impression on me to stop buying yarn until I’ve finished the projects I have planned.
Part of being a responsible adult is self control. I’m 59 and still working on that issue. 2024 could be our year to take control of our projects.
I hope I work thru or frog all of my projects this year!
Thanks for inspiring me to knit a few of the ones you have started that have been in my queue (especially Teti's Purpurea). Roxanne Richardson's newest podcasts pointed out she does not frog a WIP{ until she is ready to use the design for another project, just in case.
It would probably make more sense to group the last WIPs by type. So do all the hats together. When you look at all of them together you might find you have some similar ones and you don't need another. Whereas something different might just be the ticket.
Great idea ❤
With the yoke problem, you could get a knitting machine to do the plain stockinet quickly. It would be done in an afternoon once you get the hang of it. I am a machine knitted and although I don’t do this myself as I find it difficult to knit by hand, I have heard of many others doing this!
Great idea
I loved knitting my puepera, but I adapted it so the sleeves were cabled too, and it didn't have that"funny bit" down the sides 😊 you'll get to them if you live them when the times right for you
That's a great idea!
Don't frog anything! You knit such beautiful things! You know, maybe you can sell your unfinished projects so they can have the life they deserved! Think about it!
Awwww I don’t know if I can let them go 😢
@YoungfolkKnits by all means don't let anything go! But don't tear anything apart either, it's all gorgeous, every one!
Wow. What a lot of money tied up in unfinished WIPS I would not be comfortable with that
Hopefully I can work on them this year
Stitch stoppers/Point protectors! I know you have them 😁
My aunt loves your channel.
Thank you ❤
You reminded me of my Easy V that’s in purgatory… I went off gauge and it turned out HUGE, so it’s been “do I frog it and re knit or just steek it and reuse the yoke?” I’m hesitant to steek because the yoke is all handspun though 😬
Oh no! That’s a tough call!
I would love to knit with cashmere or cashmere blend but hesitate when I note the cruelty the goats frequently endure 😢
I’ll have to do some research on that!
I have to laugh…. I am such a monogamous knitter. I get anxiety if I have more than one project going on. I think everything is beautiful…. I challenge you to do one knit at a time 😅
I am currently monogamously knitting on a test knit. So does that count?
recently started watching - your aesthetic is closest to mine of all the podcasters I've seen, so I love that! thank you! Do you ever knit for your kids? I would LOVE if you included some of your kid projects, if so.
I have knitted a lot of things for my kiddos! Hopefully I can show them all one of these days
I can only echo what was said previously. You definitely need to stop test knitting for a while as those stunning wips need to be finished.. Remember you chose those patterns because you loved them, be fair to yourself and finish them x
Maybe just do test knits with one large and one small wip to focus on at a time until they are all finished? That's just my suggestion since you seem to almist always complete the test knits.
Great tip!
you’re so excited about test knitting, so good at it and a wonderful ambassador for your designers. What if you embraced this talent? Instead of trying to limit your test knits? what if you nurtured your passion? ❤ Maybe your enthusiasm is your spirit leading you to new things yet unknown? 🤷♀️just a thought. ❤❤
Thank you! I don’t think I’ll ever be able to give up test knitting 😂 I just need to decrease the amount I do 😉
A. 2024 should be the year of no test knits. B. Consider your WIPS as test kits. Wa-la, knit for YOU!!!
😅 good idea
❤🌈
Hello from Swansea, Illinois!
Hello!
My vote is to finish the Moon set Pull9ver, but make it with short sleeves and an I cord edge
Great idea
Have a great day!
You too!
Roxanne Richardson, a fabulous knitting guru, does a “Finish it February “ as a way to tame the WIPS. You might find this helpful.
Yes!
Girl! You have so many yokes! I wonder if it would be worth your while to invest in a knitting machine for the body and sleeves? The owner of my LYS does that and thought that was genius, especially if you find stockinette boring and need something more attention grabbing to keep interest!
That’s an interesting idea!
thank you for sharing all your wips we grand intentions but somehow get way laid or distracted because we just don't have enough time in a day. You do have some beautiful wips going so good luck now I need to take stock of my wips. I do have a question I knit the Douglas cardi by andrea mowry but I haven't done the button band the thing is it is so big so frog and start over or finish plus am not happy with colors any suggestions please 😊until next time
It sounds like you are generally unhappy with the result of this sweater. Been there many times! I’d say frog it now since you don’t have the button band to worry about yet
I've also recently frogged a Douglas Cardi that was almost done, I was even already halfway through the button band, but it was too tight around the shoulders and arms... So if you do decide to frog, you're not alone. ;) now what to do with all those yarn nuggets though... 😅
Who is the maker of the Mika Vest? I can’t find it on your Ravelry page. I love it.
So sorry just added to description box!
I don’t think you have to frog the project that you have almost finished and I suggest to organize the project by numbers to encourage yourself each time you gonna work on the test knit you gonna work on it too when you finish the certain number you’re gonna start the following one and I suggest organizing it according to the weather so heavy sweaters I think you need to finish more quickly and the summer projects will push back until spring or summer.. and if that encourage you I really want to see the finish garments that you showed us. I really like them and I wanna see the finished object and I was definitely watch your podcast too if you worked on it , it’s not gonna be boring.
Thank you! ❤
Maybe you could treat the WIPs like test knits and impose some deadlines on each one for yourself. You clearly work well to tight deadlines 😂😂
Yesssss lol
I love your podcasts but the music while you’re talking is very distracting . I love your project choices and your colors
Please refrain from test knitting until you finish your wips. Don’t cast on any new projects until you finish your existing wips in progress. I don’t start any projects until I finish the one I am working on. I knit one project🎉 at a time. I can’t have multiple projects as for me nothing gets accomplished. It is not terribly cold in your part of the country and you have stated that you run warm. You might want to consider not knitting such warm sweaters and knit in lighter weight wools and wool blends. I am also am knitting with more plant fiber and wool blends and live in the NE. Our winters have been warmer.
So true! I love linen and silk blends!
And....😮
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don't finish the tenga by caitin hunter. i have a belly and that top really accentuates that. i gave it away almost immediately.
Uh oh! Thanks for the heads up!
For me, this would feel immature and a complete waste of natural resources to have a pile of WIPs..
Think of them as TEST KNITS. Sounds like you enjoy,so much. Put a day and time. Good luck!🦺⛑️
Yes! Thank you!