Playing Yarn Chicken (and LOSING)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- It's a tradition: Every year I swear I'm going to get my handcrafted presents finished with time to spare...and every year I'm crafting right up til the last moment. Sometimes beyond. Tis the season to procrastinate.
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Yes, Finish-itis is real and difficult to overcome. I’m currently struggling to NOT start another new project and focus on the ones I’ve already started 😂
I may have started another project right after casting off the shawl...whoops! 😁
Any Red Dwarf reference in everyday life warms my heart! My sister and I have a shorthand: whenever she's considering buying something dumb, especially from an advertisement, we refer to it as a "walrus-polishing kit" (I believe from "Better Than Life")
I've made many a gift with an "accent border" thanks to yarn chicken…… Love both projects, great job!!
We need the "If your yarn is on clearance..." bit on a T-shirt. :) Happy all of the Holidays!
(looks left)
(looks right)
I'd do that, but I have a very real fear the folks who dislike fast fashion would call for my head.😬
Maybe a mug. Mugs are always good 😉
@@MaireColclough Yes, much safer idea!
I'm always surprised, as more of a knitter, how much more yarn crochet takes.
Also, I finished my Christmas knitting at 11.32pm on Christmas Eve. Which was before the deadline!
Hooray for making the Yule deadline!
When it comes to crochet...I'm still trying to wrap my head around most of its logistics. 🤔
You know what? I finished all my presents early this year. In light of your title (poor life choices), I spent three whole months making elaborately woven baskets, crochet accessories, hand carved stamps, and handmade candies. I gave the presents away. I feel unsatisfied. It was not worth three months of time since I then had the time to convince myself that nothing I made was good enough. Wait until the last minute please…. The grass is always greener. I miss my procrastination.
I have a ziplock bag with several remnants of shawl in a ball, I'm pretty sure I have some of that colourway lol. But don't feel bad, I gifted my sister a purse with the hardware and fabric for a strap inside, my mom a sweater without the neck ribbing, and my partner pyjamas that still needed hemming. 😂😭 They're all sitting on my sewing table again, waiting for finishing.
I've had Christmases like that. Particularly the one where my Dad got two balls of yarn and a toque pattern 😆
I'm actually getting back into knitting. Last year I realized how much yarn I had been given (Mom said she was doing Swedish death cleaning - which included Grandma's SABLE and a coworker had a bad pregnancy that lead to sever hand pain) that wasn't going to work with projects I had in mind for myself. So I burnt myself out making large, complicated Christmas gifts to use it up.
They were all loved and I can fit my yarn in a five drawer dresser. Mostly.
Take some time to recover from all that knitting...but I'm glad you're able to stash your stash! 😃
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your Princess Bride quotes!
In a way, I'm glad that I only have tolerance for one knitting project at a time. And, I view knitting as occupational therapy for pain management purposes.
I've had to compartmentalize my various hobbies 😄
Shawl: end at a convenient place and put a wildly different edging yarn on it. Then it's "contrast" instead of "not matching".
Good point 😉
First I'll say how beautiful the socks and shawl came out! 💖 I ended up sick from Dec 26 to into the new year! 😒 I put it down to stress before that....not a good thing. So kind of skipped over the Christmas season and getting so close to Valentines it might be a skip.For good news January I participated ( and am still) in Karen Brown 's 21 day Challenge to reclaim my sewing room. It's my 2nd year and though I don't go as fast I always find her logical advice and tips helpful.
Sorry you ended up sick! Sometimes a low-energy Christmas is a good thing.
Glad the sewing room challenge is going well! We're still trying to figure out our hobby spaces over here 😃
Getting a machine is not cheating by any means. I started on a blanket back in march 2022, and have yet to have progressed due to other more pressing sewing projects. If I could sit with a machine for an hour I would probably be more efficient and would probably feel better about my progression. Maybe next year I'll treat myself.
I've been wanting a sock machine for years...they're just somewhat cost prohibitive.
Some of the vintage knitting machines are also tempting, if they can be found on various second-hand marketplaces... 🤔
Your MIL is goals, I love being under wool with a coffee, and that shawl looks like a great place to coodle up.
your mother in law is one lucky lady. such a beautiful shawl! thank you for sharing and happy new year!!
P.S yes. if it´s on sale and to be discontinued, always take two. always.
Happy new year! I'm beginning to realize if one needs two balls to complete a project...buy three 😁
I have long resigned myself to the fact that I am unable to make Christmas presents for others because I procrastinate. So I have resolved to just make things for myself because my family rarely uses the things I make. Not because they don’t love them but most of the time they forget they have them😅. So well thought out bought presents are what I got my family🥰 candles for my mom and sister money for my niece and nephew dog bones for my brothers dogs one hastily made crochet bookmark for my grandma.😅
I'm the same. I just can't make presents for others, I just don't make things fast enough.
Ah Red Dwarf, that takes me back. My laid back English teacher in highschool brought in tapes of Red Dwarf to watch during class instead of.. teaching most of the time. He only regretted it when someone asked what smeghead meant haha. I crochet a baby blanket after his wife announced her pregnancy. I procrastinated but finished just before they brought the baby home- was dog sitting while they were at the hospital, finishing it as the dog's ate before a walk.
Sounds like you were playing chicken with the delivery date, much like the Yarn Harlot does with the babies in her family/friend circle 😉
@@MaireColclough Indeed. Luckily she wasn't a preemie baby. I haven't done crochet in .. wow almost 18 years. Watching you video I want to pick it up again, but with as slow as I am doing sewing projects (complete 1 simple garment every 3-4 months) it may not be a good idea to have another craft hobby.. as you mentioned in your holiday gift video.
Wow, so beautiful! I’ve been sewing over 50 years but have ever tried yarn crafts. Looking at your work I wish I had 50 years of experience there too because the socks and shawl are simply, utterly beautiful. I always am amazed at what people can crochet or knit because I have no idea how it all works.
If it makes you feel any better:
I've been cross stitching most of my life (over 40 years now)
I've been sewing off & on since high school...mostly off. PIcked it up again in the past 4 years.
I started knitting in my early-to-mid 30's (over a decade)
I've been spinning a couple of years less than that, but it's sporadic.
I started crochet less than 5 years ago.
I started tatting in the past 2 years.
Trust me...you can do this. 😃
it is a grey, cold New Year's Eve here in Montréal, and i will STILL be smiling and humming a song about stuff 'that never ends' when the calendar changes. thank you for that... genuinely. and a very Happy New Year!!!
Happy New Year to you as well! It may be grey outside in Montreal, but that doesn't mean it can't be cozy and cheerful 😃💕
"A few rows short of a repeat" seems like a great insult.
I once won thread chicken so narrowly that I pulled the thread out to cut it and the bobbin thread just ended. I should have probably gone out to buy a lottery ticket.
That's definitely scoring a thread chicken win! 😃
Loved the Dirk Gently & Princess Bride references! And can definitely relate to the Rimmer School of Planning
Just letting my nerd flag fly 😉
I love The princess Bride references and I think that Shaw was lovely and that sucks were fabulous I'd love a pair of socks just like that I might just have to learn how to knit.
Learning how to knit is definitely one of the best ways to get a pair of socks just like those (only not as long, I hope) 😄
Both turned out lovely! I do that last minute thing too. Can't figure out why we do that to ourselves...
Oh yeah yarn chicken though I’m more familiar with thread chicken. Yarn chicken looks more frustrating when you get to play over and over like a video game lol
Wishing everyone a happy healthy new year’s
Oh yes. And if I need to do something more than two or three times in a video game, I walk away from it. It's not worth the temper tantrum 😁
The shawl and socks are beautiful. Great job on beating yarn chicken. That takes skill and dedication
Thank you! It also took multiple tries, the willingness to rip back, and a stubborn streak a mile wide 😆
You always seem to speak right at me! After rushing to get things finished on time we ended up postponing family Christmas because of sickness!
I'm so sorry to hear that! I hope the quiet Christmas worked out ok 💕
I once made all my yule gifts in August, I thought. Then at the last minute realized I missed my sister's new partner. So I was still making stuff at the last minute. Note I always do two socks at the time on a circular needle because otherwise the second sock never happens or it comes out a different size due to my tension issues. My feet have certainly grown as an adult, every kid made them half a size bigger and just general spread due to gravity means I went from a 6 at 21 to an 8 at 73.
I put a cap on how many gifts I make per year. That helps try to keep me in check, but sometimes time just gets all wibbly-wobbly and next thing I know, it's December 5th and I have 19 days to get it together 😅
Ah, yarn chicken. I've been there. Antique CSMs can be hard to find and expensive, but it might be worth it to look into 3D printed CSMs. You can buy the finished item, or buy the files and print it yourself. I haven't tried one yet but have heard good things.
I'm saving up...torn between Erlenbacher and Dean & Bean 😁
This year all my sewing machines took a crap on me. Too of which were only about a year old. 🙄 then my trusty overlook machine that's it have had for 5 years now, decided now was as good as time as any to decide to stop chaining. Which consequently means No home made Jammies for Christmas eve present. Which was met with wild teenage hormones from the teenagers in the house that they were getting jammies last minute from amazon and knot blankets. Little kids didn't care but I never expected teenagers to flip out over not getting their mom made jammies. I got 3 knot blankets done for the youngens and the teenagers are still sitting on the Joanns bag waiting for me to get my act together and sit down and measure out 4 inches every 2 inches. Then comes the fun process of cutting and finally knotting. My fingers haven't quite forgiven me yet. Maybe tomorrow, since my duaghter had it in her mind that she wants to start work on a medieval dress for her next project. We will see how this goes when it comes to one zillion button holes by hand. Even if she decided she wants buttons that's still on my half a zillion button holes by hand.
10:09 I’ve been known to say that the third classic blunder is finishing the sentence “I’m not racist, but…”. 😂 This one’s really good too.
Heh. Love the Princess Bride reference. Also, I didn't know that feet don't necessarily stop growing, either! I know that your feet can get wider as you get older and gain weight or spend lots of time on your feet, but not that they can get longer!
Mine have changed width with weight, but size...not so much.
Further proof the men in my family aren't "normal" 😉
as someone who has a procratination problem and second sock syndrome i feel you.
Luckily, second sock syndrome isn't usually a problem for me...but oh procrastination! Never put off for tomorrow what you can do next year 😁
@@MaireColclough it was suppose to be "pro-craft-ination"
@@DAYBROK3 That too 😉
I feel for you! I finished a felted possibles bag on Christmas Eve.
Still working on Pokémon socks for 4 grandsons. Birthdays are coming, so maybe for those…
I love your sassy jokes:) Thanks for making videos! keep it up. you are a super talented human!
Thank you so much! 😃
I added spinning the yarn for second sock syndrome. Should be an adventure.
Probably best to spin all the yarn first THEN procrastinate about the second sock 😉
@@MaireColclough 7 pounds of wool is a lot to spin
@@kristalburns3490 Indeed!
This was such an entertaining video.
Thank you! 😃
Yay!! Well done for getting them both finished!!!
Have a great New Year!
Thank you! You too! 😃
The shawl turned out beautifully, and the socks look super comfy. Hope your holiday was good, and that you have a wonderful new year! Hugs
Thank you! Happy New Year to you as well! 😃
I only knit socks taat. I panic thinking they aren't the same (ocd?) if I don't. Same with mittens, even the thumbs
I've made an effort to embrace chaos...I used to get stressed if the colours didn't match exactly or I hit a section that was slightly slubbier...now I intentionally enjoy the personality of the chaos (though I'm not about to make socks with wildly inconsistent leg lengths or anything...I have measuring tapes for that) 😉
Okay then, here's what's weird. I don't mind the colors being off, most of my socks do not match visually. If you think about it, most people's feet aren't symmetrical so my mind is just effed up
Well Smeg another Red Dwarf fan!
I'm a moderate SF fan....mind the skutters 😄
@@MaireColclough I can still see Dwayne Dibley with his lunch box and thermos.
@@meme-sw1pc 😁
have you tried TAAT on magic loop? I just got an Addi Express - my husbeast has size 13 feet & wanted thick winter tube socks, it has enabled me to make him a pair of tube socks in about 10 minutes... now I'm trying to convince him to 3D print me a CSM for regular sock yarn...lol
Me and TAAT do not get along...unfortunately. I'm glad the Addi Express worked out for you! Particularly for house socks. Guess I'm not the only one angling for a csm 😁
That is so pretty! How is the weather where you are?
Warmish and a little slushy 😃
Ah, procrasti-knitting...my BFF for years now.
I get the feeling Simon & Garfunkel's Sound of Silence was playing when this was typed 😁
I am literally sitting here playing chicken knitting Jeny's Surprisingly Stretchy Bind Off on my shawl! You have my sympathies! Love the Princess Bride quotes!🇨🇦
My fingers are crossed for you! 🤞
@@MaireColclough Just finished and I have made it by a metre of yarn! Yay!
@@christenagervais7303 oh that’s so close! Congratulations!! 😃