UFO sighting

While I have been enjoying my sock knitting, I have also been feeling a bit guilty.  So many of the socks in progress are intended to be for me.  I showed my mom some progress on a sock yesterday and she asked, "Oh!  Is that the one you are making for me?"  Well.  Actually it was not.  The fact that she asked this about an orange and brown sock further shows her desperation to have a pair.  My mom is a purple and pink sort of woman.  If she wanted an orange sock she is getting desperate.  That got me thinking that I really need to get cracking on a pair of socks for her.  Then, i thought that it wouldn't be too hard since one of the pair I want to make for her are worsted weight and could be finished in about a week.  Then, I thought I really need to start working on the other Monkey sock, so she would have a pair in fingering weight.  That opened another can of worms.  As I was thinking about fingering weight socks and socks that do not fit too well, being a bit loose, i thought that I also need to knit dad a pair of fingering weight socks that are a bit more snug than the first pair, and taller so he can have them as long as he likes.  Lucky, for me I was able to put that thought away to use for his Christmas gift this year.

While my brain was whirring with the sock thoughts above, it also got me thinking about how many things I want to knit for the kids.  Not just sweaters and socks, but also little toys.  The Mousie by Ysolda Teague is something I have wanted to make for the last couple months, and monster chunks, and other knit monsters.  Ugh.  So many things, but I also do not want to put down the socks!  That got me to realize that i could finish something and alleviate some of my guilt about making ALL THE THINGS for me.

So here is a UFO sighting:

That is an Un-Finished-Object, aka UFO in knitting jargon.  Some of my friends may remember this sweater I started last year for DD:

I started it for a variety of reasons.  i wanted to make her a sweater.  i wanted to practice making a sweater for her so that I could see it wasn't such a big deal, scary undertaking for when I knit a sweater for myself.  A variety of reasons.  It went quickly too, which was fabulous.  All I needed to do was knit the sleeves...and there is sat.  Almost a year later and it still needs sleeves.  Now it will be for DS as it will be too short now for DD.  It is a good thing I made it in a color that would be great for both of them, which is why I chose that color.  I knew DD would outgrow it quickly anyway, she is growing like a weed.  I wanted it to be able to be passed down to DS so my knitting would be in use longer than a month or two.

I think I am going to resurrect this project and try and get it finished in the next few days so that DS will have a sweater ready to go once the cooler weather comes.  I also want to try and make an entire second sweater, for DD, before the Fall.

See what knitting guilt leads to???  So many plans, so many projects, so many UFO's.