I never really noticed before that the Swedish weaving I much prefer to do is full of deeper colors of yarn. I've been working on an afghan for the last year that is pretty but the pattern has pastel colors and I've realized it's become rather boring for me to work on....if it's taken a year, I guess that explains it.
My sister-in-law, Faye, and cousin-in-law, Donna, come to my home on Tuesday afternoons and Donna seems to have reached the same conclusion I have. We don't really want to keep working on our present projects...so what do we do? Both of them are about half done which means we've put a lot of work, not to mention expense, into these projects so we can't just toss them aside. Yesterday I reached the decision that I would cut off both unfinished ends of the afghan, making it a lap afghan. The cut-off pieces would make 2 nice table runners later on. I know this is drastic but a lap afghan is still a nice present for someone and I can begin another project that will make me a lot happier.
I've never heard of a Swedish weaver doing this before but I'll bet I'm not the first. I've never seen an ugly Swedish weaving project and the one I'm tired of is very pretty but I'm getting bored with it.
I'll post a photo of my new "lap afghan" when it's complete...and then I know exactly what my next project will be. I bought 2 skeins of the prettiest variegated turquoise yarn and I want to make a couple of table runners with them.
Sometimes we have to call it a day for whatever reason.
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