I love Ravelry! I like being able to see what I have in my stash and how much I
have (or am supposed to have, if some gets separated from the rest). I do like
the groups, although that isn’t my favorite part. My absolute favorite part of
Ravelry (other than Bob) has to be the queue feature. I have a lot of things in mine and I decided to share it’s contents with you - maybe, just maybe, if I own up to such high expectations, I will actually cast on for some of these projects!
Scarves! I have no less than 8 scarves in my queue. A couple of them are intended to be Christmas gifts for people, if I cast on that is. There is Gossamer Stars (I’m not using the Ravelry link if I can, just in case some of you aren’t on Ravelry yet), Liesel and Dayflower, just to name a few.
Socks! I have 17 pairs in my queue!! This year, in an effort to actually use some of my sock yarn stash I decided to do my own personal sock club (picking yarn from the stash and pattern a month). I got a little behind earlier in the year and only managed to knit my socks for February! I’ve managed to finish June’s socks so I’m going to cast on another pair and try and have them done by the end of this month as well. I have a bit more free time now that I’m done with school. Anyway, there’s Firebird inspired by Harry Potter; Nutkin which looks, I don’t know, different from the other sock patterns I’ve seen - there’s just something about it; and a new edition to the queue is Knitt’y Spring Forward socks.
The “problem” with Ravelry is that you find so much inspiration in what other’s have knit you start eyeing projects you wouldn’t otherwise make. For me, it’s shawls! Now if I do make a shawl I probably won’t wear it like one. I’ll probably wear it more like a scarf and I won’t be making on out of lace-weight yarn any time soon, but I might give these patterns a go: Terttu Shawl and Parthenope (inspired to make this after seeing Random Ranter’s in person at the Ravelry party at MS&W).
In addition to all those scarves, socks and shawls I have numerous sweaters/tops in my queue as well. The oldest one on there was the Hourglass Sweater from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I’ve just cast on for that - finally! I also have some felted clogs, a couple of hats, and bags to make in the future.
