Hello and welcome to an interesting post where I am going to talk about two projects I am planning on frogging. If you are not familiar frogging is where you unravel a knitting or crochet project. There are many reasons to unravel a project, does fit how you want, want to remake something since your skills have progressed, or you just lost interest. There are most likely more as well that I can’t think of at the moment. Either way, they are your projects you are allowed to do what you want with them. Anyway, on to the frogging projects!
Pressed Flowers (Ravelry)by Amy Christoffers
This project I am actually surprised that I came to this decision. This has been on my needles for over a year and I kind of pretended it did not exist for a bit. I am not sure why it ended up in this position because it was one of my most looked forward to projects. It is fun, playful, and all around beautiful. Plus, I ended up picking up some beautiful yarn from Ritual Dyes to make it, Ritual Dyes Marona in the shade Lambs Ear and Spincycle Yarns Dream State in the color way Written in the Stars. I honestly think I just was not in the mood to knit flowers in the colder months and then when it was nicer I didn’t have time to make it. Now that a year later I finally made the decision I was going to frog this project, I did some digging for other uses for this yarn, because I am not going to waste it. I think I have settled on making a two tone version of Nightshift (Website | Ravelry) by Andrea Mowry.
Alpenglow I (Ravelry | Website) by Andrea Mowry
Okay, so this project is a huge one for me and I am kind of surprised at how easy it is to say goodbye to. This is one of my first color work items I ever made, prior I only made a shawl with minimal color work before this. On top of that I jumped into this full color work sweater after this as well as it being my 4th ever wearable top I knit. This sweater was a bunch of fun, but also challenging. It really tested me, but I also grew so much as a knitter, I learned about catching floats, how to mosaic knit, and figured out how to mange so much yarn. On top of that I ended up wearing this to my first ever Rhinebeck – Sheep and Wool Festival. I have a lot of memories wearing this sweater and meeting up with some awesome people. So you might be wondering, why in the world I am frogging it?! Well, It is way to big on me. I made a size way to large for me, plus I have lost some weight since then. The arms are also a big unruly when trying to eat due to their length. The truth is I love this sweater so much, but I only ever wore it that one day. I realized I could do so much more fun things with this beautiful yarn. So, I am frogging it. I am thinking of maybe trying to make the Robinia Light (Ravelry | Website) by Anne Ventzel or save for another sweater. I haven’t fully committed to anything just yet.
For the record: everything I’ve written here is entirely my own opinion.These views do not reflect or represent those of my current or past employers.
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