Works in progress

I've rooted around in my various storage boxes and it turns out I've got four projects going right now:

1. Tempting sweater from Knitty. I started this nearly two years ago, when the pattern first came out. I ripped it out once, restarted it last Christmas, and it's still sitting around. As you can see, the first 8 inches of the body are done, and it really just needs a few weeks of concentrated effort for completion.
   
   
2. Henry Rollins doll from Stitch 'n Bitch Nation. This is for my friend Pea. I promised it to her way back in, oh, March? He just needs to have his legs sewn on--I suck mightily at finishing--and then he can be shipped off to Cowtown.
   
   
3. Not-Quite Straight Scarf from All Buttoned Up. (She's got a free PDF pattern up.) This is lunchtime knitting, for the rare occasion when I actually take a lunch break and don't have an afternoon workout. I've only got one pattern repeat done, but I won't be fussed about it until November, as this is Christmas knitting for either a cousin or my brother. (Both will be receiving cap and scarf sets from me every winter for the foreseeable future, as they both live in very cold winter towns.)
   
   
4. Ballband Dishcloth from Mason-Dixon Knitting. This just needs one more pattern repeat, and should be finished tonight.
   

My stash problem comes, of course, from the fact that I have a massive list of Things I'd Like To Knit, and I keep adding to the list! There's the pair of anklet socks that stumped me twice when I got to the part about correcting the twist in the yarnover (I think I understand the wrap and turn tutorial better). There's the Kitty Pi bed, which will need to be a generous 20-22 inches in diameter in order to comfortably fit my majestic tabby, Fox, and possibly a second smaller one for his adopted sister, Molly. There's the Moss Grid linen hand towel from Mason-Dixon Knitting, for which I made a special trip to the yarn store in order to get the Euroflax specified in the book (which I almost never do), because it looked so lovely. There are assorted baby knits from my favourite baby knit books, Debbie Bliss Baby Knits for Beginners and Erika Knight's Simple Knits for Cherished Babies. There are various felted boxes and bowls and bags and hats, because felting! fun! Notwithstanding the fact that I haven't got my first sweater finished, I'm already planning on picking up some KnitPicks Andean Silk for the Hourglass Sweater in Last Minute Knitted Gifts. And in a moment of insanity, I picked up a spindle and some roving from etsy, because spinning apparently seemed like a good idea.

I suffer a tiny bit from yarn-induced ADD, and I haven't been doing a good job of focusing my efforts. No wonder I've got so much stashed!