In case anyone asks, when I die, no one needs to feel they need to clean up any loose ends on my behalf. It’s not at all important to me.

Tying Up Loose Ends

I can’t imagine not having unfinished business when I die. Some of those items will need to be finished by family or friends or Thaddeus if he’s still alive. But as far as my yarn-crafting, please be certain that I have no need to have any of it finished. Don’t get me wrong, if someone wants to finish one of my items, they’re welcome to it. But from my perspective, there is nothing important enough to me that it can’t be thrown out after I’m gone. That being said, I can imagine there are some folks that would love to have their last efforts completed. Especially if they were being made for loved ones.

A schoolmate of mine was working through her mom’s items after she passed. There were two hand-knit vests that here mom was knitting for her. One of them was almost finished except for the arm-hole edge and collar. And the other was about 75 percent complete. She asked if I knew anyone that could finish them. I told her it would be an incredible honor for me to finish them for her mom. The two WsIP arrived on Wednesday and I put down everything to work on them. I’ve finished the first one and started the second. I’m having a bit of difficulty matching her mom’s gauge on the second one, but I’ll get it.

A Resource I Never Knew About

A friend of mine told me there was an organization that would help find folks to do this kind of finishing for unfinished yarn-work. Sure enough, the yarn-crafters have thought of everything!

https://looseends.org looks like a great organization. Had I known about it, I probably would have offered that as an option for my schoolmate. But I’m thrilled to be getting to know her mom through her two unfinished sweaters.

Current Knitting

I won’t be showing any of the work I’m doing to finish someone else’s work here. But I will try to keep a little other of my own knitting on the side so there’s content to show.

I decided to rip out the current Honey Cowl and start again.

I did this for two reason. First I realized the second hank of yarn from Manos wasn’t the same colorway. It wasn’t just a different dyelot, it was a different color altogether. Second, knitting-friend Helen sent me a modification for helicalizing the cowl so there is no “seam” at the beginning of the round. I’m all about the helical knitting. So I ripped it all out and started again.