I�ve been knitting since 1960s, but obsessively since 1994.
Sometimes I knit all day long; sometimes not much(hands hurt). Takes pain or the visit of grandsons to stop me. I would probably average 5 hours a day since retirement.
I�ve knitted 100s of Finished Objects. Although finishing an object is not always important to me. I�m a process person.
I have 2 �real� UFOs right now. I also have dozens of swatches and �what if I� kinds of things surrounding my favorite chair.
I design on the needles. It isn�t an efficient way to do things and often large chunks must be frogged. Occasionally, the whole this just doesn�t work and I frog and restart the yarn. Frogging doesn�t ever bother me because it means I just learned something new or solved some problem. Always a plus.
My first top down sweater after reading BW�s book is really my favorite. It is made of Katrina, a very forgiving yarn and has vertical darts to make it fit my body instead of swamp it.
My greatest challenge in knitting for myself is keeping the shoulders small enough while covering the boobs. Top down is the only way I find that works for me. No matter how much math I do, the shoulders droop over my arms in top up sweaters�even my own design.
The most important things I've learned about knitting for
myself are:
1.) Taking out fabric is mandatory. No drooping sleeves, midriffs. Extra fabric just makes me look and FEEL bigger.
2.) No design will make me look small, so concentrate on making what will make me feel good.
3.) Smaller yarn�never above worsted.