on to the next project

I finished the mantel scarf this weekend. See picture below.

I'm happy with it. It could be better. I'm not sure I'm thrilled with the binding around the points - it doesn't seem sharp enough to me.

*** One of the reasons I tend to stall on projects at times is my perfectionism. I'm a perfectionist - in my crafts, in my work, in my parenting, in my life. You would think perfectionism is a good thing, and it can be. But for me, it can be an impediment. When I'm not happy with the quality of something I am doing, I sometimes freeze and can't move forward. Sometimes I move backwards - I've been known to rip apart a quilt and start all over again if my seams are straight enough. But lately, because I am so easily overwhelmed, it simply causes me to stop dead in my tracks. I have the half-started projects to prove it - oh yeah, and the half-assed stuff at work and a couple of rather signficant personal life issues I've left stagnant for a while.

I love and hate my perfectionism. I wish I could let up on myself enough. What's the harm in not being pefect, really? No one else expects that of me - why do I expect it of myself? I wish I knew - it would be so freeing to cut myself some slack on occasion.

*** Sorry, introspective moment over!

So what's next?

Believe it or not, the sock is now about 4 inches long. I am feeling some slight sense of possibility!

I also found a couple of knitting projects - fat/thick socks and a cool laced hat - that I want to make now. I attempted to print the projects out today at work but my blasted printer ate one of them. Argh. For all you "Office Space" fans - "PC load letter?!?!? What the fuck is PC load letter?!?!?" Yeah that sums up my relationship with my printer. LOL.

Hubby has also requested another quilt for the couch. Apparently my heat czar ways are making him cold and he needs more than one blanket. I'm not sure if this is a veiled insult or an actual request for a quilt - I suspect a combination of the two.

That's my 2 or 20 cents for the day. Rough day.