The finishing has started....

Sounds cryptic, right? Well, not if you'd seen the number of WIPs on my knitting needles (WIPs, for the uninitiated, mean "works in progress", and at the risk of sounding like a Dean Martin song, I had a few!).

This weekend, three were graduated from WIP status to FO (finished objects -- in case you were thinking something else!).

Solstice Yarns (Etsy) had two complementary skeins of Osiris and Changeling (silk, and silk/mohair) in a colourway called "Wild Irish Seas". Those skeins were transformed into Boo Knits' "Be With You" (and yes, it was released on May 4th -- for those with a quirky sense of humour!)... and this is the pre-blocking result (post-blocking pics to follow):

I had some leftovers of Dye For Yarn's Tussah Silk (Etsy) in "Freezing Mountain Air" from an earlier project ("Wintersweet" -- another Boo Knits project), and combined with another knitter's leftovers, those were transformed into another Boo Knits beaded shawl/scarf entitled "Fragile Heart"...   (I'll replace this photo with more of a "glamour shot" in a few days).

I just added another one instead of replacing it! This one shows the beaded picot bind-off!

And because I needed some plain knitting to offset the lace, I used up some Knit Picks leftovers from my friend Susan's stash, and knit this little person sweater...

So, that's three down..... and you really don't want to know how many more remain. But I have taken an honest look at those that are awaiting my attention and have relegated two of them to the "frogging" pile (translation: rip-it, rip-it). My goal is for every two items finished, I have "permission" to cast-on/start something new. That should mean the end game is a zero sum!!