Finish or Frog It

2009 is going to be the Year of Decisions.  I'm tired of my WIP pile getting out of control.  I often lose interest in a project or fall out of love with it.  Sometimes it was just not the right project and I leave it thinking it's a shame to frog it.  But no more.  This year, I challenge all of you to join me in the Finish or Frog It 2009 knitalong.  Here are the rules.  They're pretty simple.

1. On Friday, take a moment to evaluate your knitting projects. 
2. Decide if you can either finish something or frog it.
3. If you finish a project, post a picture with the Finishing Friday button below.  Link to this post so others will know about the Knitalong. 
4. Tell us how it feels to have finally finished this project and let us know how long it's been on your UFO or WIP list.
5. If you frog a project, post a picture with the Frogging Friday button below.  Link to this post so others will know about the Knitalong. 
6. Tell us when you started it.  Tell us why you fell out of love with it.  Tell us how you plan to re-purpose the yarn.
7. I have officially started a Ravelry Group called Finish or Frog It.  Post your pictures there, add a comment to the appropriate discussion thread (Finish or Frog) or email me or leave a comment with a link to your post so I can keep track of whose finished and whose frogged what.
8. I'll have a monthly prize give away for the random Finished O and the Frogged O. 
9. There is no requirement to either finish or frog an item every single Friday.  Friday is simply a benchmark to remind you to reflect.  Go at your own pace.  Once a week; once a month; once a quarter or even once a year.  Use Friday as your incentive or reality check.

Here's the button you should use if you complete a project for Finishing Friday.  You know the rules.  Please save this image to your own computer before posting it on your blog.

 

Here's the button you should use if you frog a project for Frogging Friday.  Same linking rules apply.

There.  That's my New Year's Resolution.  Want to join me?

Comments

[GirlMeetsNeedle]

I thought I'd tell you that I found the group on Ravelry, and joined, and have decided that I'm in on this! :D

[MIMI]

I'm in too. I just frogged my cotton machine knitting pulover sweater (gift from my mom but I never wear it for 3-5 years it was on my view.. i liked the color so i finally frogged it to make a new one for myself.

[Georgi]

I am in, this is a great idea. I have posted to my blog and joined the group on Ravelry.

[Mary Lynn]

I'm in. Sounds goods to me.

And I've posted info on my blog which you can find here

or you can try copying this:

http://isnoacompletesentence.blogspot.com/2009/01/finish-or-frog.html

[Ariel]

Such a great idea! I'm in!

[Mari]

Sounds like a great way to get all my half done projects done! Thanks for inviting me.

[Tiffany]

This is the best idea ever!! :) I'm really glad you started the group! Thank you! :)

[Emilee]

This is a great idea! I'll definitely participate.

[Anisa]

Sounds like a great idea! I'm in!

[Tamara]

What a great idea! I think I may join along too. I might have to extend it a bit past knitting though as I have some sewing projects that would love to also be finished!

[bmom]

Sounds great. Maybe I can use the motivation to help finish some sewing UFOs too!

[Michelle]

I have to check on my projects. This is a great idea.
Once upon a time, I had a sweater that I was working on for a class, HATED everything about the sweater, except the other knitters in the class... the day I frogged that sweater was a Happy Day!

I will blog about this to get myself thinking about what I have on the needles..

[Suzanne Urban]

Hi Jen,
Yes my WIP pile extends to a few decades of stuff, ugh.

My goal this year is to be even more productive but also to try some things I've been wanting to do and haven't gotten around to doing.

And maybe I should create a frog pond for those going nowhere WIP's?

[Wool Winder]

That's a good idea for a KAL. I hope it helps everyone clear out their UFOs.

[Valerie Ford]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13721096@N07/3156405067/

here's my finished project!

[Barb]

A worthy endeavor! I had only two hopeless projects. One is frogged now and turning into baby hats, and the other is mohair and perhaps will never be frogged as the yarn is icky.

[Karen]

Ooooohhhh, what a wonderful idea for a KAL. I'm in!!! :) This is going to be so much fun.

[Tempe]

Hi Jen,
I'm in! I was inspired yesterday when I read Clara Parkes article on Slow Stashing yesterday in the Knitter's Review newsletter. I went through my stash and found yarn to give away and an ancient WIP I'm finally ready to FROG! Earlier in the fall, I made a list of all the WIP's I have that I want to finish. I'm going to post that to my blog and go from there. Thanks for the great idea, group and buttons! And Happy New Year!

[Rebecca]

Great idea, ever since Raverly, I have frogged a great deal, it is seeing them up there, the pix and the date and all...
and also it makes you think, "What was I thinking?"

[Julie]

This sounds perfect -- what a great group! (Perhaps this will give you the momentum you need to finish BF's blanket.) Count me in - I don't have an overabundance of WIPs, but I do have some that need to be dealt with before the cats ruin the yarn.

[Lisa]

Ha! Great idea! Those "zzz" projects in my Ravelry need a good review. I did pick up my Poetry in Stitches sweater yesterday with the intent to finish it this month. I hope your Kaffe Fasset sweater ends up in a Friday finish soon! Good luck to all.

[Estella]

Happy New Year! I'm in on Finishing Friday.