WIPs and Worries

I'm not really one to worry about much of anything... Unless it's driving, or a job I hate, or life in general... Okay, fine, lets just say, I'm not one to worry about my knitting too much. Sure, I'll have a little apprehension when trying something new, but nothing that I'll lose sleep over. But some of my current WIPs have me all kinds of frazzled.

The project bugging me the most is my first shawl, Uphill by Cailtin ffrench. The whole time I've been knitting on it, I've been worried about my yarn choice. It's a really fuzzy, single ply yarn, it's Knit Picks Preciosa and I'm afraid it won't wear well and just get fuzzier through time. On top of that, the pattern calls for DK weight yarn, but I'm using a worsted and knitting the pattern as written. So, I'm worried the whole shawl is going to turn out too big.

My annual Christmas sweater is another project that has me all worried. I know there's still A LOT of time until Christmas, but I don't feel like I'm really where I want to be right now. I know once I get into the color work it'll be a breeze. But I was at least hoping I'd have the waist shaping done by now. I just can't seem to stay focused through the boring all white stockinette section.

The last really worrisome project is my Gummy Bear socks. I've been having trouble with the fit of my hand knit socks. And after finishing the first of this pair of socks, I'm still concerned about the fit. I thought my problem was that I wasn't allowing enough negative ease in the length of the foot, and figured shortening the foot would solve my problem. That was a no go, I feel like I'm either going to have to either go down a needle size, or decrease my stitch count. The thing is, I'm not sure what to do now though. Should I keep re-knitting the same sock until I get the right fit, or should I keep knitting new socks, making changes until I know what works for me?

All these projects have me a bit frazzled, and to be honest, I am losing sleep over them... That's not all that weird for me though. I tend to stay up too many nights thinking about my knitting projects even when things are going along fine... That's normal for a knitter right?

How do you guys battle your knitting worries? Do you find yourself losing sleep over your knitting? Let me know in the comment section.

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