That's Finished Object to the muggles. (can you tell I'm relistening to the Harry Potter books?) The summer and early fall before Mom died she was knitting herself a capelet to take along when she played bridge in chilly restaurants over the winter. She didn't get it finished so I took it home with me when we cleaned out her apartment, and I won't even go into what size a job that was. Anyway, I tried a couple times to finish it since all it needed was the neck stitches picked up, 6 rows of garter stitch, then the addition of the already-knitted I-cord fastener loop, and the pattern described I-cord coil button to hold it closed. I couldn't manage to wrap my mind around picking up the stitches even though that's something that I know how to do blindfolded. I finally understood that it wasn't the right time to finish the capelet so I put it away, but not so far away that I didn't see it every time I searched for yarns or other UFOs. Last weekend when I put the Christmas things away it was the right time. I brought it to work with me yesterday and late in the afternoon I hauled it out, picked up the stitches lickety-split, knitted those 6 rows, and before I knew it I was binding off. After supper I wove in all the tails, then got a ceramic button that I got at Arti Gras last winter, placed the knitted loop and button, and sewed them on. I didn't take the time to block it yet because I want to take it to the knitting guild meeting tonight but it'll get to take a little swim in wool wash this weekend and then dry all patted flat on my foam blocking squares.
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