Looking Ahead

So, I (finally) recounted what I did in 2009 with the needles, now I need to look ahead to what I plan to knit in 2010.

• Finish two pairs of socks in hibernation.


• Hats for the local hospital nursery


• Start a Hemloch Ring blanket with my grandmother's yarn (don't feel like I have to finish it this year)


• Christmas stockings for my Little Man


• Crazy Monkeys socks to learn Eye of Partridge heel that my SIL raves about


• Best Friend Cardigan for me


• Pomatomus Socks


• New hats for the kiddos for next winter: Who? for Pumpkin and a striped hat for the Little Man

That seems enough to be getting on with for now. I have already completed one of the socks I started last year, even:

The pattern is Die Zaubersocken and the yarn is On Your Toes by Kertzer. Loved, loved, loved this yarn. It was smooth and shmooshy and shiny and this pattern, with lots of stockinette, showed it off so well. I got exactly what I wanted by a yarn and pattern pairing. :) I do, however, need to get a better grasp of sizing... I always push on a little too long before I get started on the heel, underestimating how much length the heel will add. The picture shows a bit of scrunching up from my socks being a bit too long. I will hopefully learn!

2009 year in review

Bit late for this, but... oh well.

11 baby hats

1 child's sweater

1 baby sweater

1 baby vest

1 knitted bunny

6 knitted cupcakes

2 pairs fingerless mitts

1 pair socks completed, 2 started

1 ugly scarf.

& 1 adorable little baby boy. (Oh wait, he wasn't knitted, but I am extremely proud of him.)

Much of that was knit in the early months of the year when I was on bedrest and the arrival of baby #2 slowed down my progress. My interest in knitting seems to be rekindled now, though I can't say if my interest in blogging will be!

Happy New Year

The Pumpkin's Christmas gifts were well-received! She has so little hair still that she's never worn bows, but I'm especialy fortunate (as a knitter) that she enjoys hats so well. I would like to have pictures, but I can't upload pictures to my computer just now.

My knitting resolution for 2009? To plan less. Last year, I had so many projects with deadlines on my queue that at times it started to feel like a chore, which is the last thing knitting should be! I got loads accomplished, but I think that 2008 will have been the only year that I tried to knit gifts for everyone for Christmas. (And I think the baby boom will slow down a bit.)

Unfortunately, my pregnancy isn't going as well as hoped and I'm sort of laid up for a while. It makes it hard to knit because I'm not supposed to be upright for long. And I imagine after Little Roo is born that I won't have as much time on my hands to knit (ha, you think? Thank you Captain Obvious...) So my slowdown on projects is partly practical.

But also, I want to have the freedom to pick up whatever strikes my fancy whenever it does. Last year, I had so many things planned that I had no room to grab a project or class that just struck me and I don't want that to happen this year!

Still, I did tons in 2008:
2 Big people scarves
1 Little person scarf
1 baby blanket
1 toddler dress
1 set snowman ornaments
1 set dishcloths
1 pair booties
9 baby/toddler hats
5 pairs socks

I completed a stuffed bear started in 2007 and
I started a toddler sweater for Pumpkin.

This year I will knit a hat for my new baby and a hat for a friend's baby. I want to also do the socks for my Mother-in-Law that I put off last year when I ran out of time, and I want to get started on an afghan I planned for our living room. That's all I have planned... for now! Everything else is just icing on the cake. (mmm... cake...)

2007 Year in Review

Since my favorite reason for having a blog is cataloguing my work, might as well start up a list of everything I've knitted in the past year. What fun!

• Go-Go Garter Stitch Cat Blanket, acrylic, completed Jan
• Big Bad Dishcloth, cotton, completed Feb
• Mary Janes, Encore DreambabyDK, completed March
• A few random baby hats, Dreambaby DK
• First socks, Encore DK, completed July
• 3 Christmas stockings, wool and novelty yarns, completed Nov
• Umbilical Cord Hat, Baby Bee Little Britches, completed Nov
• Bow-Top Toddler Hat, Rowan Calmer, completed Nov (yes!)

WIPs:

• Dad's Socks, Plymouth Sockotta, started Nov
• Peggy's Bear, acrylic, started Dec

It looks like hats and socks topped the list! After I got going, it seems I was always on double-points. No wonder my hands are starting to hurt so much.