2015 Week 4

Its almost the end of January and as I look back at the beginning of this new year I see that I hit my stride and maybe over did it a little in my enthusiasm. Not a bad thing and it certainly got my creative juices flowing in a big way but my muscles are telling me I should have eased into it a little bit. 

I started to make progress on several socks, my temperature scarf project and my shawls. In an effort to get a few things off my needles I powered through a night and a morning of dedicated focused knitting and finally finished my monthly shawl/cowl knit a long project, the Armonika Cowl and my 1st of 12 Mystery Hats, this one a stranded colorwork with cables.

I also started planning for February and making lists of things I wanted to make, groups I wanted to knit along with, yarns and needle required and what I needed to purchase. Putting this on paper make me realize that not only am I not slowing but I'm planning to ramp up even more in February but the I find I like the challenge of trying things I either haven't done before, like sweaters, or that push beyond the difficulty of what I already am comfortable with, like complicated socks, mystery patterns, cables, fancy lace and a variety of yarns from singles to super bulky. Here is a quick run down of my plans for February:

• Februarys mini hat in Meagheen Ryan's 12 month series
• Hats 3, 4, and 5 in a 12 week Meagheen Ryan's Mystery Knit-a-Long (MKAL) series
• His Golden Lair shawl for the Mega-KAL KAL
• Talamh Sweater for Carol Feller's mini-KAL
• Buttercup's Heros Sock for the Feb/March Solid Sock MKAL
• No Purl Monkeys Sock for the Fire theme Solid Sock KAL
• 3 Meagheen Ryan MKALs; one sock, one hat and one big warm thing

I also plan to continue and finish these projects if they are still on the needles by then:

• My first lace shawl, Waterspout, which will be a gift for my dd (through with 1st chart, still have 2nd to go)
• Mystic Cuppa, I'm doing as a MKAL with Knit and Knag (finished 1st clue, have to catch up with clue 2 and then several more still to be released)
• Simple Stockinette Sock for January's Bigfoot theme with Sock-a-long (top down; turned the heel on the first sock)
• Meagheen Ryan's Name Game sock (top down; still working on cuff of fist sock)
• Finish January's rows on Temperature scarf (16 days done so far)

2015 Week 2

Creativity feeds the soul and apparently I've been starving myself because now that I re-started knitting, I've jumped in with both hands (yes it should be feet...I don't t know about you but I can't knit with my toes). And it feels good to be creating again.

Coming out of week 2, I went from one project to many that will give me both quick accomplishments and challenge my commitment and skills. 

I've decided to take on the following goals this year to get me to at least 52 Finished Objects in 52 weeks:

1. Knit along to make 12 scarves/shawls this year. 

2. Finish all 5 WIPs from last year. 

3. Start 1 small/baby item and 1 larger gift item each month to get a head start on Christmas/Birthdays. 

4. Learn one new skill or take one class each month. 

5. Knit one hat, socks or other accessory each month.