Oops, I haven’t blogged since Thanksgiving!
Happy New Year, folks! I think 2010 will be excellent.
After falling off the health bandwagon mid-December thanks to holiday noshing I am raring to get back with it. Today happens to be Friday so I can reconfirm my commitment to health and wellness in 2010.
Also I will be thirty this year. :O
Anyway, I made a collage of the things I made last year. It’s missing the two hats I made my mom for Christmas, but you get the idea.
Lots of nice things last year! My favorite things are the shawls and the Liesl sweater. I got back into the hat mojo, and of those, I really like the alpaca ribbed hat I made myself (last pic on the 2nd-to-last row).
This year I finally feel like knitting some sweaters. I have one that I’m currently working on on my knitting machine, and one that I am working on by hand – a top down version in worsted weight yarn of the Gathered Pullover from the Winter 2007 Interweave Knits. I actually splurged, crazily, and got myself enough Dream in Color Classy (in my favorite colorway, Happy Forest) to make a sweater with Christmas money. I also got enough Berroco Ultra Alpaca in a gorgeous deep teal to make another Liesl. So I’m going to roll with the sweater making while it’s hitting because it doesn’t happen all that often.
2010 will again be a year of Knitting What I Want To Knit, When I Want To Knit It. I am looking forward to it!
I still have to finish up a couple of projects for my sister for the quilt she made me, which is taking longer than I wish, but… I really don’t like making stuff for other people on a deadline so I kind of barf out projects here and there for her. I’m almost done with a pair of socks for her, then next I will make a hat, then next another pair of socks out of the hot pink and green Shibui Sock.
Anyway, other than the Abby knitting I don’t really have a rhyme or reason for what I plan on making this year. Last year I had no idea I’d make shawls, but I did – 3 of them. I also didn’t think I’d ever make a sweater, but I did! And I like it a lot.
This year I do plan on trying to knit down the stash. (She said, enthusiastically if, honestly, unrealistically) I have, recently, acquired Christmas stash, which was dumb, but fun! I’ll take a picture later.
I also want to blog more, but interesting things have to happen. 😛