Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Welcome 2014!

It's a new year, and I'm not usually one for New Years Resolutions.  I try not to wait for the new year to change my habits, but this year I decided I might as well give it a try... at least in some aspects of my life. 

About two months ago, I pulled out my knitting for the first time in quite a while.  I have been knitting pretty consistently since then.  I've finished some old projects, started some new ones, have visions for future projects, and have been working on building my stash in preparation of a great year of knitting. 

I rejoined the world of knitting by knitting a pair of simple socks, and then I was inspired.  Inspired by the joy of knitting socks, by a thread on Ravelry showing picture upon picture of peoples drawers of knitted socks, and by my mom, and I decided to set some knitting goals for 2014.  So, here they are, written out for the world to see.  Hopefully the joy of knitting and a personal sense of accountability will keep me on track and allow me to complete all of these before the end of the year. 

1.  Create and maintain a knitting blog.  (Started this one already.. obviously)

2.  14 in 14.  In order to drastically improve the state of my sock drawer, I am going to knit 14 pairs of socks in 2014.  I started November with 4 pairs, ended 2013 with 7, and hope to have 21 by the end of the year!  Soon my drawer will be comparable to some of those in the Ravelry thread. 

My current sock collection
3.  Learn to take pictures.  I'm horrible at taking pictures of anything... Anything, but if I'm going to maintain a knitting blog, I'd darn well better learn how, or this will be a really boring blog.  I'll start by taking pictures of my current sock collection to put on this post.

4.  Finish projects I've started.  I'm not always a finisher.  I have a ton of projects I love that are just sitting, hibernating... waiting to achieve that finished project status and be useful.  Particularly, I started the Aran Sampler afghan by Melissa Leapman a couple winters ago, and for one reason or another it has sat, unfinished in my closet for the longest time. that will be finished by this time next winter, so that I have something to make my apartment feel like home. 

5.  Become comfortable with color work.  I've always loved fair aisle, and I've knitted a couple of fair aisle projects... a pair of mittens, and just recently a pair of socks, that both turned out.... eh, ok, but notthebestthingsI'veevermade.  I want to be as comfortable with fair aisle as I am with cables (which are probably my first love).

6.  Sell my first pattern.  This is something I hadn't really thought about until recently.  I've always been the loosely follow patterns kind of person... but after I pulled out my knitting in November, I finished one pair of socks, and then was just kind of knitting around, and ended up with a pair of socks that I absolutely love... possibly more than any socks I have made yet.  I also have ideas for things I want to make.  We'll see, it's kind of a half goal I guess.  It'd be nice to have it happen, but it's not a must do. 

Well, there it is.  the post to begin a new and exciting year.  I look forward to the possibilities... and as we all know, with knitting.... the possibilities are endless!

HAPPY KNITTING!  AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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