So 2011 wasn't very successful on the goal front for me. Having knit up 13km in 2010, I set myself a goal of 20km in 2011. It was extremely optimistic considering the radical life changes in the past year (moved, new job, death in the family, new relationship, new pet--I go way off the charts when it comes to those stress counters). So it probably doesn't come a surprise that I didn't make it. The end of the December saw me make 7km.
The goal was to knit down stash and to clear things out. To some degree I have been working more from stash, certainly I've spent less money this year on yarn than in previous years. However, hitting that one cotton sale meant a huge amount more of stash that came in and adding some from fiber festivals and the occasional Loopy Ewe update has not helped.
I did, however, do some amazing things. I knit 18 pair of socks. Considering each pair takes me about 20 hours, that means I dedicated 360 hours or 15 full days just to making socks. For those of you paying careful attention, why yes that count went up one from the last blog post.
Behold what I did over Christmas weekend: The Philosopher's Socks. They're done and he wore them for New Year's Eve! He's shown them to two other knitters and already started mentioning that I've only knit him one pair of socks so far. ;) This is a step up from the not very subtle hints that I've never knitted for him.
They are Blue Moon Fiber Arts Medium Weight in the CopperTree Colorway that I purchased at Stitches Midwest this year (with the Philosopher no less, though at the time the yarn wasn't necessarily destined for him). Knit on size 2 (2.75 mm) needles over 52 stitches. It's my standard vanilla sock pattern of 2x2 ribbing.
I'm debating various goals for 2012. I did okay with the "knit a certain project every month" for about four months a couple of years ago, but then got waylaid. I didn't do well with a certain amount of yardage. I tried for the Stash Dash that the KnitGirllls did last summer and made it through about 3K. But a full time and very busy job and a full time and very busy boyfriend does keep getting in the way--even when that boyfriend is very understanding that I will bring my knitting along all the time and work has gotten used to my knitting through meetings. So for now, here's the plan...
- Work on the afghans that need to be completed here at Chez Hedgehog.
- Work on the WIPs sitting around the house.
- Knit more socks for other people.
- Continue to mostly knit from stash.
Nice modest goals! Mine are pretty similar, although as a quilter as well as a knitter, I've got two kinds of stash to work through. Ah well, all we can do is try our hardest, right?
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