one hundred and sixty four.
yes indeedy it’s time to start planning for your 2009 holiday knit list! i dunno about you but for the past couple of weeks while cruising ravelry’s newly added patterns i’ve been eyeing the potential projects not only for me, but for what i might want to knit as christmas gifts this year. one thing i definitely want to do this year is knit each of my nieces and nephews a stocking (so technically that’s five things, hah!).
ideally i’d love it if people came right out and requested hand-knit items. but that’s not usually how it goes, so us knitters are left with the task of choosing the pattern, choosing the yarn, choosing the colour(s), guessing the size, casting on, frogging back, casting on again, scrapping one project for another, and so on and so on and so on. so hey i’m gonna go ahead put it out there: if you’re reading this and you usually get a gift from me, why not drop me a line and help a sister out? just sayin’…
there’s tons of options to choose from! socks, scarves, wraps, shawls, mitts, toques, dishclothes, pillowcases, toys, baby/toddler knits, berets, market bags, shrugs, cowls, legwarmers, slippers – is that enough for you? cause there’s probably way more that i’m forgetting to mention!!
i think my plan for this year will be to just knit away at patterns that i really want to try, use up all kinds of different yarns from my stash and hope that the resulting finished objects are suitable for everyone on my list. that way i’m not pressuring myself to ‘knit such-and-such for so-and-so by xx-date’. makes for more enjoyable knitting, doesn’t it? and if it doesn’t work out that everyone gets something, then i still had fun creating the item and chances are someone will claim it/them.
in the meantime, i really need to finish up my sweater. not that i’ll be wearing it anytime soon, but you know. and tonight? there’s just enough hours left in the day to complete my pair of ‘hospital socks’ (the waving lace pattern from favorite socks).
happy knitting!
zomg.
Uh is it really March-freaking-twenty-sixth??!?!
Holy schnikes, batman.
Deadlines quickly approaching = time running out.
Must finish:
- Fawkes Socks (February’s Sockdown Challenge) by March 31st. One sock done; just about ready to start the heel flap on sock number two.
Must start:
- Periwinkleberries (March’s Sockdown Challenge ) by March 31st. Requires me to finish Fawkes Socks first though, as I need those needles – eek!
Having second (or is it third? fourth maybe?) thoughts on the big bad baby blanket. It’s still not even halfway done. But I like it, so I want to finish it…
Oy, why do I do this to myself?
the ’sunday tea & toast’ post.
Move along. There’s nothing to see here.
Seriously. I have nothing to show you today. What I should be doing is knitting. Instead I’m here to tell you about the lack of knitting that’s been happening.
Deadlines:
Sockdown! January – my I Like Hip-Pomatomus’ socks are due by next Saturday. Will be starting the second sock today. Highly unlikely that I will meet this deadline.
Baby Chalice Blanket – due by March 16th. Haven’t even finished the first pattern repeat… Not feeling the pressure so much on this one though. It may be a few days late.
Sockdown! February (1) - the heart-shaped socks which I had intended on finishing for Feb 14th (what was I smoking when I gave myself that deadline!?) are now on the back burner. They will not be done before the Sockdown! finish date of March 31st. I will not even attempt this.
Sockdown! February (2) - have not been cast on yet. Making Fawkes socks; these must be cast on by Feb 28th and finished before Mar 31st. I will do this. I will. I’m probably crazy to, but I will.
And that’s it for time-sensitive knitting. There’s still my Seascape Stole and Lace Ribbon Scarf to work on too, but clearly I’m in no rush. They’ll get done…eventually 
Is it bad that I’m already planning out my entry for the March Sockdown challenge? Probably.
In other news…
-Yesterday my fiance and I hauled a few large bags of old clothes down to the VV boutique (that’s Value Village to those who don’t know). Cleared up a nice chunk of space in our bedroom. That felt good.
-Had to buy a new winter jacket, since the old one decided to commit zipper suicide the other day.
-Dad had a minor surgery last week in preparation of his upcoming battle. (He has cancer; I don’t think I’ve ever come right out and said that to you.) He is now armed and ready. To quote a dear friend: “It’ll be a rough road, but your dad’s driving a truck“. We will conquer! Wish him luck.
-I still have a beautiful new (and yet unused!) table in my dining room. Are the seat cushions on? Nope. Do we have access to a drill? Yep. Will it get done today? I sure as heck hope so. (Sorry we’re taking so long ND!!!)
-Thinking ’bout Rusty. We still have a lot of his stuff sitting out in our bedroom. Went to move some of it around (now that the large bags of unused clothes are gone!) and I thought ‘why is this litter pan so heavy?’. Yeah, that’s because there’s still litter in it (clean litter! I was a good momma and cleaned it after every use). It’s been just over one year since we lost our furbaby. So today, after my sunday chores, it’s time to deal with that task.
sock down! sock down!
Good lord, what was I thinking?
There is no way the heart-shaped socks will be done in time.
That is all.
*waves white flag*
mmmore! mmmore! mmmore!
The lyrics to Billy Idol’s Rebel Yell said it right.
A cross-town trip to the LYS + new fave yarn still in stock (three colours!) = ONE VERY HAPPY GIRL. mmm Malabrigo. Merry Christmas to me…
