2008 Knits

Looking back over a year, I realized just how much I’ve learned. I could hardly knit and purl in the same row, and here I am, knitting and purling away. I learned about drop stitches, cable stitches, using beads, and working with a ton of different yarns. I tried my hand at entrelac, lace, and shaping.

I also realized how little I’ve knit. Yeah, a couple of shawls and some scarves, a few crochet blocks early in the year, but nothing too grand. It’s nice to know I’ve knit at all since it doesn’t seem like it. But it still seems a little puny. Oh well. I’ve knit, crocheted, made soap, weaved (though I never got around to telling you about it). Plus, there’s always 2009, even if I am off to a slow start. Let’s see what I can pull off this year, eh?

Isn’t this cute? I wrote this in February, probably hoping that by saying this I would be able to psych myself up for more knitting. I feel like such a slacker in the knitting department. Truly, I have been excessively busy. Still, it seems like knitting has become such a large part of my life and how people perceive me that that’s one of the first things they ask about. I’m always thinking of it, but just can’t seem to get around to it.

But guess what? I knit last night. Maybe less than a dozen rows, but it’s knitting right? It’s also on an unfinished Christmas present. It’s for the ex-fiance’s grandmother. The project was an experiment that I wanted to try, but it seemed to be taking forever. Well it is taking forever, but I don’t want to give up on it.

Summer is here and I’ve got a lot to catch up on. I need to start getting my life back in order and start doing the things I love again. Can I get a witness! This is work month right? Well, let’s start working!