Finished Projects

I went out and bought yarn this weekend. It went against what I'd promised myself at the beginning of the year: No more yarn until I get some of what I already have knit up!

Welllllll. I want to make myself a sweater and I came across a great sale. So I bought it! But I told myself I wouldn't begin the sweater until a few of my current already begun projects were finished. So that's what I spent a big part of my weekend doing:

This large thing was supposed to be one of a pair of placemats. I began this in August. It is HUGE and took FOREVER. I wasn't about to make another one. But it is big enough to act as a smallish table runner that will be used as a hot mat.
This is one of two "Ripple's in the Sand" dish cloths I whipped up this weekend as gifts.

And this is my little "Grumpy Bear" made for my little one. I think I love him more then she does! There's nothing sweeter then finishing up some projects....unless it's the thought of another project to begin!

Counting to One Thousand: #47-67

Smelling the flowers at the grocery store

Finishing a knitting project

Walking around outside on a chilly afternoon

Story time at the library

having a plan for supper before needing to begin

seeing the ground again after all the snow has melted

watching M-T use her imagination

finding a gift for someone

the ability to be creative

"coloring" with M-T

sun coming through gray clouds

the rhythm of washing dishes

my husband who enjoys making things out of wood

towels warm from the dryer

the smell of crayons

inspiration from bloggers

birthday cake--just because!

early nap times

cup of tea with mom

the Little Golden Books & the memories that come from them

finishing projects begun long ago

Finished!

I finished the Horcrux socks this weekend! I am so excited too as I am in a group on Ravelry where a whole bunch of people decided to try and knit down their sock stash for 2011. While I haven't got a ton of sock yarn I do have enough where I don't need to buy any--probably for the whole year! Plus it helps me to NOT buy any more sock yarn until I use up a few of the skeins I've already had for a few years!

So I was very pleased with myself that I finished this PAIR of socks in less then a month! All the snow we've been getting has at least been good for my knitting time! :-)

Yarn Along!

My very first Yarn Along with Ginny!

I've just started reading "A perfectly kept house is the sign of a misspent life" which I am living out these days....my house is just being "maintained": dishes cleaned, laundry washed (although not always put away as fast as it should be) and living room picked up at the end of the day. Don't mind the dust bunnies in the corner please! :-)

But the time that would have been spent cleaning and organizing is instead spent playing with the baby; baking, drinking tea, keeping warm and knitting. Hence the almost finished sock up in that picture! I think I may actually get a pair of socks finished in a month rather then the year it usually takes! (Of course that's only the first sock so we'll see how long the second sock takes; especially as I have about three other projects also going!)

The pattern is the Horcrux pattern (Ravelry link) and it knits up quite fast and is easy!

2011 knitting goals

Over at Ravelry I've joined a group (well a thread within a group) that is working on knitting down their sock yarn for 2011.

I thought I had more sock yarn then this but nope. It'll be a big feat anyways if I manage to knit all this yarn into socks!!

I have plans to make a few pairs of toddler socks for M-T and plans to make at least a pair of socks for my sister and my dad. Other then that we'll see where I go!

I also would like to knit up a bunch of baby hats for charity. That should go smoothly.

I try to not put too many goals on myself when it comes to knitting....or any craft for that matter...because I tend to then do the opposite of what I've decided!