Jessimuhka Knits

My December goals didn't work out as well as I'd hoped.

December

1. Finish Ariel's sweater and send it to her before Christmas. - Not done. Will finish after I finish #3 below.
2. Finish Felted Clogs I started for mom in time for Christmas. DONE and well received.
3. Finish the sample knitting I'm working on. - Not done. Getting close though.
4. Finish the Little Child's Socks. - Not done. Was resigned to laundromat knitting and will probably take 1-2 more trips.
5. Go over my WIP list from the beginning of the year and decide what to frog. DONE See very bottom of post.
6. Finish getting my stash up on Ravelry. - Half Done. I photographed and cataloged one of the two main drawers of yarn. I have some stash reduction for sale here, if anyone's interested.

JANUARY

1. Finish sample knitting.
2. Finish and send Ariel her sweater.
3. Finish Red Socks and start new socks.
4. Finish Orange Sweater.
5. Get last of stash up on Ravelry.

2007 WIPs

Sweaters

- Rogue, needs one front shoulder, hood, and finishing work. Ripping, yarn for sale.
- Self designed Luxury Tweed sweater, most of a sleeve done. Ripping, yarn being reclaimed.
- Trellis Baby Sweater, needs a 2nd sleeve and most of a collar. Ripped

Lace

Tina Shawl, about 2/3 through center square. Progress made, 1/2 through 2nd edging chart.

Socks

- Norwegian Stockings, heel and foot to go on 2nd sock. Ripped
- VK Embroidered Stockings, top of calf shaping on 1st sock. Ripped, yarn swapped.
- Unst Socks, past gusset on 2nd sock. Finished
- Cabled Mitten Socks, 1st sock complete. Ripped

Accessories

- Fetching Fingerless Mitts, 1 thumb to go (this is embarrassing). Finished
- Aneomi Mittens, started ribbing for 2nd mitten. Ripping
- Nordic Mittens, started thumb gusset for 2nd mitten. Ripping

Blankets/Afghans

- Lizard Ridge, 3 squares completed. Abandoned. I might try and turn the squares I finished into pillows.

It's an awful lot of ripping, but really, that's fine by me. I'll get a current WIP list up at some point this month to refer back to in 2009. No long and languishing projects for me!

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Those short months always get me.

1. Finish chart 3 of Tina - not done. I finished chart 2 and started chart 3.
2. Finish blue Koigu socks - DONE
3. Finish one other pair of socks - DONE, finished the STR socks last night.
4. Work on either the second Amenoi mitten or second Nordic mitten - not done.
5. Update twice a week - obviously not done.

March will be interesting, as I’ll have the NCAA tourney to watch, so lots of knitting time, but as I’ll be screaming at the television much of it, it will need to be easy knitting.

1. Knit two pairs of socks. I’m trying to do this every month, as I want to transition my sock yarn stash from handpainted stuff to more solid colors, especially with Common Threads carrying solid Koigu and The Grove carrying Louet Gems.
2. Knit half of chart 3 of Tina. I’d like to continue some progress on this, but it’s not basketball friendly.
3. Find out if there’s interest in a knit-bloggers March Madness pool, and put one together if there is. Leave me a comment if you’d want to play along. It would most likely involve registering with espn.com, joining a pool I would supply the password to, and picking teams. Super easy. If there’s enough interest I’ll come up with a prize for the winner even.
4. Blog more regularly.
5. Continue making it to SnB's.

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Last month's knitting goals,

1. Knit the stupid thumb for the 2nd Fetching Mitt. It will take 5 minutes. - DONE
2. Finish Unst sock. - DONE
3. Finish Chart 1 of Tina - DONE
4. Update here regularly again - Not done, due to lack of camera
5. Be a more social knitter - DONE, social knitting almost every weekend this month.

This month I want to

1. Finish chart 3 of Tina
2. Finish blue Koigu socks
3. Finish one other pair of socks
4. Work on either the second Amenoi mitten or second Nordic mitten
5. Update twice a week

Posted by Jessimuhka at 04:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Time for the extra fun task of listing all my projects in progress. I'm going to put a general status report with each item and if the status hasn't changed by the end of the year, it's getting ripped.

Sweaters

- Rogue, needs one front shoulder, hood, and finishing work.
- Self designed Luxury Tweed sweater, most of a sleeve done.
- Trellis Baby Sweater, needs a 2nd sleeve and most of a collar.

Lace

Tina Shawl, about 2/3 through center square.

Socks

- Norwegian Stockings, heel and foot to go on 2nd sock.
- VK Embroidered Stockings, top of calf shaping on 1st sock.
- Unst Socks, past gusset on 2nd sock.
- Cabled Mitten Socks, 1st sock complete.

Accessories

- Fetching Fingerless Mitts, 1 thumb to go (this is embarrassing).
- Aneomi Mittens, started ribbing for 2nd mitten.
- Nordic Mittens, started thumb gusset for 2nd mitten.

Blankets/Afghans

- Lizard Ridge, 3 squares completed.

A grand total of 12 projects in the works. This is actually fewer than I thought, so that makes me feel a bit better. I'd like to get down to only one project per category except socks, which is allowed two. I ripped a few things while going through my knitting drawer, but mainly things I'd cast on for, knit a dozen or so rows, then cast aside.

Goals for this month are:

1. Knit the stupid thumb for the 2nd Fetching Mitt. It will take 5 minutes.
2. Finish Unst sock.
3. Finish Chart 1 of Tina
4. Update here regularly again
5. Be a more social knitter

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I've been thinking about what kind of knitting goals I want to make for the new year, what kind of knitter I am, and how to get away from things that are supposed to be fun causing me stress. The conclusion is I have too many WIPs and it stresses me out. The solution?

2007 will be the year I make a conclusive call on each of my projects. January 1st (or thereabout) I will post a list of all my WIPs. Any project that doesn't get worked on for the entire year will be ripped out on Dec 31st. Because really, if I haven't worked on it for more than a year, it's not getting finished, and my gauge probably would have changed even if I wanted to pick it back up.

This doesn't mean I have to finish every project that is currently in progress. That would just be setting myself up for failure. And I know that the loophole is to knit a stitch or two on everything the last week of December next year (and I withhold the right to do this on a project or two I can't bear to rip out), but the point really is for me to step back and take a second look at what I've decided to knit. If I'm never going to work on something again, then I should rip it out and reclaim the yarn to make something new and fabulous.

While I've just planned this as something to do for myself, if anyone wants to play along, I'd be interested to hear your take on it.

Now that you've read my ramblings, here's a treat. Now that my finals are over, I've been working on Eunny's Anemoi Mittens. The yarn is J&S Shetland Jumper weight in Acorn and Rust. The Acorn was the rest of the partial ball left from the Endpaper Mitts (that got me to the mitten tip) plus a second ball from the stash. I used about 3/4 of a ball of the Rust for this first one, so I figure I'll probably have half the second ball of Rust in the end. J&S really is the never ending yarn for me.

Back of the Right Hand.

Right Palm

Inside of mitten.

I knit them inside out, like Rebekkah does colorwork on DPNs, and it helped my stranding quite a bit. I have a tendency to over compensate my stranding and leave too long of floats, which can make things look wonky even after blocking. I decided against weaving the floats, as the Shetland wool is sticky enough that after a blocking I'm not worried about catching my fingers in the floats. If I used a smoother yarn, I probably would have trapped any floats longer than 5 stitches.

I've cast on for the second mitten, and it will be coming with me on the train to Fresno tomorrow. I'm visiting my family the 21st through the 26th, so posting will probably resume when I get back. I will have my laptop and Internet there though, so maybe a picture or two will show up.

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October Goals:

1. Finish Icarus. I have about 40 rows to go, something like 410 stitches a row right now. DONE
2. Finish at least one pair of socks. Any of the 4 pairs in progress I have going right now, or a completely new pair, as long as I finish some. DONE, I finished 2 pairs in progress and started one new pair, which I need to photograph.
3. Work on Rogue if it gets cool enough. DONE because it did not in fact get cool enough. What, that counts. Shut up.
4. Start the Tina Shawl, after I finish Icarus. DONE
5. Finish another Lizard Ridge square. Not done. Oops.
6. Update at least twice a week. Kind of done. I updated 8 times in October, but not technically twice a week.
7. Make it to Rebecca's on Saturdays. Kind of done. I only made it to one, but had good reasons not to go to two others. The other one I was just slacking.

November Goals

1. Finish Chart 1 of Tina and pick up stitches for Chart 2.
2. Finish at least 1 pair of socks in progress. (Unst, VK Stockings, Cabled Mitts, and Norwegian Stockings)
3. Knit 2 Lizard Ridge Squares.
4. Make some progress on new, self designed sweater.
5. Work on Rogue. It is cold enough now.
6. Update twice a week. (Mondays and Thursdays are probably realistic days for me to do this)
7. Go to Rebecca's on Saturdays.

Posted by Jessimuhka at 09:04 AM | Permalink

So in September I had goals. Lofty ones apparently.

1. Finish baby sweater, start and finish other baby sweater. - not done. The pattern I selected for the 2nd sweater is not fun. I'll be swapping it out for something else.
2. Finish 1st VK stocking, start 2nd. - not done. Cascade Fixation has demoralizing row gauge. Also, I'm a big whiner.
3. Finish Chart 2 on Icarus. - DONE I'm back on track with this now that the boring part is done.
4. Get some work done on Rogue. - not done, still hasn't cooled down enough for wool in the lap.
5. Post here at least once a week. - not done, but more posts than in August.

October should be good for knitting though, as I have the World Series to knit through. I'm also getting caught up on Lost (but I won't be done in time for Wed's premiere).

1. Finish Icarus. I have about 40 rows to go, something like 410 stitches a row right now.
2. Finish at least one pair of socks. Any of the 4 pairs in progress I have going right now, or a completely new pair, as long as I finish some.
3. Work on Rogue if it gets cool enough.
4. Start the Tina Shawl, after I finish Icarus.
5. Finish another Lizard Ridge square.
6. Update at least twice a week.
7. Make it to Rebecca's on Saturdays.

Posted by Jessimuhka at 11:40 PM | Permalink

So last August I made some goals.

August Goals

1. Finish the baby sweater. It should really only take an evening. - Nope. I ripped out the dumb way I was doing the sleeves and knit one sleeve.
2. Get through the boring part of Icarus and start on the happy fun lace edging. - No, 7 rows short of completion.
3. Finish the second Conwy sock. - Haven't touched it, got distracted by the VK stocking.
4. Go to Rebecca's on Saturdays so I actually accomplish these goals. - Done
5. Get a picture of my new haircut up. - Done

So yeah, not so good. I did actually get some knitting done this month though, and mostly on projects I already had going on, so that's something. I'm really hoping September will be cool enough to pick my sweater projects back up.

September Goals

1. Finish baby sweater, start and finish other baby sweater.
2. Finish 1st VK stocking, start 2nd.
3. Finish Chart 2 on Icarus.
4. Get some work done on Rogue.
5. Post here at least once a week.

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The hot weather has finally broken, and it may be time to start knitting again. I actually haven't knit more than a couple stitches in about a month. Went to Fresno to see my family, it was too hot to knit. Got back to SD, and it was still too hot to knit. That, and I haven't been making it to the usual Saturday knitting at Rebecca's due to weddings, apartment hunting, and general laziness. I do plan on making it out this weekend unless I'm still apartment hunting, and I'm going to try and make it to Knit Salon on Thursday. Oh, and I cut off all my hair. Anyway, I had goals in June.

June Goals

1. Finish the little something for the little someone. - Nope. I decided to knit the sleeves in a stupid way, and should probably just rip them out and knit them normal if I actually want to finish.
2. Get through the boring part of the Icarus Shawl. - Not quite, about a dozen rows left on this.
3. More Socks! - Finished one sock, started its mate.

August Goals

1. Finish the baby sweater. It should really only take an evening.
2. Get through the boring part of Icarus and start on the happy fun lace edging.
3. Finish the second Conwy sock.
4. Go to Rebecca's on Saturdays so I actually accomplish these goals.
5. Get a picture of my new haircut up.

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May Goals

1. Finish Koigu socks - DONE, see below
2. Finish throat cabling on Rogue - Half done. It's freaking hot lately and Rogue is huge.
3. Finish Mom socks - heh. Nope. Probably not going to happen for a while.
4. Start Creatures of the Reef shawl - DONE. Finished it too.
5. Make some progress on either Nordic Stockings or SFCKAL - and again with the nope.
6. Finish sewing zipper in York - also no.
7. Take it easy on starting new projects/buying yarn - I'm giving this one a 'meh'. I did ok I think.

June Goals

1. Finish the little something for the little someone.
2. Get through the boring part of the Icarus Shawl.
3. More Socks!

I think most of my wool sweaters will be set aside for a few weeks. It's just too hot right now for wool in the lap.

Koigu Socks

Yarn: Koigu KPPPM, label missing.
Needles: 2.75mm Birch DPNs
Pattern: Embossed Leaves Socks
Modifications: Lots.
- Regular long tail cast on.
- Only twisted every other row in the twisted ribbing.
- Twisted the vein stitches on the leaves to make them stand out more.
- Regular slip stitch heel flap, French heel, didn't cut and reattach yarn after turning heel.
- Made the socks mirror images of each other, which involved reversing the toe detail for the 2nd sock.
- Only did the toe detail on the top of the foot.
Impressions: This is a pattern that I liked in theory but felt suffered from problems in execution. I'm very happy with how my heavily modified version came out. They fit great and are super comfy. It's my second time knitting this pattern, and I don't think I'd knit a third pair, but I was entertained through two.

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Last month I had a pretty stripped down goal, This month I'm going to do another "start nothing new" month, so that's the main goal. Other than that, I just need to finish my Sockapaloooza socks on time.

I succeeded in finishing my Sockapaloooza socks on time (yay), and the only new thing I started was the Koigu sock from last post. I'm going to call this month a success. I finished three WIPs this month, the Sockapaloooza socks, the Mountain Stream Scarf, and Peacock Feathers (which has been blocked, just needs to be unpinned and photographed). I didn't do much knitting at the beginning of the month due to school, but I think I made up for it during my week and a half off.

May Goals

1. Finish Koigu socks
2. Finish throat cabling on Rogue
3. Finish Mom socks
4. Start Creatures of the Reef shawl
5. Make some progress on either Nordic Stockings or SFCKAL
6. Finish sewing zipper in York
7. Take it easy on starting new projects/buying yarn

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My March goals were:

1. Embrace my sock bug and knit as many socks as I want, without buying any more sock yarn. Done, I guess. I didn't finish any socks this month, but I didn't buy any sock yarn either.
2. Finish Rogue sleeves. Read up on Cardigan mods. DONE
3. Work on Norwegian Stockings - nope
4. Finish Sockapaloooza Socks - this will probably happen tonight or tomorrow - nope. ran into a problem and I've been putting off fixing it.
5. Order a zipper for York and sew it in if it arrives - ordered, based, and sewing begun.
6. Knit whatever else I want, as long as it's from the stash. DONE
7. Take it easy on yarn purchases. This might be hard as I'll be up in Long Beach with knit bloggers this weekend and maybe at Wildfiber next weekend. DONE

This month I'm going to do another "start nothing new" month, so that's the main goal. Other than that, I just need to finish my Sockapaloooza socks on time.

Now to distract you from my lack of goals with a lace picture!

I'm just over 8 repeats in, so about 1/3 complete. I still like it a lot, and hope to finish it in April.

Coming tomorrow - Flash your stash. I'd been debating whether to do this, but I finally pulled all my yarn out today and took pictures. It was sobering.

Posted by Jessimuhka at 05:34 PM | Permalink

I got bit by a sock bug this month and didn't meet most of my goals.

February Goals:

1. Finish Rogue sleeves - not done, got to the sleeve cap shaping, but knitting backwards was aggrivating the tendonitis in my shoulder.
2. Finish Norwegian Stockings - nope.
3. Start new socks (must always have a pair of socks going) - DONE, started and finished Retro Ribs and started embossed leaves
4. Start Faroe Vest (easy goal. I love starting things!) - DONE
5. Knit at least 10 rows on Peacock Feathers - not done
6. Knit my Baby Alpaca Grande scarf - started
7. Go through stash and weed out yarn to swap/sell - DONE
8. No yarn purchases (well, maybe something really good at Wildfiber...) - didn't make it to Wildfiber, but I did pretty well on the no yarn buying. Bought the yarn for Odessa, sockapaloooza socks, and ordered some STR with paypal funds.

What to do this month?

March Goals:

1. Embrace my sock bug and knit as many socks as I want, without buying any more sock yarn.
2. Finish Rogue sleeves. Read up on Cardigan mods.
3. Work on Norwegian Stockings
4. Finish Sockapaloooza Socks - this will probably happen tonight or tomorrow
5. Order a zipper for York and sew it in if it arrives
6. Knit whatever else I want, as long as it's from the stash.
7. Take it easy on yarn purchases. This might be hard as I'll be up in Long Beach with knit bloggers this weekend and maybe at Wildfiber next weekend.

Posted by Jessimuhka at 03:54 PM | Permalink

Let's review my January goals;

1. Finish Jaywalkers - DONE
2. Finish 1st Norwegian Stocking, cast on for second - DONE
3. If I really get itching to start something new, cast on for 2nd Nordic Mitten. It's been long enough it should feel new. - DONE, in that I didn't cast on anything new.
4. Get back on track with Rogue - DONE
5. Work on Peacock Feathers - DONE, barely. I knit 4 rows today.
6. Only purchase yarn for SFC-along - not done. I bought 2 hanks of Artyarns Supermerino and a hank of Baby Alpaca Grande.

Well, I'm either getting better at sticking to my goals or better at creating realistic goals. I'm not too torn up over the small purchases either - nothing that's going to break my budget.

February goals;

1. Finish Rogue sleeves
2. Finish Norwegian Stockings
3. Start new socks (must always have a pair of socks going)
4. Start Faroe Vest (easy goal. I love starting things!)
5. Knit at least 10 rows on Peacock Feathers
6. Knit my Baby Alpaca Grande scarf
7. Go through stash and weed out yarn to swap/sell
8. No yarn purchases (well, maybe something really good at Wildfiber...)

Posted by Jessimuhka at 03:42 PM | Permalink

It's probably about time I reported on December goals and set some up for January.

I didn't meet my goal of finishing the second Rogue sleeve, as I discovered I'd used the wrong size needles for both sleeves and need to rip and start again.

I have a couple over arching goals for the year.

1. Get WIPs down to a more reasonable number. For me, a reasonable number is one sweater, once lace project, two pairs of socks, and something fun/entertaining/overly complicated.

2. Knit from my stash. I'll be purchasing yarn for the Sweaters From Camp knit along, but other than that I really want to avoid buying more yarn.

In order to meet these goals, I'm making this month another WIP only month. I'd like to:
1. Finish Jaywalkers
2. Finish 1st Norwegian Stocking, cast on for second
3. If I really get itching to start something new, cast on for 2nd Nordic Mitten. It's been long enough it should feel new.
4. Get back on track with Rogue
5. Work on Peacock Feathers
6. Only purchase yarn for SFC-along

Posted by Jessimuhka at 03:15 PM | Permalink

Goals from November:

1. Finish Cork sweater - DONE
2. Cast on for Rogue and finish one sleeve. - DONE
3. Finish a pair of socks - not done
4. Not cast on a ton of new projects - DONE, I only started 3 projects.
5. Use up more yarn then I buy - DONE, I bought yarn for the Norwegian Stockings and I think that's it (5 balls, one of which I can probably return) and knit up 10 balls.

December:

I'd like to finish the second Rogue sleeve. I'm not really in a goal making mood right now. Andrew broke up with me Wednesday night. I'm completely heart broken. Tomorrow is my birthday and I'm still going out with my friends to try and have some fun. Then I need to put everything aside to prepare for finals. I don't really feel like knitting and will probably take a break from this blog for a week or two.

Posted by Jessimuhka at 03:06 PM | Permalink

Last month's goals -
1. Stick with WIP along - DONE, I finished 5 WIPs, including my two oldest ones.
2. Not cast on for anything new - not done. I cast on for one new thing, a chunky cabled pullover in Rowan Cork.
3. Finish sock exchange socks - DONE

I did an OK job this month. New goals.

1. Finish Cork sweater
2. Cast on for Rogue and finish one sleeve.
3. Finish a pair of socks
4. Not cast on a ton of new projects
5. Use up more yarn then I buy

Posted by Jessimuhka at 02:47 PM | Permalink

September roundup
1. Finish school work before knitting at night. - DONE
2. Put down knitting long enough to do running program three nights a week. - Only one to two running nights each week.
3. Finish Dad's clogs. - DONE
4. Do at least one repeat on Madil. - not done
5. Finish Chart 4 of Peacock. - not done
6. Cast on for advanced_knit sock exchange. - DONE
7. Keep stash the same or smaller, and make a spreadsheet or something so I know what I actually have. - half done. I didn't buy any new yarn, but I didn't catalog what I have.

New Goals
1. Stick with my WIP Along (button in the sidebar if anyone wants to join me).
2. Not cast on for anything new.
3. Finish sock exchange socks.

I'm loosening up my goals this month. With all the school stuff I'm not getting much knitting done, so I'm just going to try working on what I have going already. The only hard and fast rule for me is not to cast on anything new. I didn't include the usual "don't buy yarn" goal because I have one purchase I think I'm going to make with my knitty proceeds.

The WIPs I'm going to be concentrating on are the sock_exchange socks, River, and Peacock Feathers. I also have a few small WIPs that will hopefully get finished.

Posted by Jessimuhka at 02:20 PM | Permalink

Let's see how I did on my August goals -
1. Avoid the temptation to cast on for Madil's Shawl before finishing FBS. - DONE
2. Finish FBS so I can start MS guilt free. (This will probably take two evenings, I'm just being lazy) - DONE
3. Finish at least one pair of socks before casting on for new socks. A pair means two matching socks, not any two socks. - kind of done, I didn't finish any socks, but I didn't cast on any either.
4. Finish hat for Sydney before it winds up being too small. - DONE
5. Either cast on for mitten number two or finish clog number two. - almost done, I'm going to try and finish the clog this weekend. I would have finished it last night, but had too much homework.
6. Knit whatever else I want, as long as it's from my stash. - not done, I started Peacock from new yarn.
7. Only buy yarn for SP - not done, I bought 6 balls of yarn this month.

New Goals (I am getting better at completeing my goals, or maybe just better at writing realistic goals) -
1. Finish school work before knitting at night.
2. Put down knitting long enough to do running program three nights a week.
3. Finish Dad's clogs.
4. Do at least one repeat on Madil.
5. Finish Chart 4 of Peacock.
6. Cast on for advanced_knit sock exchange.
7. Keep stash the same or smaller, and make a spreadsheet or something so I know what I actually have.

We're driving up to Anaheim tonight to see an A's/Angels game (Andrew is a big A's fan). I'll be knitting in the car and will have a progress picture of Peacock tomorrow.

Posted by Jessimuhka at 01:57 PM | Permalink

Goals for July:
1. Finish mom socks - Nope, got distracted by new shiny socks
2. Finish Leaha's gift by the 23rd - Ha, not even close. New plan is to finish it at some future time and mail it to her.
3. Finish FBS - Nope
4. Figure out something to do with grey lace weight merino - DONE, I can do the things that only involve planning. It is going to be Madil's Shawl from last summer's IK.
5. Work on one other Christmas present - DONE, I'll be gifting the Nordic Mittens as I have no use for mittens.
6. Finish Jenny sleeve - I've decided to abandon Jenny and make the yarn into either a tank of my own design or the Annie Modesitt Corset top.
7. Keep amount of yarn the same or lower - DONE, I actually purchased no yarn this month.

Lest y'all think I'm a total slacker, I did knit 3 socks this month, along with part of a scarf and half a baby hat. I'm having serious difficulties sticking with one project all the way through completion. This month was kind of crazy though, so maybe I'll get more focused knitting in this month. Without further ado -

Goals for August:
1. Avoid the temptation to cast on for Madil's Shawl before finishing FBS.
2. Finish FBS so I can start MS guilt free. (This will probably take two evenings, I'm just being lazy)
3. Finish at least one pair of socks before casting on for new socks. A pair means two matching socks, not any two socks.
4. Finish hat for Sydney before it winds up being too small.
5. Either cast on for mitten number two or finish clog number two.
6. Knit whatever else I want, as long as it's from my stash.
7. Only buy yarn for SP

Posted by Jessimuhka at 01:33 PM | Permalink

Goals from last month:
1. Finish Falling Leaves in time for submission - DONE
2. Finish Shapely Tank - nope, don't know when I'll get this done
3. Finish Charley - DONE
4. Keep up with mystery shawl - decided the mystery wasn't for me.
5. Start FBS - DONE
6. Start Jenny - DONE
7. Work on clogs - not done
8. Only purchase yarn for x-mas gifts and secret pal. - DONE
9. Block the finished pieces of York and Ribby and do at least one seam on each. - nope

I also started socks for my mom and a going away present for Leaha

Goals for this month:
1. Finish mom socks
2. Finish Leaha's gift by the 23rd
3. Finish FBS
4. Figure out something to do with grey lace weight merino
5. Work on one other Christmas present
6. Finish Jenny sleeve
7. Keep amount of yarn the same or lower

Posted by Jessimuhka at 07:07 PM | Permalink

May first I posted my knitting goals for the month here.

I was a little over ambitious in my first time setting goals -

1. Finish York and Ribby (both of these have minimal knitting left and need sewing together) - Didn't even touch them
2. Finish Shapely Tank - knitting is finished, needs one more side seamed and seed stitch around the arms and neck
3. Finish Charley Sweater - front and back finished and sewn together, sleeves started.
4. Start Jenny - nope
5. Finish Cashmere socks - DONE
6. Start sample Falling Leaves socks - DONE
7. Write up Falling Leaves pattern and give to Krys to test knit - DONE
8. Find and order solid green sock yarn to go with #7 - DONE
9. Add i-cord ties to mini-sweater - nope, the left over yarn got packed and I haven't found it yet.
10. Make a decision about xmas knitting. - DONE, plus half a gift done

Besides this list, I also finished a pair of worsted weight socks, half a pair of Fiber Trends clogs, and a swatch for the mystery shawl.

Goals for this month:
1. Finish Falling Leaves in time for submission
2. Finish Shapely Tank
3. Finish Charley
4. Keep up with mystery shawl
5. Start FBS
6. Start Jenny
7. Work on clogs
8. Only purchase yarn for x-mas gifts and secret pal.
9. Block the finished pieces of York and Ribby and do at least one seam on each.

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