It's been almost five freaking years! What happened?
I've been slowly getting my life back on track - I didn't realize until recently how much of me I'd lost after having a kid. I've started picking up knitting again, joined a local concert band, lost a bunch of weight, got back into playing Guild Wars 2, and I'm finally starting to feel like my own person.
This is still a knitting blog. I've been back on Ravelry pretty consistently (y'know, for a lurker) and I've been finishing up old projects and updating the stash.
So! Here's where we're at:
WIPs
Mittens with Picot Edging (started 2023)
Ten Stitch Blanket (started 2019)
Sockhead Slouch Hat (started 2019)
Vanilla Socks (started 2018)
Hibernating
Eden Scarf Design 9 (started 2021)
Dancing Bees (started 2015 - oops)
Stripes and Diamonds Scarf (started 2021, I think)
Daughter of Thrain (started 2017)
Oranje (started 2017)
With those on the needles, I've also got 60 different yarns stashed at varying amounts, half of which were encouraged by my son (he loves to shop for yarn for me to make him stuff with).
Okay, so what's the plan? I'm going to try what I was doing before (like, back in 2016 before, not like 2019 when I went AWOL). I've got a main goal to achieve this year (well, next year I guess, because this year's pretty much over). My main goal for 2024 is to finish two of the hibernating projects and three of the current WIPs.
January 2024 mini-achieve goals:
1. Finish mittens by January 7, 2024 (should be totally do-able, as they're almost done already).
2. Work another two inches on the socks by January 31 (currently at 10 inches).
3. Figure out what row I'm on for Dancing Bees (it's the oldest project, and I feel like it'll fly once I get started again), also by January 31.
4. Don't buy yarn. Should be easy, eh?
I did frog a couple of projects from previous years, like the grey sweater, and I did finally finish (last month!) the shawl I needed to block five years ago. I will be updating monthly to start, and I'm determined to keep this going now.
