WIPs (new ones are bolded)
Ten Stitch Blanket, Caron Cakes (started 2019)
Bright Stripes Throw, Caron Anniversary Cakes (started September 5, 2024)
Cable Car Coat, Bernat Chunky Solids (Bulky) (started February 6, 2025)
Mini Mania Scarf II, leftover fingering-weight yarns (started February 18, 2025)
Winter Ribbed Scarf II, Mary Maxim Glimmer (not my yarn, started March 30, 2025)
Fingerless Gloves "Musica", Laine Fav Socks (started August 28, 2025)
Trusty Toe Up Socks, Mary Maxim Perfectly Paired Duo (started October 31, 2025)
1898 Hat, Patons North America Classic Wool Merino (started December 4, 2025)
Musselburgh in DK, madelinetosh Tosh DK (started January 11, 2026)
Hibernating
Dancing Bees MKAL, Debbie Bliss Rialto Lace (started 2015 - oops)
End of month yarn stats: 47 entries, 84 skeins, 23492.70 metres, 9662 grams.
December is finished. 2025 is finished. What a weird year.
I've been in a bit of a knitting slump this month. I started a new project (the hat), but then started another that was better suited for car knitting on the way to my work's Christmas party. I have since finished that, but it's not been blocked, pictured, and none of the ends are woven in, so I don't consider it officially finished. Kind of like the MKAL project that's still missing final pictures. Ahem.
I didn't buy yarn this month, but I did inherit some, so that's why there's an increase. I think I will continue to focus on using up stash, as I don't really have a lot of room for tons of yarn. I think this year I will try to schedule out some projects from my queue and do more spinning as well.
I haven't stressed about the medication as noted last month, and I suspect some of that had to do with a month-long battle with coughing from post-nasal drip. (Our building uses hot water for heating, and it makes everything very dry. We've been working on getting the humidity up and I think we might have hit a good point with all that.)
The beginning of a new year always feels fresh and full of potential, and I'm not really sure why there's that mentality. It's just a continuation of the previous day/week/month, and it seems to be quite a human thing to think about. People have their end-of-year/new-year traditions and superstitions, but when it really gets down to it, it's meaningless. (I'm starting to sound like the teacher from Ecclesiastes.)
I guess this is a round-about way to state that I'm not making new goals because of the new year, but because I'm still finding what works for me now that I have better control over my brain. I have been utilizing things I've learned to better manage things in other areas, and now it's time to look at the crafting area of my life. If I chunk away at things this way, it doesn't feel so overwhelming.
Anyway! January goals:
1. No yarn. Seriously, I don't really need any, and I have a bunch of stuff I oughta finish first.
2. Finish two projects (the kerchief, since it's almost done, and the scarf started in March).
3. Spin a little!
4. Unearth the WIP and see what's holding me back.
Well, I'm still in that knitting slump. I suspect some of it is due to the season (winter, cold, dark, yuck). I talked about an increase in the Vyvanse with my doctor, but since this is the first winter on the meds, it's hard to tell if the slump (not just in knitting, if we're gonna be honest) is due to the season or not. If things start gearing back up in my brain by mid-March, then I guess that'll be enough data to use next December/January if it happens again. I do love data. Though I don't always know what to do with it!
It's February 7. I'm a little late updating this blog. I'm practising what I've learned in therapy and using radical acceptance a lot. If I don't want to knit right now, then I don't have to. If I don't want to read, I don't have to. If I don't want to do laundry, okay, that's where maybe I have to do some, but not worry about getting it all done.
February goals:
1. Don't actively go out to buy yarn, but if it really makes me happy and I can envision a project with it, then get it.
2. No finishing projects. Not one. Not even that scarf that's really close to being finished. If it looks like it's almost time to bind off, put it away until March. (I'm joking. Reverse psychology?)
3. This is the shortest month. Eat Mini-Wheats for breakfast six days a week. (I do that anyway.)
4. Wear a sweater at least once. (Ha, like I'd go out without one in this temperature! It's -20C without the windchill today.)
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