New Year, New Goals

It is a brand new year again and it feels like everything is starting fresh again. I have managed to keep up with this blog without changing it for an entire year. I feel like that is an accomplishment on its own because I kept changing it every few months. Since I started on a new year resolution post last year, I thought it would be fun to do a similar thing this year.

I have decided that I am not going to set thirteen crafting goals for this year because that is just too many for me right now. Instead, I have decided to focus on six goals.



2013 Knitting & Spinning Resolutions

1. Go through my stash and donate/gift/get rid of yarn I am not madly in love with
2. Organize my spinning fiber into animal fiber and non-animal fiber groups
3. Spin the entirety of my Padame fleece and make something from the resulting yarn
4. Make a pair of socks for my mom, my dad, my brother, and my fiance
5. Make a pair of socks out of leftover sock yarn
6. Get the fiber and spin the fiber for my wedding ring shawl

Let's hope that this new year will turn out fantastic. Happy New Year!

New Year Resolutions

The beginning of the new year always feels like a big event. The calendar is resetting and it feels like anything is possible. Most people have the idea that starting the new year is like starting the beginning of a fresh school year when they were young. It is a clean slate perfectly free of screw ups. Nobody should be mad at you for doing something stupid and there should be no bad memories of this year to taint it. Inspired by this feeling of invincibility, people often make resolutions to be a better person and to try to do this year "the right way".

This is mainly a knitting blog and the new year always comes with new goals. This year I am making official resolutions for my knitting life. At the end of the year (assuming the end of the world doesn't happen yet again) I will look back and see if I have accomplished any of my goals for the year. Since this year will be a big year for me personally, it makes sense to make twelve knitting resolutions for the year.

2012 Knitting Resolutions

1. Complete 12 pairs of socks in the year
2. Knit a pair of knee high socks
3. Knit a pair of socks with unusual construction
4. Knit a pair of colorwork socks
5. Design and knit a pair of socks
6. Spin sock yarn and knit a pair of socks from the handspun sock yarn
7.Knit 3-5 pairs of socks for my fiance
8. Knit my first sweater
9. Knit my first shawl
10. Learn to knit and purl with my left hand
11.Learn how to knit back-backwards (for entrelac)
12. Design, spin, and knit a wedding ring shawl

Happy New Year Everyone!