Let’s see how I did with my January goals.
The first was to blog more. How did I do? Twelve posts! In one month! In December of 2010 I did four posts, in all of 2010 I did fifty-four posts. I consider that a success.
How about knitting? Ahem. Remember this post? Here were the knitting goals from January 1st.
Finish the Big Pink Baby Thing.
Finish the pair of socks on the needles, an embarrassingly aged project.
Work on the True Blood Faery sweater. I’d like to finish the bodice section by the end of the month.
Finish the mittens (dog mittens) that have been on the needles since last year, and start the first pair for 2011.
Nada. Zero. I didn’t accomplish any of that. Though I “only” have about 6 rows of Big Pink left, then an interminable I-cord bind off on 60 billion stitches. And I made a bit of progress on the brown socks on the needles.
Brown socks on black needles make for difficult television knitting. As much of my sock knitting is done while wasting time watching television, this isn’t getting very far. And is there any way to photoshop in a decent pedicure? Sorry if that big toe grosses you out. I intended to get a pedicure while we were in Mexico, but I opted for the hour-long massage instead.
Spinning? Equally a flop.
Finish at least two spindle spinning projects that are languishing, a blue/black merino/bamboo blend that just needs plying, and some merino silk that has been on the spindle since last summer.
Again, not a thing finished. I did work on plying the blue stuff, but that’s about it. Not finished.
So, in summary, January 31, Lorette 0. In my defense I worked a lot, had a great vacation, drank a lot of margaritas, and read a few good books*.
Here are the goals for February:
Finish that damn Big Pink Albatross.
Finish plying the blue stuff.
Finish spinning the lilac stuff.
Continue the blogging effort.
That’s a little less ambitious. We’ll see how it goes.
Here are photos of the spinning projects.
That’s a merino/bamboo/sparkle blend, and it’s been on the spindle so long I have no recollection of where it came from. Oops, here’s where the blog comes in handy. The fiber is from Butterfly Girl on Etsy. The bigger spindle is from Bosworth, and I’m doing the plying on that one. After I got my plying ball all wound up, I found another little wad of the fiber and spun it on the other spindle, also from Butterfly Girl.
This is my Cascade Mt. Helens spindle, named Helen, of course. The fiber is merino/silk from Louet. Who the hell knows when I started this. I think I bought this fiber right after I started spinning, so this is another of those embarrassingly ancient projects.
Tomorrow: Remember this? An update later this week on how it’s going!
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I love the color of your merino/silk yarn. Do you have a project in mind for that?
You forgot to give yourself credit for blogging more!
I like that Butterfly Girl. She’s been one of our vendors at DFW Fiberfest…lots of pretty stuff.
Hurray for blogging more! When working with a dark color, wear light colored clothes or spread a light colored towel on your lap. It helps!
Personally, I am glad you blogged more in January.
I love the shade of the brown yarn. It looks cozy and warm 🙂 Ditto on the previous comment about putting a light or white towel on your lap while you knit.
Yeah, I know what you mean about the fail. But I have started letting go of the idea of finishing ancient things. I’ve been frogging if it is knitting, and tossing if it is spinning, or just figuring it will get done when it gets done. I have a two year old project on my favorite spindle that is slowly getting done.