Monthly Archives: January 2011

Monkeys and WIPs

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The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com said I had about 2,600 visitors in 2010 or as the monkeys put it about 6 full 747s of people.   I’ve only been blogging for about seven months, so I’ll take that as a positive.

Yesterday I took care of all but one work-in-progress aka WIP I had suffocating in plastic zipper bags.  I took the needles out and either ripped them apart or will rip them apart.  The yarn will be repurposed.

The one WIP is one mitten still needing a thumb and partner.   I started these mittens in 2009 for a friend.  Fortunately she didn’t know about the surprise since I never finished them.  Th yarn was on sale, naturally, but the orange had too much of the green in it to contrast the pattern I made up.

What was I thinking?

Stardate 20110101

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I don’t know how Star Trek came up with their Stardate but this is my take on that.

Update from 2010 knitting: I forgot to mention the 7 Swiffer covers and apple cozy I knitted.

I’m sure everyone has some goals/resolutions for the new year.  Some of mine are knitting related, some are general craft related, and some are personal.

My list of 2011 goals include:

  1. Declutter the basement.
  2. Design and follow-through with a craft room in the basement.
  3. Repaint our bedroom, the kitchen, and family room.
  4. Finish the felt ornaments I started for Christmas 2010.
  5. Start (and finish) a secret project before February 1.  I’m waiting on some yarn and that’s why it’s not started.
  6. Make belated birth gifts for some 2010 babies.
  7. Revisit my WIP list and do something!
  8. Figure out the macro setting on our camera.  Mr. Aitch says it’s there but I am clueless.
  9. Knit the Knit Simple Button Cardi for myself.
  10. Publish a knitted purse pattern.  It’s hard to write out a pattern.  Maybe I should have some test knitters try it out first.
  11. Begin knitting my way through the Around the World in Knitted Socks.
  12. Stop eating foods that make me feel blah.
  13. Put more miles on my motorcycle.
  14. Be nice.