Knitting Goals for 2010

As a perpetual planner and strong believer in setting goals...I have created the following list for myself for 2010...

1. Finish the Coral Sweater!! Really all I need to do is attach the sleeves!!

2. Explore all that Ravelry has to offer. I joined, but have not done more than that!

3. Make something to felt.

4. Try ordering yarn on-line. The prices seem to be great. I want to find out if the colors will be close and the service will be fast.

5. Visit more local yarn shops.

6. Attend a knitting event this spring.

7. Make a knitting basket. This one may be the felting project I am looking for.

8. Teach someone how to knit.

9. Find a nice yarn for knitting dish cloths.

10. Knit a sweater for me! (I already have the pattern picked out.)

My first pair of knitted socks!

Well, here they are...

They are pretty close in size..although one is a bit tighter than the other. Perhaps a knitting journal would be a great idea. Just a small notebook to keep in my knitting basket to write down what size needles I used, etc.

And as for blogging during Christmas break!! Ha Ha Ha! With all 5 kids home we have been ice skating, sledding, celebrating Christmas at church and at home,hosting a princess party with T-shirts and a trip to see The Princess and the Frog, baking and eating cookies, caroling, sleeping in, reading, and, of course shoveling snow.

A few more parities and then back to life as we know it!!

Happy New Year to everyone!

I Remembered my Other Sock Concern!

As I was knitting my 2nd sock I had two concerns. One was that I would not have enough yarn to finish sock #2. The second concern was that sock #2 would be the same size as sock #1.

Because this is a silk/wool blended yarn it is a bit stiff, and will be until it is washed (hand washed) a few times. My daughter tried on sock #1 and stretched it quite a bit in the process. So, when I was comparing the two socks side by side it was hard to judge because one had been stretched and one had not. Here they are now...


Since it is now Christmas break, it will probably be lunch time before I see kid #2. Once she awakes I will have her try them on and see how close they really do match!

I'm going to make it!

When I began sock #2 I was worried about having enough yarn to make this sock the same size as sock #1. I was hoping it would not come out short because I ran out of yarn. That is a tricky thing about socks, there is a level of trust you need to put into your skein of yarn. If it says it is enough for 2 socks it probably is!

I am making great progress on the sock. I have just rounded the heal and I'm thinking the yarn will last to the end of the toe!

Kid #2 will not have mismatched socks.

We found the Sock!

Thank goodness for Saturday morning cleaning routines!! The sock was in kid #2's room. Had I not insisted on the once a week cleaning out of stuff, laundry, and assorted other things that just seem to pile up, we may have never found the sock.

So, it did reappear!! And thanks to an invitation to watch the Vikings at someone else's house I had time to sit and start sock #2! Yeah!!

My two concerns are that I have enough yarn to make the second sock the same size as the first sock, and now I can't remember the other concern!! Must not be so concerning!

The Case of the Missing Sock!

OK, so I am ready to start sock number 2. Here is the picture from earlier this week when kid #2 pointed out to me that one sock does not work well for her feet!

After taking the picture I proceeded to the computer to post the entry about creating sock number 2. After the picture we are not sure what kid #2 did with the sock! I wanted to use it as a guide for the length of the ribbing at the top, and when to start the heel. But, the sock it gone!!


This weekends knitting project is still up in the air. Once she returns from school we play the "go back to where you were" game in hopes of finding the sock. Otherwise, I'm sure I will come up with something else to knit until it shows up!

Time for another sock

Wow! What a bonus. It is a snow day for all my kids! I am remembering sitting around the radio as a kid waiting for that familiar voice on WCCO to read through the list alphabetically, hoping he would call our school. Today we just went to our schools website to get the notice. Not quite the same anticipation building exercise as listing to WCCO, but exciting just the same.

Since it is a pancake morning, pajama wearing day, I get some extra time to knit!

My #2 kid has been waiting and waiting for sock number 2 in her new pair of socks. She is even willing to just wear one! This is not a good idea so, today is her lucky day!!



Since, I have done this once before rather recently my hope is that this sock will come together much more quickly than sock #1.