It's hard to believe that I haven't written in close to 2 yrs. My, things happen when you have the best intentions!
This is the year of being selfish! Knitting what I want for who I want and not because I'm asked, begged etc by others. Pay me and I will. Don't pay- nada for you!
Started the year out right! Grabbed an idea I saw on Facebook on a knitting group. 12 lunch bags with a month written on each one. Then you put a skein of sock yarn (or two if they are the small skeins aka need two for a pair of socks), staple it and then when the month comes, open and knit a pair of socks with the yarn. I changed it up a bit. I pulled yarn for 12 pairs of socks, labeled the bags and had the kids put the yarn in the bags. That way I won't know what is in there! New Year's Day I opened a skein of Mary Maxim Tropical Tootsies in greens and pink. I love doing it this way!
So that is 12 pair of socks for the year. Pairs for DD#3, DH and DS plus a pair or two for me!
Next on my road of selfishness: Tea Cosies. I love tea pots. I hunt through the Armada Flea Market in the summer for the pots. No, I don't buy everyone I see, just one or two a year that really call to me. With the tea pots comes tea, and to keep it hot, the pots need cozies. So again a new one per month: maybe. I see some cozies able to cover a holiday and a couple of months depending on where the mood takes me. January's will be blue and silver/white. Simple but in line with my feelings of January. The rest of the year is whatever moves me.
Christmas 2015: Yes, you read that right. I am in the planning stage of Christmas knitting. Planned end date Halloween. That way I know I'll have it done. I can work on big pieces, like sweaters, and such, plus the usual hats, mittens and scarves that are requested!
Lastly, stuff for me. I love giving knitted items as gifts and rarely do I knit for myself. That ends now! I will knit for me! I have three sweaters that I have put off for a few years, that will be done before the ball drops on 2016. Not that I bother watching the ball drop. I'm usually in bed with a good book or puzzle around that time. Joys of chronic health issues. Ya do what ya got to do!
Now back to my second sock of DD#3 Christmas present - I gifted her a sock on the needles and the yarn to finish the pair. Get it done and I can cast on my January sock yarn which by the way is a color way for ME! Selfish and loving it!
