You know you want a pair...I put these in the category of most definitely would make again. But if I did make them for you, you'd have to give me something big in return. Like your first-born, covered in solid gold, or a pass to not have to get you any other presents for Christmas or your birthday for the next five years (which might be how long it takes me to finish them). I tried picking up another color-work project a couple weeks ago and found myself totally uninterested in putting in the effort. I need motivation to make another pair of these, even though these definitely turned out fabulously.
Knitting Aspirations for 2009:
- Finish my Apres Surf Hoodie (HA!)
- Finish my first adult-size sweater, WITH sleeves (February Lady Sweater)
- Try and improvise a pattern for the knit hat I have that people always ask me if I knit and when I say I didn't I feel like total hat-knitting failure
- Knit personal sweater pattern!
That last one is a lofty goal, but I have some ideas... we'll see... I picked up the book Custom Knits by Wendy Bernard (ever notice how on Amazon the writer's name is super super teeny? I always think that's so obnoxious. Anyway...) the other day and it really inspired me to try and do my own thing. Or at the very least customize for myself. I'm thinking in this area I'm going to need huuuuuge amounts of patience. And scissors. And lifelines. And more YARN! Yes! I totally think if I customize a sweater pattern that counts as knitting my personal sweater pattern; just to get that out there so you don't think I cheated.
Possible projects for 2009 (a.k.a. Patterns I've had in my queue for ages that I drool over):
Big Projects:
- Bleeding Hearts Stole (I even already have some fabulous lace weight Mmmmmmmalabrigo to make this in my stash already. I think I just got burnt out on tiny yarn because of the Apres Surf Hoodie. ::sigh:: I really do want a lacey shawl. I do I DO!)
- Lush and Lacey Cardigan (So Anthropolgie-esque. Things that hold me back about this project would be that cardigans do not tend to be the most flattering thing on me, and I hate seaming, I may just hold off on this one until I get some more projects under my belt)
- Nutkin (I already have the yarn, plus my MIL bought me my first pair of cashmere-blend socks for Christmas and just FYI, they DO live up to the hype)
- Skinny Empire or Ingenue (I have no idea how to pronounce that last one. Sorry, no pics of these last two if you're not a raveler. I'm going to have to change these patterns a bit to accomodate my womanly figure, so that'll be a challenge)
- Simple scoop neck or v-neck stockinette sweater. (I need the experience.)
Accessories, Quick Knits:
- Odessa (It's swirly!)
- Gretel (Because you can't have too many berets)
- Fetching (Seems like everyone has made a pair of these, why should I be any different?)
- Debbie Bliss Baby Teeny Hoodie (It's a teeny hoodie! 'Nuf said. And no, it wouldn't be for me, obvs.)
If 2008 was a graph with happiness on the y-axis and time on the x-axis it would start out medium, dipping low due to the work effect through late Spring, making some watery flooded bumps throughout late Summer and finally getting back into the positive quadrant when Joe switched to the day shift. Definitely the best thing that happened in 2008.
For 2009, I'm starting out the year in a new project at work, with a new team, and new floors in our home and I'm trying to keep an optimistic attitude. No pre-conceived expectations for me please. So far I've been lucky enough that the economy hasn't effected my job status, but who knows what'll happen this year? I'm just going to take it as it comes. In the mean time, I'm enjoying the fact that I can come home to a living being who talks back to me without saying 'mew!'... well, most of the time anyway.
Knitting Aspirations for 2009:
- Finish my Apres Surf Hoodie (HA!)
- Finish my first adult-size sweater, WITH sleeves (February Lady Sweater)
- Try and improvise a pattern for the knit hat I have that people always ask me if I knit and when I say I didn't I feel like total hat-knitting failure
- Knit personal sweater pattern!
That last one is a lofty goal, but I have some ideas... we'll see... I picked up the book Custom Knits by Wendy Bernard (ever notice how on Amazon the writer's name is super super teeny? I always think that's so obnoxious. Anyway...) the other day and it really inspired me to try and do my own thing. Or at the very least customize for myself. I'm thinking in this area I'm going to need huuuuuge amounts of patience. And scissors. And lifelines. And more YARN! Yes! I totally think if I customize a sweater pattern that counts as knitting my personal sweater pattern; just to get that out there so you don't think I cheated.
Possible projects for 2009 (a.k.a. Patterns I've had in my queue for ages that I drool over):
Big Projects:
- Bleeding Hearts Stole (I even already have some fabulous lace weight Mmmmmmmalabrigo to make this in my stash already. I think I just got burnt out on tiny yarn because of the Apres Surf Hoodie. ::sigh:: I really do want a lacey shawl. I do I DO!)
- Lush and Lacey Cardigan (So Anthropolgie-esque. Things that hold me back about this project would be that cardigans do not tend to be the most flattering thing on me, and I hate seaming, I may just hold off on this one until I get some more projects under my belt)
- Nutkin (I already have the yarn, plus my MIL bought me my first pair of cashmere-blend socks for Christmas and just FYI, they DO live up to the hype)
- Skinny Empire or Ingenue (I have no idea how to pronounce that last one. Sorry, no pics of these last two if you're not a raveler. I'm going to have to change these patterns a bit to accomodate my womanly figure, so that'll be a challenge)
- Simple scoop neck or v-neck stockinette sweater. (I need the experience.)
Accessories, Quick Knits:
- Odessa (It's swirly!)
- Gretel (Because you can't have too many berets)
- Fetching (Seems like everyone has made a pair of these, why should I be any different?)
- Debbie Bliss Baby Teeny Hoodie (It's a teeny hoodie! 'Nuf said. And no, it wouldn't be for me, obvs.)
If 2008 was a graph with happiness on the y-axis and time on the x-axis it would start out medium, dipping low due to the work effect through late Spring, making some watery flooded bumps throughout late Summer and finally getting back into the positive quadrant when Joe switched to the day shift. Definitely the best thing that happened in 2008.
For 2009, I'm starting out the year in a new project at work, with a new team, and new floors in our home and I'm trying to keep an optimistic attitude. No pre-conceived expectations for me please. So far I've been lucky enough that the economy hasn't effected my job status, but who knows what'll happen this year? I'm just going to take it as it comes. In the mean time, I'm enjoying the fact that I can come home to a living being who talks back to me without saying 'mew!'... well, most of the time anyway.
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