December 2005 goals

Last month’s goals:

1. Make more realistic goals – Done! I think…
2. Finish Eris – Done! Well, the knitting part, anyway.
3. Finish Lotus Blossom – See #2
4. Finish cable-and-bobble hat – See #2
5. Finish cabled purse – Not done. I’m close, though.
6. Work on FPS and get through at least tier 15 – Not done; I’m a couple of tiers short.
7. Work on Channel Pullover – Done!
8. Work on toe socks – Done!
9. Start golf club covers – Not done.

I haven’t gotten around to blocking Eris, Lotus Blossom, or the cable-and-bobble hat yet. And I don’t have any new pictures for any of those projects because it’s dark by the time I get home, and I greatly prefer photos with some natural light sources. Maybe tomorrow before I block, though.

(Blogging activity – or at least, activity with pictures – is probably going to be low in the next couple of months, thanks to that lack of natural light. Just so you know.)

While I had made some progress on the Channel Pullover, I decided that I didn’t like how it was knitting up (I got gauge, but the fabric was a bit too loosely knit for my tastes). So, I ripped it all out again. I had wanted to finish it before going up to Washington for Christmas, but it’s probably not going to happen.

I’m hesistant to make goals, because I’m sort of in the knitting doldrums right now. That, and my favorite “winter” hobby is reading… more specifically, curling up under the covers with a good book and some sort of hot drink (either tea or homemade hot chocolate). And chances are that, like practically every year since my early childhood, I’ll end up dropping most of my other hobbies to get more reading time in.

But! I do need to get some knitting done, so:

1. Finish holiday gifts
2. Work on Channel Pullover
3. Work on toe socks
4. Work on Forest Path Stole

Maybe I should figure out a way to knit while reading?

Nah…