Knitting goals for this year:
- Take the '100 balls in 2010' challenge with the Ravelry Stash Knit Down group. This sounds achievable and is flexible about the types of projects as long as you use up 100 balls of yarn in the year.
- Improve my sock knitting by knitting more socks
- Finish some of the WIPs - if possible, take a finishing techniques class to help me deal with some of my finishing issues.
- Get more wearable garments into my wardrobe - I need to think hard about what I actually wear, and then make sure I finish the garment, not get it to the 90% stage!
- Make something out of yarn I've dyed myself
And a quick look at knitting achievements in 2009. NaKniSweMoDo did not work out for me. I planned to finish all my UFOs and whip through several new garments. Didn't happen. In the first half of the year I had other commitments, and couldn't handle knitting major projects too.
In the second half, I managed to knit all the pieces for a sweater for my sister, but failed to sew them together.
I did also manage a cabled jumper for my DH, which I just finished! He is wearing it proudly today.
My biggest challenge was knitting a Zhu shawl in laceweight cashmere. I intended it as a holiday project, following Elizabeth Zimmerman's advice about circular shawls being great travel knitting. Well it was, but then lasted for several months beyond the holiday..... I'm pleased I finished it, but am not in a rush to repeat the experience.
The personal small items challenge fared better, completing the following:
