New Year

So in my last post, I talked a lot about what I had done, but I'd like to talk now about what I hope to accomplish, in terms of knitting at least.

I have started several projects that I want to keep working on and finish. I don't have too many WiPs partly because I got ruthless and frogged several things that I just didn't like. The main WiP is my Pretty as a Peacock Shawl aka BB is a Moron! It's the most wonderful, modern, awesome lace I've ever seen, so I started it as my first lace project. (Like it says, moron!) I actually started another, much shorter, much easier lace project since and will likely be done really soon, probably within a couple of days!

I also have the Great American Aran Afghan on the go, for which I've finished one square to date. I enjoyed almost all the square, with the exception of the top and bottom borders, because of the fact that no matter what I did, I couldn't figure out how to repeat the placement of my increases to do the decreases, even though I was doing exactly what I'd written down, only in reverse. I still don't understand that!

At the very top of my queue for projects not yet on the needles, is a cabled sweater for myself. I ordered myself the yarn already, unfortunately it's back-ordered at the distributor (perhaps even the manufacturer), so I'm unsure as to when I'll get the yarn. I'm really looking forward to it though, because I love the pattern complex, without being overcrowded, and it changes enough for it not to become boring and repetitive. I believe the back is just pure stockinette, so that may end up being the death of me, but the front is too beautiful!

I have lots of smaller projects in mind, some of which I've already got the yarn for, such as Ysolda Teague's beautiful Gretel.

As far as more general things, such as skills, I'd like to knit tighter, since I end up using sock needles for everything up to aran weight, and 3.75 needles for super bulky weight! Yikes!

I'd like to learn how to graft, to steek, to more successfully increase, and to pick up stitches without making it look so ugly.

I'd like to finish a pair of socks. Hell, I'd love to finish a sock period! I've never gotten past knitting the heel flap, thanks to the fact that they were too damned tight, and I couldn't get them over my heel!

I'd like to knit more from the stash, and not buy so many useless amounts of yarn, that are only good for fingerless mitts, and such. I'm getting bored of them!

I'd like to knit up some random hats and such from my acrylic stash to give to charity.

In non-knitting terms, I'd like to get healthy. I'd like Mimi to stop peeing on the floor. I'd like to get a decent job. I'd like to become a size small, or even medium. Hell, I'd settle for a LARGE!!! Okay, so not a single one of these things is likely to happen this year, but a girl can hope, can't she?