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Knew Year, Knew Knitting

I adamantly refuse to start a new project until I finish up that second Wildfoote sock - the one I left up at the cabin. It should be pony-expressed here sometime today (courtesy of my sister and her family) and it will be my New Year's Eve project. I think I can finish it up tonight (provided no one gets sick - see previous post!)

Then I will ring in the New Year with a clean slate.

Here are some of my fantasies for knitting in 2004:

1. A simple pullover (pattern from Vogue Fall 2002) made from my favorite yarn (Koigu KPPPM):

2. A fair-isle; perhaps this one (recently made by Wendy); I seem to recall her mentioning that this would be a good project for a fair-isle beginner.


(Faithful readers of this blog recall that I actually knit a fair-isle sweater back when I was in college - see this post.)

3. More socks - yarn currently in the stash includes Sockotta, Fortissima Colori, and a multicolor Regia. My kids are hinting around that they would like their mom to knit socks for them.

4. A felted bag or two - I've got some Noro Kureyon in the stash. And maybe some teeny-tiny ones to give as gifts.

5. I'd like to give gloves a try. Interweave (current winter issue) had a bunch of info on how to knit them. Here's what Booga J did with some Koigu:

6. More scarves! The ones I knit for my mom and sisters were a big hit; maybe I need to knit a couple for myself.

I think I will plan for a big expedition to a yarn shop in the next week or two!!

Happy Knew Year, Happy Knitting Everyone!!

Comments

Happy New Year to you too! Your line up looks grande! I'm envious of how organized your list looks...and that you get to ring in the new year with a clean slate. I'm going to be knitting "old" in the "new"...but hey, I'm just happy to be knitting. Oh, and I've got my needles crossed that you don't get sick with that awful flu. See ya next year!

Posted by: Lisa at December 31, 2003 04:23 PM