Knitting Psychos

If you take a minute to look at my 2009 knitting goals last year, you’ll notice I didn’t really complete ANY of them!

I only managed 6 sweaters for NaKniSweMoDo. I’m not disappointed in that, though. I think it’s more sweaters than I knit any other year. I did, however, majorly increase the sweater stash in all my planning, so I have plenty of sweater plans for the next year or ten.

I didn’t even come close to knitting a true lace shawl, though I did knit my share of shawlettes, with plans for many more.

I did knit a lot of socks, but I didn’t really knit any of my club socks. Maybe one or two. I was going to swear off clubs completely in 2010, but I’m in a few of the themed Woolgirl clubs (a kit here, a kit there), and I think I’m signing up for the Rockin’ Sock Club again this year. It’s not frilly – just yarn and a pattern with an extra goodie or two thrown in here and there, but it works. Some of the other clubs, while they’re packaged wonderfully with lots of little extras, I just don’t USE the little extras, and they end up just taking up space.

I hardly even TOUCHED my dishcloth cotton stash. I did knit from the stash, but I acquired a lot, too. I took pics of the stash for Ravelry, but didn’t document it here. I didn’t really get over the stash gluttony, either. I did not finish my Lizard Ridge, though I did knit a square or two on it. I also did not find a good way to store my circs, so they are still in their ratty plastic bag. hehe I didn’t knit a ton of baby knits, though both my friends’ babies DID get baby blankets for their littlest ones.

My last FO of the year was a pair of socks. I bought the yarn when I visited Dallas for my birthday in 2008, and I finally managed to get a pair of socks out of it.

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2010 will hopefully bring less knitting “rules”. I plan to knit what I want when I want to knit it. I will continue to knit socks, and I will knit some of that new Sweater Stash yarn.

I would like to try to knit 12 miles of yarn. A mile a month.

I would also like to finish or frog all current WIPs/UFOs. In no particular order:

• Circle Socks
• Lizard Ridge
• Mitered Square Blanket
• Sock Yarn Blankie (ongoing, no finish date at the current time)
• Water Cube Socks
• Sunshine Socks
• Over the Rainbow Socks
• Juliet
• Vine Yoke Cardigan
• Swing Coat
• Mallow Socks
• High Line Shawl
• Super Secret Project
• TTL Mystery Socks 2009
• Pie! Mitts
• Crooked Brook Socks – FROG
• Shawl that Jazz
• Lizzy’s Big Girl Bag
• Gabby’s Big Girl Bag
• Simple Yet Effective Shawl
• Nottingham – FROG
• Eastlake – FROG & START OVER
• Eclipse Socks
• Ripple Afghan – FROG?
• Hanami Stole – FROG & start over?

Let’s see how far I can get.

I ramble on about what’s on my needles and my big fall into a yarn buying binge!

In no particular order:

WEBS
EatSleepKnit
Cosima – finished!
BFF Socks by Cookie A
High Line Shawl [rav]
Gooseberry Cardigan [rav] – Valley Yarns Northfield
Minimalist Cardigan [rav] – Berroco Ultra Alpaca
Macro Lace Cardigan [rav] – Malabrigo Worsted
Slinky Ribs [rav] – Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool
OWL sweater [rav] – Cascade Eco Wool
BlankieMania

Knitting Psychos Ravelry Group

If you’ve listened to the last episode of the podcast (or stalking my post history on Ravelry), you’ll know that I’m up to my eyeballs in swaps on the BlankieMania Ravelry group. For the last couple weeks, I’ve spent most of my time winding and labeling mini skeins of yarn, and it is exhausting! lol

Yesterday, I received some yarn that I ordered last minute from a local shop, Bobbin’s Nest Studio. Well, it’s local enough that I can call it local, but just far enough away and in the opposite direction of where I normally travel in the course of my day that it’s a bit inconvenient to get to, unless “the girls” and I decide to take a field trip on the weekend. We’d just taken a field trip a couple weeks ago, and I know I wouldn’t be going there probably anytime soon (or soon enough to make me feel better), and I HAD to start this project right now.

I can’t share project details at the moment (it’s a SECRET! muhaha), so this is a bit anticlimactic, but Bobbin’s Nest Studio delivers A+ customer service! I emailed them at 11pm at night, received a response the next day (obviously.. lol) saying they had what I wanted in the amount I wanted, and yes, they’d be happy to ship it! Soo, I called them, gave them the payment details, and the very next day (yesterday), I had my new yarn. Granted, it was the very next day because I’m in the Greater Bay Area… I can’t promise you’ll get it the next day if you call them from Timbuktu.

So I started my project, and am on my way! It’s going very quickly, and I love the yarn I’m using and the pattern I’m knitting. It feels SO great to be knitting again.

If you’re ever in the Bay Area (specifically near Santa Clara, where the shop is actually located), I HIGHLY recommend stopping at Bobbin’s Nest Studio (check out their blog!). Not only do they sell yarn (including some fabulous indie dyers like Hazel Knits and Wool Candy), but they also sell fabric and sewing notions! I SO want to take their intro to sewing class one of these days!

… and the winner of the KAL contest is … you’ll have to wait to find out! muhaha!

Links:
Cosima
Kai-Mei
Denver Woman Socks
Crown Mountain Farms Sock Hop
Damson – finished with about 10 minutes to spare!

Ack! Something came up – will finish the shownotes later, but the winner of the KAL contest is dnaprice!

Check out the Ravelry Group!

It’s SOCKTOBERFEST TIME!

This is a place holder for Shownotes, because I don’t have time to do a proper shownotes right now. I do want to include a couple of quick important links, though, because they are time sensitive.

EVENTS:
Lambtown - October 3 in Dixon, CA! I’ll be around somewhere, either knitting or pretending to spin. LOL Come say hi (because I’m shy and won’t say hi to you. rofl)
Check out the XRX website and download the brochure for Stitches West and Stitches South – Stitches West registration starts this Tuesday – October 6th!

… the rest of the shownotes coming soon …

[BTW – I apologize for the sqwaking bird!