I have a thriving baby, a career, loving family, and a pretty amazing husband. I just don’t knit as much anymore as the aforementioned things are taking a bit more time. I don’t mind, to all things there is a season. I’ll soon enough have more knitting time and miss these previous days.
That being said, I still have some knitting goals for 2015:
1: Ravel all my projects
2: Keep better track of my yarn in versus yarn out (I heart spreadsheets)
3: Make at least two pairs of socks for my loving husband
4: Knit a winter sweater for Jellybean (12-18 months size)
5: Finish all my 2014 carryover projects
6: Find a space for and use my cedar chest
There you are, nothing drastic but rather logical and reasonable goals for a knitting mommy and wife.
Do you set goals?
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The only promise I made to myself was to use up half of my stash before I buy more yarn except for specific orders.
Hmm, they all seem reasonable except the “Finish all carryover projects”. Oh, it sounds wonderful in theory and I’d *like* to say I’ll do that…but why is it so hard to go back to a project after it’s been sitting for ages?? But good luck! I’m sure you’ll be successful!
I frogged A LOT these past few weeks. I really only have two carry overs so I’m hoping thats feasible lol
LOL! Okay, yes, that’s very reasonable! I have five and one is a cardigan, and I seem to not be a sweater knitter so I’m afraid it will never be done.
None! Never, ever, never. My inner teenager rebels to the most ridiculous extreme that there’s no use and I have experience with grounding! My stash has gone beyond SABLE status years ago and my WIP’s need whipping good. The only thing that I’ve done – completely voluntarily and not as last year’s resolution – is to Ravel everything and I can’t recommend that highly enough. I am so much better organized that accidentally (not on purpose at all Miss Teenager) I am working through my stash. The WIP’s, well… a lot are half done design prototypes. I think I’ll leave them in the closet, until they begin growling! 😀
I do sometimes set goals, in 2013 i didy challenges but in 2014 it was just ‘make lots of stuff’. This year i want to make use of all my “posh” yarns and stash bust a bit.
Oooh, I do so love posh yarn!
I set goals, then make lists. I think that crossing things off creates enough momentum to keep me moving on down the list until I’m finished. Then, I reward myself, usually with a cup of coffee and a little knitting/crafting time.
Those are some great goals! I find that Ravelry is a great place to keep track of my stash. And they even have a way to export it into a spreadsheet…. or maybe that’s for your needles, not sure now…
I think both?
Indeed, that is a logical and reasonable list of goals. And in one short year, we’ll hear how you tackled each and every task 🙂 I used to keep all my lists on the computer. But then my computer crashed last spring… and “poof” when all my lists, along with my inner-lister spirit
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