It was about a year ago that I began thinking of what I would make the following year.
Yeah, I’m like that.
This is what I came up with:
Let me sit back and laugh, heartily, at my attempt to control the fact that I have the attention span of a gnat, because I have finished a grand total of TWO of these projects.
TWO.
The bottom left and the bottom right. That’s it. C’est tout. In my defense I did mean to make all these; in my defense I did start two others, the mittens in middle row right, and the sweater in top row left. And in my defense, I did make two of the bottom right cardigans, one for me, and one for a friend.
That said, I can confirm my complete and utter failure to follow a plan.
However! Check this out!
I set a challenge on Ravelry to complete 30 items this year. Technically, I have made more than 30 because I’ve made random hats here and there, but per the tally on Ravelry I have one more item to finish before I fulfill my self-set challenge.
Not bad, I would say.
The 29 items I have made include the most difficult knit I’ve completed, the Liguria brioche hat Alex requested when he visited me at work (I work part time at a . . . wait for it . . . yarn store) because the child just had to choose the hardest thing for mom to make. Had it not been by my awesome coworker, there is no way I would have finished the hat, and I’ve discovered brioche knitting is not for me, I even attempted an easier style and failed at that as well, and as I prefer my knitting to be fun, I decided this is a technique I will not attempt again, at least not in the near future.
But look at him:
He was so happy and that makes the frustration worth it. That’s parenting in a nutshell.
So I will probably not make a plan for 2019 because let’s face it, mama ain’t gonna follow the plan so why fricking bother. But for the rest of this year I do have a few must-makes, which include a cabled sweater for Steve, a super secret something also for Steve made out of the yummiest yarn EVER, a v-neck red sweater for me that is actually looking more and more like a project to cast on next year because OH YEAH my tradition, after months of knitting for others during the holidays, is to cast on something for me on January 1.
That alone tells you how much I party on December 31st.
So, despite my less than 50% success rate in making what I thought I would make last year, this has been a great year knitting wise. I made a cowl as a sample for the store, tried a new and difficult technique, and have met lots of amazing knitty friends.
I’m on Ravelry as claudiaberry and on Instagram as casadeberry – I ‘gram almost daily and love seeing other people’s knits. I hope to post again before the end of the year but who am I kidding?
Casa de Berry 