Knock Knock
Who's there?
August 4th.
August 4th who?
Point Taken.
That's right. Not only did I miss the original date of the first weekend in July.. I missed July altogether.
DOH!
So my last post for YOP2 (update 23) was pretty telling in what I finished, and of course did not finish, in my last list. But this isn't exactly my only list... I also posted in January - Yarn Resolutions for 2013.
I did get my queue down basically by moving everything to the library. A cheap move, but hey - it satisfied the resolution made. Now I have a library of ump-teen-gazillion items I will probably never make but... ITS SEARCHABLE! I am trying to be good about queuing up items I really am going to make and moving them in and out at a regular basis. I am also somewhat working well with getting my stash destashed ... with one flaw: as I use up the yarn, I just buy more. I seem to have found the Fountain of Never-ending Sock Yarn Purchases - I drink from that fountain often. BUT I did make a Summer Flies shawl out of some Patons Lace that I had and am working on a lapghan using some Caron yarn I had laying around.
The "blog more" resolution is failing miserably mostly because I'm just kinda 'here' with work and everything else. But that's ok. If I can commit to YOP3, that is at least one post a week.... right? I would also like to get my WIP Wednesday posts going but that means I have to do them on Tuesdays because Wednesdays are just CRAZY around here.... not that you care.
So ... back on track...
My YOP3 list.
In looking at the items I did not do in Update 23 of YOP2, I can safely add the following items to my list:
Navajo Diamonds Blanket (already in progress... so easy to add)
Knit a sweater for The Man (still a goal.... cannot give up on this one even though its easy to procrastinate it)
Knit a pair of spat warmers (Christmas Gift)
Yes... those are the only 3 carry overs. I have decided to take my donation items offline as far as this list is concerned. If I do add them back in, perhaps it will be a different post completely. I want to feel like donating is what I want to do, not something I have to do because I added it to some list. Silly, I know - but yea, I think that works out better for me.
Something else I will not be doing this year is tracking items NOT on the list. I think my posts got a little tedious in trying to track everything I crocheted/knitted for the year... the original list AND additions to the list.
Now I need to add some things to it because three items is a little week for me.
So I offer you, my official YOP3 List (that can be added to if necessary):
Year of Projects Year 3 List
IN PROGRESS:
Navajo Diamonds Blanket
Lapghan (Christmas Gift)
1/10 pair of knitted socks (my own patterns)
IN QUEUE
Knit a sweater for The Man
Knit a pair of spat warmers (Christmas Gift)
Knit a Pair of Mittens (Christmas Gift)
Scrap-ghan (another design other than my extreme granny)
A wrap/vest wearable for me (no pattern selected yet)
COMPLETE
Socks Pair #1 finished July 2013 - Finished FINALLY
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This post is part of the Come-Blog-Along Year of Projects group on Ravelry. If you are interested in joining or reading other posts from other participants, please visit the group linked here.
12 comments:
I'm just starting in, too, so at least you're in good company :).
It is great to have you back. I've missed popping over here each week to see what's been happening. Looking forward as ever to seeing your work.
Welcome back. I have a Year of Projects list and then 'other knitting'. That might be silly too, but whatever works!
You can find me at: http://mindingmyownstitches.blogspot.ca/
At least you were part of year 2... I dropped off the planet altogether during year two...
This year... It will be different...
Year 2 was hard for me too.. only 23 updates for me
I've been reading your blog :) Always love seeing your work too!
EXCELLENT company :)
I think it's all about doing the best you can. One post a week is a start. If you can slip in another here and there, cool, but if not, no worries. It should be fun and organic.
I normally do pretty ok with it but we'll see how it goes :P
1 post a week is still 1 post a week, and it's all good :) This is my first year joining year of projects, so it's interesting to see everyone's different approaches to their lists and their different kinds of projects :)
I went a bit insane with my statistics the last 2 years so this is a new approach for me (compared to my previous). I do agree though - it is very interesting to see how each participant organizes their list and works through it.
Yay, welcome back! I think the new approach is great, as you don't need to feel like you have to do all the things, you just have a couple of things you can work through at your own pace. And I know exactly how you feel about blogging, I would also love to blog more, but I find myself doing one YoP post a week as well
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