Year in Review

This has been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad morning. I’m usually pretty chipper, alert and excited about life. Not today. I want to tell you what happened but two things would result: 1) I would reveal information to which even my husband says “TMI, honey!” 2) I will realize how not bad it was. The End. We won't even talk about it anymore. No more! ;)

Some of my knitting buddies came over last night to chat and knit and as I was giving a run-down on some knitting techniques and different kinds of yarn to a newbie knitter, it rekindled my hope in knitting (not like it burned out or anything). Besides overwhelming the poor girl, I realized how much I’ve learned this past year! I’ve learned/mastered stockinette stitch, garter stitch, knitting in the round, knitting on double pointed needles, increasing, decreasing, two ways to cast on, casting off, making socks, making hats, modifying patterns, intarsia, weaving in ends as I knit, and a rudimentary knowledge of spinning. I need to take a step back and admire how far I’ve come. That’s pretty awesome. I’ve been knitting for 11 months and I've learned all of that! I’ve come pretty far and I’m still going strong. I’m ready to learn more! Now that brings us to my inability to keep up with my brain. I am excitable to say the least.

I get so excited about everything I could be doing that I forget to concentrate what I’m working on now. Time for a refresher:

1. Finish infinity scarf
2. Knit Harry Potter scarf
3. Knit baby gifts for all the preggo friends at church
4. Knit Christmas presents (including socks for my dad)
5. Knit a pair of socks in Knitpicks Felici yarn for myself. I won’t tell you which yarn because I don’t want you buying it all. >:)
6. Knit Caleb’s Mario Mushroom blanket (which I’m beginning to think I want to quilt it instead. I can learn quilting before the winter is out, right? LAWL.)
7. Knit a pair of wool sleeves for a cyclist friend (and charge him, of course, what do you think I am? CRAZY!?)
8. Teach my art and art history class (I hope to have pictures of my poster board advert in progress soon)

Too much?

If I were at home full-time I would probably have much more ticked off this list. As it stands now, I’m swamped. I get home at 5:00 p.m. every night, spend time with my son, cook dinner, most nights I embark on some activity (yoga, knitting group, church) by 6:30 p.m. and then come home around 9:00 or 10:00 and crash. And school hasn’t even started. Hasn’t. Even. Started. Help me, dahlin'!

XOXO