Anyway in no particular order these are my knit/spin/weave goals for 2011:
1. Design and knit a large piece (garment or lace shawl - I am waffling on which I want to tackle more).
2. Cast on a Neibling pattern (I had originally planned to say "Knit a Neibling" but well... I would like to think I can be realistic.... Sometimes.) I am thinking maybe this one.
3. Spin/Knit/Finish a Handspun sweater.
4. Knit a pair of knee-socks.
5. Knit or Weave a blanket/large throw/afghan
6. Finish THE YELLOW SHAWL OF NEVER-ENDING ANGST (and then start calling it something a little less angsty).
7. Do a steeked project. Maybe this one because its been in my queue forever & a day now.
8. Learn to use a support spindle (competently) & get the almost 4 oz of texas cashmere that is sitting in my stash all spun up.
9. Knit a yellow sweater. I think this should happen after the Most Evil Shawl That Is Trying To Make Me Crazy is done. I anticipate I will need a yellow project at that point. I rather like Madelintosh DK in Gilded for this but I also have some Lonco in a gold color that I really do want to work up as well.
10. Knit more colorwork - get comfortable with the two-handed fair isle techniques.
11. Hunt down a nice colored fleece and finish a project all the way from raw wool to knit or woven scarf/garment/bag (depending on the type of fleece I hunt down).
What are your Fiber goals for 2011?
3 comments:
Maybe knit a pair of socks?
Mine's a secret. I'll tell you in February.
BTW, I found your original list, and you didn't miss one item!
1. Knit myself a pair of socks. I've helped others knit socks, so really I should have done this already.
2. I want to be able to knit two handed fair isle. I will probably practice my two handed technique on a hat or something first though.
3. Finish my sweater. I really don't want to let this linger. I'd like to wear it this season rather than next. So I better hurry.
4. Buy a loom and learn how to use it.
5. Knit through some of my stash. I'm not trying to not add to it. I really grew a large one last year and want to use some of the awesome stuff I bought. Maybe I could knit at least one stash project for each newly purchased one? Yeah right...
6. Crochet. Anything. I really want to stop being annoyed at it.
7. Try spinning. (For serious.) I would like to try a wheel. I think. I guess I would like to figure out if I care about spinning at all. Of course, if I do, I'll need to buy a wheel.
8. Knit myself a cardigan. I'm already thinking about this one all the time. I have to finish my top down pullover first.
9. Knit or crochet an afghan. Or at least start one. A real one, not cat sized =)
10. Finally learn how to use my sewing machine. I want to make my own project bags, hem things that don't fit, and learn to quilt.
11. Knit a baby surprise jacket. This was planned last year and I didn't get around to it.
I hadn't really thought about goals until just now. Maybe these will change, but I sure came up with plenty.
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