No Fooling

I would have posted these goals for the month on the 1st, but you all would have assumed it was a joke.  It's no joke, but I may turn out to be a fool for publishing this list!

During April I will:

• Post at least once a week -- even if I have no pictures.  It's the need to put pictures in that often keeps me from posting.  I've always got something to say, but I despise taking pictures and going through all the maneuvers to get them into the computer, exported as a .jpg file and then posted here.  Now add to the mix that I am often exporting them to Flickr to post on Ravelry.  It's a lot of work people and not my strong suit.
  
• Finish my Asymmetrical Cable Cardigan from Vogue Knitting Fall 2006.  I'm almost there; finishing the second half of the cabled scarf collar and two more seams are all that remain.  Even so, the chances that I'll be wearing it this year are slim to none.  Of course, it would be perfect for this morning, but it wasn't to be.
  
  
  
  
• Finish my second Noro Kureyon sock.  It's color #182, and everything you've heard about the yarn is true -- stringy, overspun, not soft, hell to knit with -- yet I love the way this sock feels on my foot.  It has a comforting woolliness  that  I find soothing, the rustic nature suits plain socks, and the colors are the star.  I figure it's not a long-wearing sock, but I have room for every type in my drawer.
  
  
  
  
• Finish my poor, abandoned Trekking sock (and it's mate) that's been stalled at the same point for two years.
  
  
  
• Finish my Large Rectangle with Center Diamond Pattern from Victorian Lace Today (isn't that a pithy name for a stole?).  I have finished about half the edging and will make myself deal with the total fiddle that is required to complete the thing.
  
  
  
• For extra credit I will finish the back and both fronts of my cabled hoodie from the cover of Patons Street Smart booklet.  Mine is in Blue Sky Cotton and will be of use even into the later part of spring.

Rona my dear, I'm afraid you'll have to wait.

Disclaimer:  The above post contains forward looking statements that should not be considered a guarantee of future performance.

Comments

[Marina]

Is that why we haven't seen the vacation pics? I feel the same way about pics, but sometimes, they're a great way to delay the decision as to what to knit. Yup! I haven't picked up the needles since I got back.

I love your disclaimer ;-) I would have stopped after the second sock. Oops! I don't knit socks but have been wasting time looking for a CSM for the past few days.

Hmm, no PMs from Rona or Inishmore? Must correct that ;^)

[Chris]

I was worried until I got to the disclaimer! ;)

[Wanda]

Hey you, nice to hear from you again! Thanks for stopping by my blog and commenting. I know what you mean. The lack of pictures often keeps me from posting too. Must remedy that.

I always enjoy reading you. Have you been writing much?

Good luck on your goals!

[Lorraine]

Anmiryam- First, I adore the color of your sweater- I too, always miss the boat. I never finish anything in time for the perfect weather.

Your much too hard on yourself. I have more faith in you.

I published a pattern for Noro Quick Socks using Kureyon- the fun is in the colors- but the yarn is cr*p.

[Krista]

Those are all such lovely projects. I'm rooting for you! And, if you can get it all done, maybe that would spur me on to do some knitting at some point in the near future. I've been so busy that all I've gotten done lately is a few rows on a striped stockinette scarf. A bit boring, but at least I knit something, I guess.

[Dr. Steph]

I love the disclaimer. And don't let photos slow you down--we like to hear from you.

[Brigitte]

Phew! That's a lot! Heh, you can make up for the rest of us (well, me) that aren't so faithful to their WIPs!