What’s new:
Spud’s tripled in mass since bringing him home in November. He eats like a typical herbivore, which means A LOT. He’s up to 1/2 cup of pellets and 3 cups of fresh greens a day, plus all the hay he can turn into (free) fertilizer. He’s bonded to John, and I’m Persona Non Grata. Figures. He’s a smart little shit, too. We’re composting his litter box contents, and Horace (the name of the compost heap) is going to be very good for this years vegetable garden.
Knitting continues in fits and starts. My frog to finish ratio is still a bit high, no thanks to me trying to knit things that weren’t designed for anyone over 5’6″. At 5’11″ and large framed, knitting to spec on fitted garments (anything written for a woman) is going to be too small. I was 70%+ into Peak’s Island Hood before I realised it was going to be too small in the hood section and there was no way I was going to REKNIT that much seed stitch to accommodate my noggin. I hate seed stitch. If I could say it gives me hives, I would.
There’s no FO pics as either they aren’t FO’s or they were gifted out before I could get them photographed or they aren’t gifted yet and won’t be posted.
I’ve been working on my knitting goals for 2010. After going through my 2009 projects, I’ve found that I need to concentrate better on monogamy and stop “testing” things. Just knit for god’s sake! Here’s some things I’ve decided on for this year:
10 Shawls in 2010 (self explanatory, more details at the Ravelry group)
Finish the Mandala Shawl
Participate in the Winter Ravelympics
Get all my fleeces scoured (this will have to wait for warm/fair weather – nothing dries these days in the basement)
Finish John’s sweater (it only needs assembling and the collar knit)
Finish Eris
Organize the “Craft Storage Room” (That DOES give me hives just thinking about)
Knit a few pairs of socks out of SOCK YARN, no merino need apply.
Weave more.
I’m sure there’s more I can do, but that’s a good start.
Some spinning has taken place. I’ve found that I really don’t care to spin lace weight yarn (at least from commercial prep), even now that I have a production spinning wheel. My poor attention span is absolutely shot these days and the time it takes to spin even an ounce into fine enough singles for a 2-ply laceweight is enough to drive me batty. I may put that project into a time out and spin something “bigger”. This also reminds me that I need to find my hand cards and/or purchase a higher TPI pair (mine are only 72 tpi, and I’d like something over 100 for finewool). Nothing beats spinning long draw from a rolag. NOTHING.
More anon.
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