2023: The Knitting
I’m doing a year in review this week, focusing each day on a different hobby or part of my life. We start today with the very reason for this blog . . . The Knitting.
My knitting time was, once again, limited due to the . . . ahem . . . interest Fred & George have in yarn. However, it has picked up considerably since I approached their behavior with a correction plan over the summer and I now knit with a spray bottle of water close at hand. I’m still not cranking out the hand knits and I’m still sticking to small projects that can be tucked back into a zippered bag very quickly, but I consider it progress.
Here are my stats: I finished 2 pairs of socks. Three dishcloths. One hat. And two gnomes. There’s also a gnome in progress as well as a pair of socks in progress. Looking ahead to 2024, I’d really like to finish my Icelandic cardigan that I started in 2021. I’d also like to knit another pair of arched gusset mitts and more socks because I have so.much.sock.yarn. I also predict more gnomes!
Check out my Ravelry project page if you’d like a refresher on any of the things I’ve knit this year. And thanks for sticking with this so-called knitting blog that . . . isn’t really about knitting so much anymore.
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I am so glad you have found a work around to knit with Fred and George! 🙂
I’d love to see your Icelandic cardigan again in 2024, and I’m glad that F&G have learned and you can knit around them. It’s a good thing they’re cuter than yarn!
I have a quilting friend who has to be sneaky about her wool fabric because of her curious cat. Looks like you are finding a way.
I certainly hope the efforts you’ve been making with the kitties pay off and you can knit more — not that it’s about quantity, but I know you enjoy it and would like to spend more time doing it. But I suppose giving up some knitting time to the cuteness of the boys is probably an okay tradeoff!
I see an Icelandic sweater ready just in time for a late March bluster!
I’d love to see your Icelandic sweater (even in progress because I don’t remember it). I’m glad you’ve figured out a way to knit with Fred & George around. And you know? Even though your blog isn’t about knitting so much, I enjoy it very much and am glad to have gotten to know you through your blog and Read with Us Group.
The water bottle is the most effective weapon against felines. “Arg, water! Run for your life!”
any knitting is good knitting … especially if there are cats around! I’m glad you’re finding a rhythm with the yarn and needles, and feel like 2024 will be your Icelandic Cardigan year … good luck!
Y’know . . . my knitting has really slowed down these last couple of years, too. And I don’t have CATS. At all. 😉 All of your projects have been lovely projects, Carole. And fun! The quantity of completed projects doesn’t matter . . . as long as we’re enjoying the making!