So I might have to break one of my resolutions.  But I really, really have to.  I don't have the necessary weights, colors, and amounts of yarn to make a blanket that looks like the stripey swatch on the right.  It's a rug for a baby's room and the mom registered for the rug.  I can make a blanket that looks just like it out of Berroco Comfort Bulky, for little $, and in little time.  But I don't have it in my stash.  I'd have to visit Kaleidoscope Yarns.

I'm thinking of modifying the Bob Blankie pattern from Mission Falls.  Maybe minus the thin white stripe between colors.  Another knitter suggested saving time by using the Conair Hair Braider to twist the yarn ends.  I might have to stop by Walmart as well!

We had our carpets cleaned yesterday and this meant moving furniture and exposing some of my knitting hiding spots.  I found 4 more projects.  One got chucked - a DK weight granny square blanket that had about 10 out of 60 blocks done.  One is a finishing nightmare - a baby blanket using many different yarns with miles of ends to weave in - and I will finish it even though the recipient is now 2 1/2.  I found another baby blanket using Lamb's Price Cotton Fleece.  I'm thinking this one will get frogged and the yarn stashed.  Lastly I found these little beauties ...

They are another pair of legwarmers, only this time they are for my sister-in-law (mother of the striped legwarmies).  I've been looking for a project to leave in my car, should I encounter a traffic tie-up of some sort.  Something mindless and without any actual pattern to have to worry about following.  This is it!!
So I'm not wishing for unfortunate vehicular issues, but if I am stuck in stand-still traffic, I'll have something to do.

I resolve to ....

First, here is my most recent WIP - Legwarmies (designed by Alana Dakos).  They are for my niece "Baby Belly"!  She's 14 months old and her mom's a dance instructor.  I think dancing is in her blood.  The legwarmies are modeled by my dog Maisy who is not a dancer.


RESOLUTIONS

Although we are half way through January, I thought I'd jot down my knitting resolutions.  I think I should reward myself for completed resolutions.

1.  Finish WIPS.  I think I have 6, but as I dig through my hidden stashes, I think I'll find more.

2.  Use as much stashed yarn as possible, when possible.  (Love the little out I put in there for my LYS addicted-self.)

3.  Design something knitted.

4.  Knit a project that involves intarsia.  I am afraid of intarsia and will go out of my way to avoid it by stranding or knitting something else.

5.  Knit a Christmas gift a month.

I'm sure I could make 100 more resolutions, but why set myself up for failure.  These 5 are going to be stretch ... especially the using stashed yarn.

Resolution In Progress (RIP)

I'll admit that I have WAY too much yarn, an addiction to Kaleidoscope Yarns, and not nearly enough time to knit.  My stash (not the one on my lip that requires waxing) grows on a biweekly basis - on average.  So for the second year in a row, I am resolving to used up stashed yarn as much a possible for new projects.  I purposefully put the loophole "as much as possible" in that resolution because, well ... you don't always have what you need and a year is a really long time!

I am hoping to make the following with the following:

• French Press Slippers (at least 4 pair)  /  Knit Picks: Wool of the Andes
• Classic Washcloths (2-3)  /  Crystal Palace:  Cotton Chenille
• Peruvian Tweed Shawl  /  Joseph Galler:  Peruvian Tweek
• Foliage  /  Malabrigo Yarn Chunky
• Laptop Case  /  Cascade 220
• Cabled Vest  /  Jo Sharp Silk Road Tweed DK
• Simple Garter Baby Blanket  /  Classic Elite Premier
• Otis Kimono Wrap  /  Classic Elite Premier
• Captain's Hat and Bella's Mittens  /  Berroco Comfort Chunky
• Whisper Cardigan  /  Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Semi Solid