Some progress

Actually, I have knit quite a lot since my last post, but I haven't been very good at taking pictures and posting on my Blog. As for my goals... One of my goals for River City Knitters was to knit a Fair Isle sweater this year. When I wrote that down, I was thinking of a sweater for me. A couple of months later, I was thinking about knitting one for one of my 11 year old granddaughters. By June, I was thinking about knitting a Fair Isle sweater for my 4 year old great granddaughter...now, well, we have to dress a teddy bear for our Christmas charity project, so I'm thinking my bear will be wearing a Fair Isle sweater! Can anyone say "downsizing?" I have knit tons of scarves with some railroad yarn and I am happy to say that I think that I have knit the last of it. That is a major stash buster. I'll post the pictures on Ravelry soon and post them here also. I've knit about 12 Fair Isle hats for charity and one for a Christmas present. Which reminds me, I have to have at least one Christmas project per month in my Christmas box...which I have done. I need 12 charity hats turned in and I have done that also along with 3 baby blankets. I needed 20 items made completely from stash yarn and I have done that also. So...maybe Alina will get her Fair Isle sweater after all...but then, I have a spider sweater to knit for Eli, and a shrug for my daughter and Fair Isle hats for Travis and Jessica...it looks like I will be knitting to the last minute after all.

These are the goals I put together for the Harry Potter Knit & Crochet House Cup (HPKC).

This group has done more to improve my knitting that anything I have done for the last 20 years

 Personal Best Quest for 2013

Once I wrote these down, I could see that there might be problems, but I left it as it is. This is what I would like to accomplish. Since a lot of these things overlap, I’ll see how it goes. 

Academic:

Three classes a month plus OotP (Order of the Phoenix)
First class posted by the 10th
Storytelling with most posts
Yardage bonus
OotP (Jane Eyre Shawl)
Knit UFOs on every Friday
1 WIP for Detention every month (post early in month if possible)

Extra-Curricular:

Quidditch
Headmistress’ challenge
Hufflepuff challenges

Personal: Knit down stash - all projects from stash this year

Keep up with 8 forums: HPKCHC, The Den, Frankensocks, Knitting Like the Dickens (Keep up with reading), One Day a Week for UFOs, 52 Books in 52 Weeks, One Day a Week for UFO, and Hats, Hats, Hats.

12 Projects in Christmas Box:

January: Green Fana Hat
February: Green Fana Hat
March: Black & White Wingspan
April: Green Wingspan
May: Red Novelty Scarf

25 Stash projects completed:

Blue Blanket, Basketweave Ipod Scarf, 3 Fana Hats (2), 5 Olympic Hats (5), Steeked Mug,
Red novelty Scarf, Addie’s Bulky Vest, Baby Terry Sweater, Alina’s Aran Sweater, Adult Aran, 10 Charity Hats (5), Red Crayon Hat, Purple Crayon Hat & Boa, White scrap vest, Blue Chunky alpaca Scarf, Qiviut Cowl, Jan’s Shawl, 2 DNA scarves, 2 Hogwarts Uniforms for 18" Doll,

Jane Eyre Shawl

1 Fair Isle Sweater (Kids)

60 Charity items (17)

5 Olympic Hats
5 pairs of Mock Cable Mitts
4 Hats
2 blankets
1 Preemie Blanket

Organize Wool stash - Maybe??
Photograph all stash and UFOs - Maybe??

Keep up with 3 Blogs:

Twaddle
Give Me a Needle
Give Me Two Needles (Post at least twice a month)

(This one is going to be hard. Give Me a Needle only once a month.)