Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Knitting in the New Year

The big kids made a goal to stay up until midnight last night. So, to keep myself awake, I cast on a pair of mittens for The Younger.
I have had my eye on these mittens for years, and since I have a toddler to put in them, now seemed like the time. This one took all of Wreck-It Ralph and about a third of The Hobbit.
The Younger lasted until 11 or so, but The Elder made it until 12.
I was very impressed with her stamina, given that I needed a 10 minute cat nap at 11:30.

How was your New Year's Eve?
A friend just posted a goal for herself that she wanted to knit 10,000 yards in the new year, which got me wondering how many yards I knitted in the past year.
I went over to my long-neglected knitmeter.com account and put in the projects that I knitted for the family this year (I don't keep track of what I knit for customers) and the results show that I knitted a lot.
This is somewhat of a happy surprise, since I was feeling not all that productive this year.

5 comments:

  1. oh those mittens are the sweetest!! "knitmeter"...who knew? So we are feeling cabin fever in a big way...this cold is really starting to bum me out...hope you all are hanging in there.

    Many blessings to you and your family in this new year Jess!! xx

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  2. Happy New Year! Very cool mittens!
    I "had" to put the toddler to bed, and fell asleep with him, so I "missed out" on staying up--the five year old made it until 11:15, which I didn't expect!

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  3. I love those mittens! I've wanted to knit the dead fish hat for ages and these would make a great set

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  4. the knitmeter is a neat idea. i wonder how much i knitted this past year.
    those mittens are so cute. i have been toying with them myself for YEARS. lol

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  5. Oh, I love those mitts! I'm afraid of intarsia... I'll bet that this isn't a beginner project:)

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