I’m not going to lie, kittens. I went off-track from my crafting goals pretty early on in the year and then neglected to recheck them to remind myself what all it was I wanted to do. Earlier in the week I started to wonder how I had done on my goals…had I even made some this year? It turns out I had, and I was not alone in this line of thought. I felt the time is right to revisit my goals and see how well I have done with them.
All of this is prep-work for my 2014 craft goals…of course. You all know how I love that kind of thing. I have a few more weeks to refine them and smooth out the rough edges. Hard to believe the end of 2013 is nigh, isn’t it?
So. Let’s review, shall we?
♥ Work on Giftmas crafts throughout the year, preferably one every other month.
– 2 pairs of adult socks
– 1 pair of socks for each of my children
– a custom designed “wolfie” doll for The Girl
– a Batman doll for The Boy
– small ornaments for family and teacher gifts
* I have most of the yarn on-hand already for these projects.
> NONE OF THIS ONE HAPPENED. NOT EVEN A LITTLE. I’M JUST NOT A GIFTMAS KNITTER. 0% accomplished
♥ Knit 4 pairs of socks for myself out of existing stash. At least 2 should be self-striping.
> I MANAGED 2 PAIR: 1 WAS SELF-STRIPING. 50% accomplished
♥ Knit my winter coat. (This will be a 30 point project due to the amount of work and complexity. Point system to be detailed later in this post.)
> I DREW DIAGRAMS AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT…DOES THAT COUNT? NO? 0% accomplished
♥ Knit The Husband’s socks before he leaves on his business trip. He has US size 13 feet: hold me, kittens.
>BUSINESS TRIP WAS CANCELLED. SOCKS WERE STARTED TOP-DOWN. NEED TO RIP AND RESTART TOE-UP. 0% accomplished
♥ Design a Shiba Inu toy and write up pattern.
> NOPE. 0% accomplished
♥ Finish Goodale sweater plus at least 2 others from stash.
> GOODALE. CHECK. POMME DE PIN. CHECK. 3RD SWEATER…LIKELY NOT FINISHED BY END OF DECEMBER. 67% accomplished
♥ Finish The Boy’s wide stripes blanket.
> NOT FINISHED, BUT COULD BE. ~90% accomplished
♥ Finish the queen sized bed quilt.
> NOPE. DID DO A LITTLE MORE QUILTING HERE AND THERE. 55% accomplished
♥ Start new king sized bed quilt.
> NOPE. 0% accomplished
♥ Cross stitch 2012’s Dessert of the Month sampler and start on 2013’s Woodland Sampler.
> 2012 DESSERT SAMPLER. CHECK. 2013 WOODLAND SAMPLER. NOT STARTED…YET. THIS ONE IS VAGUE AND COULD BE EASILY DONE BEFORE THE END OF NEXT MONTH. 50% accomplished
♥ Only purchase yarn that has been earned with the “points system” to help keep stash in numbers low this year. The system is a little rough, but I think it could work.
> AHAHAHAHAHA. POINTS SYSTEM WAS A DEFINITE FAIL. I STASHED SUPER HARD EARLY ON. I DID GET BETTER THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. 0% accomplished
There are a lot of zero percents on that list and no one hundreds, but it does look like, overall, I managed to knock out some large goals I had wanted to accomplish in the year. If you add what I wanted to get done with what I had actually gotten done…I’ve been pretty productive. It’s looking good so far. Maybe I can turn one or two of those into 100%ers. ^_^
If you made goals, have you revisited them, kittens? How have you done? Did your focus change over the course of the year?
Knit Cute 
You know me and crafting plans and goals! I did not blog at the beginning of the year, but I definitely plan to have some year long goals next year, depending on the state of my sewing machine. I think I'll continue on with my seasonal goals too as they are working fairly well with me!
You know me and crafting plans and goals! I did not blog at the beginning of the year, but I definitely plan to have some year long goals next year, depending on the state of my sewing machine. I think I'll continue on with my seasonal goals too as they are working fairly well with me!