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Here Comes the New Year, And Oh The WIPs

The end of 2022 has arrived. I have a few knitting works in progress (wips) to share, as well as a good-bye to a year that was not all that great.

Personally, I am happy to say good-bye to 2022. Overall it was a horrible year, but some good things happened. I can’t berate myself too much for all these WIPs hanging about. Usually I don’t let them get so out of control.

I’m finishing up the year with more WIPs (Work in Progress) knits than ever. I chalk it up to Fall being extremely busy here, with 2 hurricanes to deal with, and a surprise visit from my daughter – she came in between the hurricanes. We also had a 40th birthday party for my son in December, which was a ton of work. Then, of course Christmas. I just mailed out gifts today – December 30th! So, yes… I am behind.

My Current WIPs

The knitting projects in my baskets are the Brodgar Poncho, a Playdate sweater, the Goldenfern pullover, and two Easy V sweaters. I do have other projects that have been sitting for a while, like the thrummed mittens and spiral scarves, but I’m not counting them here.

Brodgar poncho
Brodgar
Playdate
Goldenfern
Goldenfern
short row shaping on Easy V sweater
Easy V in Brown
Easy V sweater in green
Easy V in Green

How many WIPs in your knitting baskets?

When I look around Ravelry, sometimes I see knitters with pages full of WIPs! Then, I don’t feel so badly about having the five I have.

Good Riddance 2022

The worst part of 2022 was being sick for over a month with Covid. We had just purchased a camping trailer, that we wanted to use, but that got put off until the end of August. It took me a while to get better, probably because I am in my 60s. Then the hurricanes hit. Ian brought flooding and Nicole brought damage to the beaches. Our beaches are still recovering, as are the people whose homes were flooded. We got off pretty lucky, but need a new roof and are working on making that happen.

We just had a few nights of below freezing temps here in Florida and I covered the plants, but lost a few to the extreme cold. It appears the winter will tend to be a cold one for us in the south. Some years we get off lucky and temps stay decent. It is the end to a year that I chalk up to not so great. And then there is the state of our country, and the world in general.

New Year’s Day Cast On?

I would love to CAST ON a new project on New Year’s Day, but we’ll see. I have some yarn coming from Miss Babs end of year sale, and recently spent my birthday present gift certificate on come soft Donegal yarn. Both yarns will be used to knit sweaters when I find the right patterns.

This year I cast on for the Solstice Glow chicken hat on January first. I finished it eight days later and it was a fun hat to knit. This year I think I will continue to finish up what’s been started before I do any more casting on.

Solstice Glow chicken hat
Solstice Glow hat pattern

Happy New Year, We Can Hope

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Happy New Year, There’s Always Hope

fireworks
The End of 2014

Happy new year to all. I suppose there is always the hope that it will be “happy”. The 31st of December is the birthday of an old friend of mine. I always thought it was the best day of the year to celebrate a birthday. Everyone all over the world is partying so it’s a festive atmosphere everywhere. I’ll have to remember to give her a call later.

As far as hopes for a happy year to come, what does that mean? I’d rather be content, healthy, and settled, which I suppose would convert to being happy. In the new year I hope for an increase in business income. I’ll continue to work on becoming healthier and get off my medicine.

Don’t make resolutions you can’t keep, but maybe making one little resolution would be a good idea. I’ll have to decide what that will be. It will not have anything to do with losing weight! I should blog more, and procrastinate less. I’ve already begun painting pictures, which was a lifelong goal of mine. That could be an easy resolution to keep. Paint more! Working more on my art and get it posted for sale in my store.

Tonight I will watch the Stooges or the Simpsons until I fall asleep relatively early. No champagne, but I will have a glass of Irish Whiskey (or 2). I wish you a fun and safe new year’s eve, and success and health for 2015.

Staying Warm and Happy New Year!

thermometer
Wood Stove Thermometer

I’m not sure I get the point of having a wood stove in the basement. It seems like the house would be nice and warm much sooner if it was upstairs.
Not that I have any choice, but it seems goofy to have to heat the basement first for little reason. I know that the heat rises and I am sure it helps, but I don’t think it would be my choice, but the living room is way too small for any size stove so it had to go in the basement.


For now, I run (okay- walk)  up and down the stairs a hundred times a day to turn the dampers on my stove, play with the coals, add wood and check the temp. At least I am getting some exercise since the days are too cold for walks lately.
The cat (Richie) follows me up and down each time so I will probably trip over him at some point….

snow covered wood pile
My Snow Covered Wood Pile

My outdoor woodpile is quite frozen and piled with snow (thanks to the snow sliding off the metal roof) but I managed to get some pieces and threw them in the back door to dry out.
I read one time that wood makes you warm twice – the handling- cutting, moving, stacking, lugging and then the burning.
At least I finally figured out to put the temperature guide facing the stairway so I could just glance at it from up in the kitchen… duh…I catch on eventually!

Happy New Year to all! I will be watching the Stooges marathon tonight with my son. I hope you will be doing something just as exciting. 🙂