Knitting time is precious these days. There’s too many projects I want to knit (and more than enough yarn to keep me occupied for a few years at least), and not enough time. I have, normally, had a goal of 1 knit sweater a year for myself. I usually start it about this time of year so it is done by January with plenty of bitter cold winter days to wear it. I’m fairly certain I won’t have a new sweater this year, though I do have some cream bulky weight wool in my stash that I might attempt to give a go.
I finished up the baby’s Storytime Scholar cardigan, with buttons purchased and being sewn on later today. I realized yesterday that he is lacking in knit hats. We have plenty of t-shirt material hats, but nothing that will actually be warm and useful. The few hats I’ve knit him have ended up being nearly too small at this point, so I dug the last bit of Malabrigo Mecha leftover from the Snug I knit him and I’m making a Tofino Surfer hat. I also cast on a sock project – I don’t need more socks so I may gift them, but I needed a small project to keep in the car these days. There are so many little moments that I can knit a row here and there – while I wait at the doctor’s office, while I kill time between work and after work appointments, etc.
I have the baby’s holiday stocking in the works, but it requires patience and attention to detail. This coming weekend is my annual knit group cabin trip so it will, hopefully, be completed there where I can dedicate my attentions to it. I replenished my stock of coffee over the weekend and I might just end up drinking coffee all weekend so I have the energy to knit as fast as I can to complete as much as I can with my glorious, uninterrupted knitting time. I have a feeling this annual trip is going to become a necessary weekend away each year to blast through last minute winter knits for the kiddo.
