Hats R Us

(what I wouldn't give to be able to make that R up there ^ appear backwards!)

I suppose it's a good thing I haven't yet documented any lofty Knitterly Resolutions For 2007, nor have I created a knitter's almanac for myself for this year. I've had plenty of ideas swimmin' around my pumpkin-sized noggin, but haven't felt compelled to document anything firmly In Writing, as of yet -- I guess I was seeing where the year would take me before committing to anything.

But, in the past week, even though I just completed two hats, I continue to add more and more hats to my mental checklist of Things I Must Knit In The Near Future, so I thought I'd better write myself a list, to keep track of them here.

However, there is some danger in list-making, at least where I am concerned. Once a list has been made, the items on it start looking less like joyful gift-knitting to delight the process knitter, and more like duty-bound obligations which take the fun out of my knitting process. Which is why I promptly forgot about the Christmas list I made for myself last year, and ended up only knitting what I knew in my heart I could comfortably finish by the holiday deadline.

But I do really want to knit each and every item on the first list below, and I don't want to forget anything, so I will formalize my mental checklist here:

Things I really, really want to knit in the next two months:

1. Snowman hat for my sister-in-law
2. Snowman hat for my sister
3. Redskins-colors birthday beanie for nephew (got the yarn at Unraveled yesterday!)
   
4. Birthday hat for my younger brother
   
5. Baby hat for someone I know who is pregnant....
6. Baby (boy) hat for friend's grandchild

Things I'd really like to knit in the next two months:

1. Snowman hat for myself
2. Hat(s) for Afghans For Afghans (details about local collection
here - deadline 3/7/07)

3. Flip-flop socks for my sister's birthday in late April

Things I'd really like to knit sometime this year:

, (thanks Rita!), and have recently purchased , so I have lots of inspiration!]you guessed it, a hat)
1. Something warm for my hands (mittens or fingerless mitts)
Bobble & Braid hat
3. Blue Heron Rayon Metallic shawl (I and frogged more recently - a story for another day's blog post)
started ages ago
4. Socks for myself
5. Sweater for myself (something simple -- a loose pullover, or maybe a cardigan if I'm ambitious)
6. A lace project [I was recently given
Victorian Lace TodayArtic Lace
7. A beginner fair-isle project (which will probably be,
8. A shadow-knitting project
9. Knitted Christmas ornaments for my dozen nieces & nephews. I , but didn't finish. So, I might finish all 12 stockings, or maybe I'll knit 12 , or perhaps give a combination of the two ....
started this last yearmini-sweaters
10. . So. Help. Me. God.
Linen dishcloths

There are more things that I may add to that third list as I remember them, but I don't want to get too crazy with it, or I'll just overwhelm myself. Of course, if items rollover from that list to a Things I'd Like to Knit in 2008 list, it's all well and good. That's the beauty of a hobby. Or a labor of love, as I recently told my brother.He and I were instant-messaging one day about something or other, , and I mentioned my recent . His response was, "perhaps it's about time you start looking into making some money off of this hobby". I told him that, in reality, unless one owns a yarn shop, (and Richmond has five -- I think the market is saturated), one can't really earn a living from this hobby, and besides, I don't have the skills (or desire) to do something in this field professionally. So, any efforts I make in it are purely for fun and are a labor of love, and I actually prefer it that way. You add money to the mix, and the joy of this hobby would be lost for me, I think. But that's just me, a pure process knitter.Okay, I guess I'll knit some more on the snowman hat I started last night....Later!


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