It has become an annual tradition for me to sit down at the end of the year or beginning of the new one and think through all the projects I want to knit, spin, stitch, sew, whatever and try to figure out what is realistic, especially with my health issues. I used to be able to do so much more before the Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) got so bad, but as long as I can still stitch or knit, I can keep creating things for myself and loved ones. Some days, that's all I can do, making it important work. So, to hold myself accountable, these are my crafting goals for 2022.
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The big issue I need to work through this year, more than anything else, is that my FND and fibromyalgia make all of this difficult, especially on bad days. That said, I can't keep losing bits of myself to these conditions, and crafting brings such joy. Just going into the fabric store today to get grosgrain ribbon to finish off my husband's steeked sweater and having one of the clerks mention it and say I did a good job on it (when I can see every single mistake) meant so very much. I really do need to keep crafting, and I hope these goals help me in my health and more.
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I have been working on my husband's Spice Sweater for over a year, and it is currently sitting in a Kookaburra Wool Wash soak before I rinse it out and block it before figuring out buttons and getting grosgain ribbon to cover up the steek. I'm so happy with how it turned out, though to be fair, my husband has gained a bit of weight back since I started it and used those measurements. I'm hoping it will block out a touch bigger, and I'm trying to figure out how to make a placket for it to button in. Otherwise, I'm calling it done. The knitting is done at least.
On this amazingly cold, snowy, and windy day, I've also been working on a pair of socks for me. I'm breaking out the temperature blanket next since the house is chilly. I really need to finish a few things, go check on the ducks and geese, clean out the pellet stove, figure out dinner (leaning toward a frittata with all the duck eggs we have), and then settle down for more knitting and some spinning, which my PT at the Cleveland Clinic told me to use for physical therapy. I've been spinning up some white roving from the stash that I want to say is Romney. I got a good deal on it from FB Marketplace, and I might have enough for a sweater for me. Still, I do need these USC Trojan socks... and yes, I do see the mistake in the ribbing. I'm leaving it in as a reminder that I'm far from perfect. |
CarinaI go by Bina on Ravelry, have for years, and used to have a knit blog ages ago. With everything going on with Ravelry and elsewhere, I think it's time to bring back the knit blog. Archives
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