My 2019 Yearly Recap

I have been so busy with my new job this year that I realized that I have been knitting even less this year! 😒😫

Let's start recapping by seeing which knitting resolutions I met this year:

• Rip out my almost perfect yoke sweater and actually make it perfect 😊
• Well, I did rip it out and finished most of it but since I only had 1 set of 5" US 3 needles a good portion of the year, I was stranded on sleeve island. 😣🤦
• Lesson Learned: Do not start on a project in which you don't have all the right (or enough) tools/materials!  Since I (re-)started this so long ago and was stranded on sleeve island, I feel like I might have to rip out the one sleeve I did work on so that I can work on both sleeves together (as I normally do) because I don't remember what I did on that one sleeve I worked on!😣🤦
• Make another sweater - perhaps try a simple fair isle?? or at the very least, a two (2) colour sweater; perhaps two (2) sweaters??🤔
• This did not happen ... But, I did manage to make one yoke sweater!👐
• More socks!🤣
• This kinda happened ... 😒😫 I only managed to make three (1, 2, 3) pairs of socks this year.😒🤦  I'm working on another pair of socks as we speak but, I doubt it's going to get done by the end of this year.😒🤦
• And on that note - fix my Make Me Happy Socks (it's a tad too short in the foot)😒
• This so did not happen!😭
• Maybe make more harinezumi for my girls (they did want glittery ones) and maybe one for our (expected) new little one??🤔😊
• This also did not happen; instead for our new lil' one, I made:
• a blanket
• a cocoon🎃
• a hat
• booties
• a Christmas hat🎄
• Use more of my stash!
• This did happen!👐  Here's how I used my stash:
• I finally made my Guernsey Wrap
• a pair of Christmas hats for my lil' bro and sissy🎄
• a travel tray

While I didn't actually knit much (my new job requires a lot of training which meant that I actually didn't have very much knitting time this year since I had to study and recover from jet lag as well as colds I got each! time I traveled!), I did manage to:

• Enjoy a few yarn shops in Japan
• Go on a yarn crawl in Maryland & Washington DC
• Go to my very first sheep & wool festival
• Finally obtain a full (complete) set of needles in my favorite lengths👐😍❤️

Now, I just need time to knit!  Thankfully, I'm getting more acclimated at my job as the days go by and I only have a few more classes to take; so, hopefully, I'll have more time to knit next year.🤞🍀

So, here's my new year's resolution:

• Do not start a project in which I do not have (enough of the) right tools and/or materials!
• Knit more! (to use more stash!)
• As to what to knit, I'm not sure.  Probably socks (my poor Hubby has finally worn through some of his socks and they desperately need to be replaced; his sock collection is miserably small) ... and I still have two box loads of sweater yarn ... Hmmmm .... 🤔 Maybe this goal should be empty a box of yarn?? 🤔😊
• Bite the bullet and finish fixing my yoke sweater and my socks! 🤦

Let's see how well I do next year!🤞🍀