It's been One (1) Whole Year

It's been one (1) whole year now since I started (really) knitting and I thought it would be worth the time to sum up what I've been up to:

I've made:

1. A shawl that turned into a blanket that my Hubby now uses daily and I get to wash it and look at it occasionally. :P
2. Three (3) bottle holders: two (2) little ones and one (1) big one.
3. Three (3) socks in which each sock was a learning sock - how to actually make a sock using both the top-down and toe-up method (I like the toe-up method, it just makes more sense to me), how to make a sock actually fit a real foot when completed, and how to have tabi toes.  
• I also am working on actually making one (1) working (meaning they fit Hubby's feet) pair of socks.
4. Six (6) cable squares (as part of my Knit-Along).
5. A scarf for a Christmas gift (a post on that coming shortly - don't want to spoil someone's Christmas gift! ;)).

I've also:

1. Injured myself and had to actually take a break from knitting before I even really got started. :(
2. Started a stash (how scary! :P).
3. Joined a Knit-Along and learned how to make cables! :) (And, discovered that I'm not a good follower of a Knit-Along. :P)
4. Created a method on how to keep track of all my knitting paraphernalia and yarn.
5. Gone on my first Yarn Crawl (and then some!) :)
6. Started working on my ultimate goal: a sweater! *yay* :)

When I think about it (and seeing this list), I've actually accomplished a lot in my first year, particularly since I was restricted from knitting for about two (2) months or so.  Amazing ... :)  If someone told me that I'd be doing all this stuff in my first year of knitting (especially while I was working on my initial (wretched) little swatch and was struggling with actually making an actual knit stitch, I would've told them they were crazy! :P

Now, I wonder what I can accomplish this forthcoming year?  Well ... first, I need to finish Hubby's socks and my sweater.  Then, I think I should work on shrinking my stash. :)  I have quite a few balls of sock yarn that is calling out to be made into socks so, perhaps next year, it'll be the year of socks.  Plus, I think I'd like to actually finish that Knit-Along and finish making all those cable squares (and using up the rest of that stash!). :)  Maybe I'll have my own blanket to use this forthcoming year ... We'll see! :)  And, depending on my sweater project, perhaps make a couple more sweaters to wear. :)  Plus, more Christmas gifts! :)  *whew* I hope I have enough time for all of that! :P

Wish me luck! :)