2025 has been quite a year for us. I've been very grateful to be out of the workforce; I think I would've lost my mind (& possibly more!) if I had continued to work (if I thought things were bad last year, it's worse this year and I'm very grateful that I didn't have to deal with the craziness I've been reading). I've spent the year with some much needed R&R; I had hoped to be able to get some (major) knitting time in this year but I lost my knitting mojo for most of the year.😳😱😭🤦♀️ I didn't realize how burnt out I really was and how much physical and mental time I really needed to R&R. And, to top it off, I got shingles at the end of the year which was painful and left me feeling super foggy & groggy. 😳😱😔😭🤦 Fortunately, I had some accomplishments for the year but not much to actually speak of 😱😔😭🤦:
- Reformed my All The Flower sock to fit better
- Used up the most of my acrylic yarn by making this: 1, 2, 3
- Finally started and finished some of my a crochet bug doll collection (that I may very well keep for myself! 😉🥰 at least for a little while! 🤭)
- Started to make myself a (belated) Valentine's Day sock🥰💕
- And, I was also able to:
- Enjoy all of my knitting purchases from 2020-2024 and items I purchased this year (at the very least) 😁🙌🎉🥰💕
- Have some closure on an outstanding project(s) that will never be done/complete
- Get my knitting mojo back!😭🤦♀️🙇♀️😔 I haven't knitted very much if at all this year so, hopefully, my knitting mojo will be back soon so I can work on my goals!🤔🤞🍀🐰🧶
- (As always), Use more stash! My goal is to get down to 1 (not overly stuffed) sock yarn box (still at last year's goal - got there!🙌🎉 My stash hasn't going down since last year); 1 Scheepjes Catona yarn box (I'm wondering if I bought too much yarn now that I've completed some of the projects!😔😳😱🤦), 1 box of "other"/leftover yarn box (still almost there! Since I lost my knitting mojo, I didn't work on any sweaters this year! 😭🤦♀️🙇♀️😔) There's still a layer of "other"/inherited yarn as there are still a couple of other miscellaneous projects in there to clear out; and I'm saving the last of my Caron Simply Soft Eco Plum Perfect yarn in case I need to make another big baby blanket).
- Ultimate goal: not to actually have that much (if any) stash! (ok, well maybe just "some" sock stash😉😁🤭)
- Knit more 3-season sweaters in sock yarn and make three (3!) sweaters in a year!😉😁🙌🎉
- Along with this goal is to:
- knit a set of Christmas sweaters for Hubs and myself (we can match!)😳🥳
- make my very first cardigan/jacket
- make a vest for Hubs
- Get back to working on my first 100% (superwash) wool blanket!😳😱😔😭🤦🤷 In my drive to use up stash, I still haven't gone back to it (yet).
- Learn how to do Ladder Back Jacquard so I can finish my Valentine's Day sock!😳😱😔🤦🤷
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