Summer Knitting Goals

Last year at this time I was knitting like mad on an afghan for a wedding. And some washcloths for a swap. And some blanket squares. None of that escapes me right now. A whole year seems to have flown by. Some anniversaries are sweet, and some are painful. I pray for the young couple, that they may keep God first in their marriage. The tiny blue blanket...it never did settle in my heart right to donate it...and at the end of the summer, it went home as a comfort to the mama. Right now, I pray that it comforts her as she marks the anniversary of her son's birth and death...all in the same week. Although, I know that nothing short of heaven can take away that void in her heart. In my own life, the thing that's held me together through the ups and downs has been my knitting and my Lord. These past few weeks have held little time for me to knit. But I did finish a sock...and CO for the 2nd. I'm going to be more intentional about knitting! I'm making a list of summer goals for a contest...and for myself.

This summer:

• Finish Downpour Socks
• Finish Spring Forward Socks
• Finish Roza's Socks
• Re-Knit Sanity Socks (after realizing that they were 2 different sizes, I frogged them both)
• Dye yarn for my FLS
• Start my mom's sweater

I'm trying not to make too lofty of goals. I think last year I failed miserably. I ended up knitting away on market bags and washcloths. That was mindless knitting for me. But, maybe if you ask the recipients of my knitting...it wasn't such a flop.

Summer Knitting Goals

I've always hesitated at the sight of Mr. Linky. But, I know that I can't wait forever. And today, there are two posts for contests that are on the top of my list. So, let's see if I do this right.

1. finish the wedding afghan (Wedding June 21st)
2. finish Roza's socks (just realized I've never taken a photo of these)
   
3. Dishcloths for the swap
4. felt those 2 hats
5. sew a lining in my sunset bag
6. Get squarecake on the new needles
7. tidy up my WIP's
   
8. load photos of stash to Ravelry
9. choose at least WIP to finish
10. CO a new project from my stash

WOW! That doesn't seem that ambitious. But, my other summer goals are...

1. Plan school year for 1st grader and Kindergartener (there will probably be much freaking out in August when the reality of homeschooling 2 sets in. In some ways, it's probably no different than this year. But I am responsible for keeping their paperwork separate and that's just something I'm not good at.)
   
2. clean out clothes from closets that no longer fit my kids
3. work at VBS
   
4. Paint the hall (in August it will have been 4 years since I peeled the wallpaper)
5. finish changing out the knobs on the kitchen cabinets (started this last summer, and my knee put a jag in getting to the upper cupboards...so currently, my kitchen is 50/50 with 2 different knobs)

I'd like to have more goals...but I'm afraid of being unrealistic. I do have the rest of life still. Head on over to Skeins Her Way and add yourself to the Mr. Linky.