Plodding along...

WHAT?! I've actually pulled my Must Have Cardigan out of it's lonely corner hiding spot and begun to work on it again? Believe it or now, when you actually work on projects you begin to see progress being made. It's amazing, I know. My little progress keeper (right hand diamond, second cross down) shows where it was when I set it aside in January. Everything from there was knitted in 2 days' time between work and school and what have you.
So, it's nice to see that progress CAN be made, even on such a drab and dull and boring project as this.

I've started the second stocking project, and finished my mom's socks, although I don't apparently have any photographic evidence. So that makes 3 of my March goals down only 8 days in! I have also cast on for my KAL socks, and am making decent progress during lectures at school. Although, man! There are some speedy gonzaleses in my knitting group. One gal is done with one pair already!

I was quite proud of my partial sock until I saw that!
I haven't touched Penelope's tomten, but I have begun to run again in the mornings so I feel like that's pretty good news.

Everything else is going fine. My life is just... keeping on in the same old way. I'm beginning to feel hopeful that one day I won't be quite so broke and hopeless. Hoping that the future brings less hopelessness... that's odd isn't it?

Goodbye 231 yards!

Stash Enhancement & Marching ahead

I ended up getting a few skeins at Stitches West this year after all.
I got four skeins of Miss Babs Yowza for my Dark and Stormy, a skein of "yarn love" in the colorway "Midnight in Paris" just because it's gorgeous, some Lazer Sheep in both "Bat Ram" and "Fantasy Sheep" (I already used up my Fantasy Sheep on a little hat and mitten set for Penny) and finally a lot of 10 skeins of Encore Chunky because it was a good deal.
I have so many knitting plans!
My goals for Febraury are all completed!
1) Finish Randy's birthday socks. 
2) Start Mom's birthday socks
3) Knit an Ombre hat
4) Knit a hat for charity
5) Start Penelope's Tomten

So now looking ahead to March I have a few more
1) Finish Mom's birthday socks
2) Do the Spring Sock KAL on Knit and Chat facebook group (Socks for Lauryn XMAS)
3) Finish Penelope's Tomten
4) Start second commissioned stocking
5) Work on Must Have Cardigan, which has been sadly neglected.

I have a lot of other things I'd like to add to the list, but I'm keeping it simple in order to see more strikethroughs next month.

I also have acquired a new addiction

Yes. I  have been making stitch markers. They're so addicting. They're so fun! They're so easy! Will I ever need all these stitch markers? ... Maybe! I mean, I lose them all the time! Ha. They sure are fun to make though.

Happy knitting.