Ok Knitters…you know it’s time. It’s coming. You can’t stop it…and your fingers probably can’t knit fast enough. You may not like the songs already on the radio…the wrapping paper and decorations for sale already in stores…but it’s coming. Heck, it’s here.
1 month and 4 short days….that’s all the knitting time you have left. Christmas knitting season is in full swing. We are in crisis mode here, people!!! Or…those of us with an absurd goal are in crisis mode. Perhaps you are much wiser than I am…perhaps you have chosen a modest 3 or 4 knitted projects to take on.
Me? Well I do have 4 projects. 3 aunts and 1 grandma. That’s 4.
But then I have parents.
And cousins.
And friends.
And nephews and nieces.
And a sister.
And the total comes to….(Seriously I have to pull out the app on my phone for this) a minimum of 13 projects…there’s a possibility for 15…but the goal is to have 15 done by Christmas. Yeah. 15. You heard me. I. Am. Insane. Whoooo crazy. Batcrap crazy.
How many are done? HA…let’s go see, shall we?
Mittens for Cousin (or maybe niece)
Scarf for Aunt
Mittens for Cousin (or maybe nephew)
Mittens for Aunt
Well…so I only have 4 done. And I…started in…July? HA!!! Wow that’s sad. Well let’s see what I’ve at least got in progress.
Socks for Sister (One sock 2 in from done)
Multnomah for Grandma (on 4th lace repeat)
Scarf for B (Also making hat for her husband and mittens for son)
Socks for Aunt C (One sock 2 in from done)
So….8 done or almost-done projects total. Other projects include mittens, an earmuff head wrap thing, a hat, the hat and mittens for my friend’s husband and son…so that brings us to 13.
4 finished + 4 in progress + 5 to do = Christmas Knitting Insanity.
So what have you got on the needles? Anything off the needles?? Is anyone out there crazier than my 13 projects????? I will find you some kind of prize if you can beat me. I’ll bake you cookies or granola or something. Come on. Who can top me? (And you totally can’t be retired, that’s cheating. I work 10 hours a day teaching high school. I can’t compete with someone with even a part time job)
Share your Christmas Knits!!!
Also…let’s congratulate the Knewest Knitter I Know….Miss E!!!! I work with E and taught her to knit about a month ago. She completed her VERY FIRST HAT tonight!!!!!!!!! I am so proud of her…and super excited because I think she may be the real-life knitting friend I’ve always wanted. She gets squealy like I do about pretty colors. I’m hoping to pull her further to the dark side and go to fiber fests together…she will squee with me…I can tell. We squee over shoes together, it’s an easy transition to yarn!
Welcome to the best part of your life, E. Congrats on becoming a knitter.
A Life of Projects 