Hi everyone! It sure is wonderful to be back. Sorry for the bit of a sabbatical but life at home and work with 2 little ones is taking its toll. This is not to say that there has not been any knitting going on, I do need to keep my sanity after all! More about that later.
A question has been bothering me for a bit now. One that could easily be answered but also one that I was afraid to answer. Kind of like stepping on the scale only to discover that you gained 4 pounds. I don’t need disappointment like that. Honestly. The burning question was: How much yarn did I knit up in 2007.
I don’t remember knitting all that much. I was working full time, had a two year old who was definitely being terrible, gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, attended a wedding and a funeral and fixed the counter under the sink. To say the least, it was a very busy year. So I was ready to realize that if I didn’t achieve my goal it would be OK and that life would go on.
One dark night when no one was looking, I got out the bag that contains the ball bands and started to count. Goodness there sure was a lot of bands in there. Where did they all come from and what exactly did I knit? I have absolutely no idea. There was the baby blanket, and a hat, and I started a top for me and the sweater for my mom. And of course there is The Knitting That Must Not Be Named! I counted 65 ball bands! Can you even stand it? SIXTY-FIVE! Well curiosity got the best of me at that point and I started to add up the yardage. 8394 yds! That is 79% MORE than what I intended to knit! I was completely shocked! Kind of like standing on the scale and finding out that you actually managed to LOOSE those 4 pesky pounds despite the chocolate cake for breakfast AND dinner!
A Special "Thank You" to Jeanne for hooking me up again with my knitting buds!!!!!! I now can go to Knit Night now that I know where its at!
4 comments:
CoNgRaTs!!!! That's nearly 5 miles worth of yarn!!!! :-)
I really like how you saved all your ball bands. I'm not so organized, some get saved, some get lost, and some Miss M walks off with. Maybe I can figure it out from all my Ravelry finished projects and add up the yardage that way?
So have you set new yardage goals for 2008?
Way to go! I have to start some system to keep track of what I knit, since I almost always forget to take pictures. One thing is certain, though: my stash grew in the past year - sigh...
Good to hear from you!
Marta
Hey! You've been gone for two months, you blog, you get spammed!
Imagine THAT.
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