Planning....I love the planning

Right now I am working, actively, on one throw, a baby blanket, and a scarf.   Let's just not talk about the projects that are....resting.   The baby blanket and the scarf will not take long to finish.   What next?

There are multiple things in the pipeline.....a wedding afghan.......baby sweaters.....an intarsia baby blanket....two more pairs of mukluks....another Minnesota hat...another hat for someone who needs a warm head.....and a sweater for my lovely, lovely sister-in-law.   What to choose?   Sometimes I like to do a few quick things so that I feel as though I am making a lot of progress.   Sometimes a project grabs my interest and I want to do it now.   These days I jump on those projects while I feel the fire.  I used to wait until things with a closer deadline were finished.   Now, I remind myself that this is supposed to be fun.  I pick at least one thing just because I think it will be fun.

The hat for Aila was one of the fun projects.  I had the pattern...had the yarn...and finally had a victim for it.    I took a day on a weekend and knit the hat up.   The recipient loved it...and wears it.  I think it is really cute and would make it again.

Part of the fun of all of this for me is the planning.....I even like the swatching.   It is when I have so much planned that the knitting seems like work that I wonder why I do that.   My goal this year is to knit more fun things....and keep up with the things that "must" be done.