Goals vs. Happiness

Eternity by Boo Knits--the December Club Project

My goal for 2015 is to finish all the projects that were on the needles at the beginning of the year by December 31. I can still probably make it, but...

The projects I have left are mostly plain knitting. I'm itching to work on lace, or cast on my next stranded sweater. In the past, I've worked towards meeting goals even if I knew it wasn't what would make me happy, and that's something I've been trying to change over the past few years.

So while I probably could still meet my original goal, I think I'm going to extend the arbitrary deadline I set myself to the end of February 2016, and cast on a few new projects. Maybe even just say I'll keep working regularly on the UFOs until they're done and leave it at that. It seems healthier that way. (Especially since I'm the only one who cares at all about this.)

While I'm thinking about goals, my goal for 2016 will be to knit all the projects I have in mind/in my queue to knit for other people--not the ones I've thought of as gifts for my family, but all the things like "this hat has Penguins on it. Kelly would love this hat! I should knit it for her" and "I haven't knit anything for Kehley yet. Ravenclaw scarf it is."

Again, I'll try not to push myself too hard--knitting is supposed to be fun, not stressful! But I enjoy working towards goals, and I think as long as I'm willing to modify them there's no harm.

Last Christmas Present--almost done!

I did do a pretty good job this year on my other goal, of having no (or at least less) stressful holiday knitting. All I've got left is half of a slipper, and I should be able to finish that by the end of tomorrow... so that's definitely something I'll try to do again. This year I'm giving my family smaller gifts, since last year's three and a half sweaters in four months sucked some of the fun out of Christmas. I might do sweaters again next year, but if I do I'll try to knit a Christmas sweater every few months so that they're all done well ahead of time. We'll see.

In the meantime, it's the weekend, and I've got kitties, knitting, tea, and cream clotting in the fridge. Life is good.