Year-End Round Up (and new goals)

I’m not really the type to keep count, but for the sake of statistics: in 2008, I knit or wove 17 hats, 10 scarves, 6 washcloths, 4 cowls, 4 pairs of fingerless mitts, 3 bags, 3 sweaters, 2 pairs of socks, 2 shawls, 1 baby bib, 1 bracelet, 1 felted bowl, and 1 mutt sweater.

I’ve been thinking that 2009 might be the year to challenge myself a little. I wasn’t looking for anything as specific as a list of patterns or categories, just something general and low-stress to keep the needles moving and the brain functioning.

So. I’ve set myself two goals, one craft-related and one not. This year, I’d like to:

– Knit 7900 yards. It’s only a couple hundred yards more than I knit in 2008, and it doesn’t limit me to certain projects or yarns. I thought about including weaving in this, too, but decided against it.
– Read 7900 pages. I prefer a page count to a book count, because book lengths vary so wildly. I used to devour books (sometimes two entire novels in a day), and want to learn to relax with a book again without feeling unproductive.

Why 7900? Because I was born in 1979, and it seemed less arbitrary than a lot of other numbers. Not that arbitrary (or pointless, for that matter) is bad, mind you.