2013 Knitting Plans

I love knitting.  I love handmade gifts.  I love special occasions.  I do not love knitting handmade gifts very close to special occasions.

I have a small stash.  I have put myself on a No-to-Low-spend diet.

What’s a girl to do?

At the end of December, I saw a gal on Ravelry who made a plan for gift-knitting that I really liked.  I thought about it and decided I’d like to do something similar. 

My basic plan has 2 parts: (1) I will knit from my stash until it' is run out, and (2) for every 3 items I make for myself, I will knit a gift to add to the Gift Box.

I don’t have a huge stash pile, mostly single skeins of fingering weight yarn.  I have 2 sweaters that will be frogged for new projects: a sweater from Goodwill in a soft gray that I intend to frog and turn into a cardigan for me, and orange Berroco Vintage that is presently Eggnog. 

I also have a SA-WEET gift card for Knit Picks from B’s parents but I can’t decide if I should use it towards a ball winder (the swift will definitely have to wait) or yarn……WWYD?  (What would you do?)

Below is my KP2013 List! (Knits Planned for 2013)

~~ KP2013 ~~

KNIT: Classic Silk Short-Sleeve Top, Cecily Glowik MacDonald {Rav link}
YARN: stashed Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool (originally purchased at The Crooked Stitch, frogged tank top project

KNIT: Sockhead Hat, Kelly McClure {Rav link}
YARN: Unplanned Peacock Sock, Morning Glory colorway (purchased at The Crooked Stitch)

GIFT-KNIT: Camp Out Fingerless Mitts, tante ehm {Rav link} …
RECIPIENT: MG
YARN: stashed Berroco Vintage (originally purchased at The Crooked Stitch for the Stefane sweater)

GIFT-KNIT: Mini Caviar, Yoko Johnston {Rav link}  *This was a Birthday  “Random Act of Patterns” gift from Kara, aka “Rockin’ Granola”*
RECIPIENT: EK, niece P perhaps
YARN:  tba

GIFT-KNIT: Gathering Cowl, Xandy Peters {Rav link}
RECIPIENT: MG
YARN: Sea Star Handpaints Bare Foot, Dunes and Oceans colorway (purchased at Knitting Addiction, OBX 2011 trip)

If you are on Ravelry, check out stashbust2013 to keep up with what my stash-busting projects are!  I will also try to keep this page updated on what my plans are, for those that aren’t on Ravelry!

((I apologize for the lack of pictures – for some reason either LiveWriter or Blogger is being stubborn, and won’t let me add any more!))