Looking Forward – 4KCBWDAY7

Here we are at the end of the Fourth Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week (my second) and it’s time  for me to take stock of  where I want my crafting to go…

Day Seven (Sunday April 28th): Looking Forward

One year from now, when the 5th Knitting & Crochet Blog Week rolls around,
where do you hope your crafting will have taken you to? What new skills,
projects and experiences do you hope you might have conquered or tried?

This could be anything from mastering a technique (broomstick lace, entrelac,
etc), trying a new yarn or skill, or a long term wish to crochet only from your
stash, or knit every stitch in one of the Harmony Guides. Maybe you have no
desire or plans for your craft at all, no new element of knitting or crochet
that you dream of mastering, in which case write about why that might be. In a
year’s time participants will be asked to look back to see if they achieved any
goals, no matter how general, and see which house conquered the art of looking
forward.

Which way?

In general, I am not big on making plans.  I tend to live each day as it comes my way.  The thing with planning is that things happen that you don’t expect, some are good, some are bad, some you think are bad but turn out to be fabulous opportunities, but all will change your path, so I tend not to pick my path in advance but instead decide in which direction I wish to go at each junction.    In keeping with coming from the House of Monkey, I love to discover new things, so I love any opportunity to do something new.  I am sure there are lots of things out there that I’d love to do but which I haven’t discovered yet – how can you plan if you don’t know what the possibilities are!!

Ooh, sorry, I’ve gone all philosophical – now where we? Ah yes CRAFT!

Ok, so in the spirit of the post, I shall set myself 3 goals:

1 – Fair Isle colour-work.  I’ve been meaning to do this for a while and already have the project (I wrote about it on day 2, here)

The fabulous Sheep Carousel by Kate Davies

2 – Publish more patterns.  I love designing and want to keep doing it.  There are 2 in the pipeline, but I want to have published at least 10 by this time next year – that means writing and testing 6 more patterns – ooh that sounds an awful lot of work…. perhaps I’d better make it 4 more.  You can check on my Ravelry store to see how I’m getting on…

The Birthday Wrap (will be published on Wedesday 1 May 2013)

3 – Get to grips with my WIPs and finish those that have been languishing in project bags stashed around my home – there are four of them:

• The cable cardigan I began in 2009!
• Koh-I-Nor started in June 2012
• My second Netherton, started in January 2013 and which only requires a tiny bit to finish it
• Pop Spots which I started in February 2013

You’ll be able to check my progress on these now and again too by visiting my project page on Ravelry or, you can wait until next year’s Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week!

The unfinishables….. Noo! I WILL finish them…. promise…

So there we have it, the end of the blog week challenges.  If you’d like to see other people’s plans for the coming year, put 4KCBWDAY7 into your browser and see what pops up!  Or, for posts from earlier in the week:

4KCBWDAY1, 4KCBWDAY2, 4KCBWDAY3, 4KCBWDAY4, 4KCBWDAY5,  4KCBWDAY6

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