I managed to meet many of this month's goals (January 13th-February 12)

• No yarn purchases. Try to avoid buying needles or books unless truly necessary. Trading stash yarn has been deemed acceptable. (The "trade provision" was added because I was contacted by a Raveler about trading some yarn I had for up in the sale/trade section of my stash. She traded me Tahki Cotton Classic for some Cascade Tweed I'd had for a long time. Overall, my yardage decreased, so it seems like progress . I also finally donated a bag of yarn to the Naked Sheep for the Jefferson High School knitting program. I got rid of 4290 yards and gained only 432 for a net loss of 3858 yards. That's incredible.

• Complete the Horseshoe Pattern #2 section of the Shetland Tea Shawl. (I made some mistake bewteen the first and second pattern, so all I've managed to get done is fixing that transition. I have barely worked on this.)

• Connect 10 squares Kureyon Log Cabin Blanket. (Done! This is very easy, once the stitches are picked up along the edges. I'm still not looking forward to the really long rows, though.)

• Get to the armhole shaping of the Mossbank Pullover. (Done, at last. I've actually been working on this, and I'm excited to start the shaping and steeks. It's going to be a beautiful sweater.)

• Finish January socks, start and make solid progress on February socks. (Done and then some--I finished both pairs in short order. It took about three weeks to finish the January socks and just under two weeks for the February socks!) Pattern: Saucy Socks Yarn: Koigu KPPPM Needles: Size 3 for legs, size 2 for feet. Started 1/23/10, finished 2/5/10 I did some adjustments for these socks. First, I only knit 5 repeats of the pattern on the leg--that was long enough, and I know that one skein of Koigu makes a sufficient sock for me, if I don't get greedy. ;-) I also switched the cable on the second sock, just for an attempt at symmetry. It is great to make these, finally. I've had the yarn for years.

For the next month (February 12- March 13), my main goal besides not buying more yarn is competing in the Ravelympics, completing my Tangled Yoke Cardigan. I started this in June 2008, but I haven't knit on it since before we moved, almost a year ago. If I have any extra time after that, I want to finish up my Baktus Scarf which is just past the halfway point, as well as finally work on the Cherry Garcia Cowl I started at the beginning of January and promptly abandoned. I'll get started on my March socks, which I couldn't help but pick. I will be making Rivendell, which is one of the more challenging projects I chose for my personal sock club. The yarn is a soft green, which seems perfect for the softer spring days to come.

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