I like starting my Mondays off with a to-do list for the week and I like checking in on Fridays to see how well I did in accomplishing the things I said I’d do. I especially like Fridays where I get to post a finished project, so the Baa-ble Hat made me pretty happy. 

The last two weeks have seen a lot of illness in our home, so I’ve been hard pressed to find writing time. Thankfully, it looks like everyone is healthy enough to attend school this week, so I can come back to a more regular schedule—hopefully!

I received confirmation last week that I was accepted into the knitting pool for the upcoming release of Pacific Knit Co.’s “Baking Doodle Cowl” pattern.

When I threw my hat into the ring to become a test knitter, I didn’t think I’d get it. But, you miss all the shots you don’t take, so I’m taking the shots when they come my way. And, hey, they did decide to take a chance on me and I now need to complete a knitted colorwork cowl by early March, which means I need to tweak my projects list.

While we were sick, the kids and I started waxing eloquent over the parties we used to throw, and there may be some shimmery, slowly gelling into reality, kind of maybe plans to throw a party or two in the next few months as well. We’re obsessed. Don’t hate on us because we’re fun.

Two weeks ago’s list:

• Finish the Baa-ble Hat
• Start or pick up another knitting project for on-the-go crafting
• Make a dent in the quilting of the Rainbow Coin Strip quilt
• Put some time in on the Chatsworth Block of the Month
• Start prepping fabric for Nathaniel’s birthday quilt
• Start working on a new pattern from Fat Quarter Shop

This week’s list:

• Working on the Baking Doodle Cowl pattern. I’d like to be done with the knitting by March 1 so I can have decent time to block and photograph without rushing in order to have everything ready to go for the social media post on March 5. That’s given me fifteen days to knit it up. So the schedule is:
  • 25% done: Sunday, Feb 18 (Haven’t hit that yet, but close)
  • 50% done: Thursday, Feb, 22
  • 75% done: Monday, Feb 26
  • 100% done: Friday, Mar 1
• New FQS pattern: I had hoped to be done with the assembly of all the blocks by this point, but illness took its toll. The goal is to be done with them by the end of this week and possibly assembling the quilt top.
• Start figuring stuff out on the parties front.
• I need to taskify my current projects. “Taskify” is the word I use to describe the process of breaking down a project into its individual tasks and assigning due dates to each of those steps. It takes a lot of thought, but once you get it figured out and input it into your reminder/to-do list system, it makes it way easier to stay on top of everything and actually get stuff done. I’ve got a lot of the individual tasks and due dates figured out, but still need to input them into my to-do list app. I’m behind on a couple projects because I don’t have any reminders coming through about due dates.
• Start spending some time in the garden when the weather is conducive. Time to start putting the gardening routine into place! I’ve planted the sweet peas and the peas, so I need to at least keep those areas weed-free. I’ve also started quite a few of my early spring seeds, and I’m looking forward to transplanting them at the end of March/beginning of April.

I hope you’ve got some projects on your radar for this week that make you excited! I’m so happy that we’re seeing signs of spring everywhere! I spent an hour in the garden yesterday with the kids and it was so nice to feel the (mild) sun on our skin and to move our bodies and smell the dirt. Winter’s almost over! Good luck this week!