Goals

October 10th, 2006 at 8:42 am (Random babbling, Works in progress)

I set a Socktoberfest goal for myself of knitting socks for the kids. It’s really pathetic that I’m burned out on it after only one pair of socks. I suppose this is representative of why I suck at setting and achieving goals - the pressure gets to me and I cave.

Really, I just need to work on something else for a bit to take the edge off, but that’ll probably turn into full-fledged avoidance of the task at hand.

Case in point - Grace spent both Friday and Saturday nights at my mom’s place since my sister was in town. I was working on a sock for her but had to set it aside because I didn’t have a clue how long her foot was. In the meantime, I cast on a hat for Renee’s project to collect knitted items for the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Finished that on Sunday (while watching the Packers lose, boohoo) and figured I was fine to get back into Grace’s socks. Well, I worked on them for a bit last night, turning the heel according to the information in Sensational Knitted Socks, and decided that the heel didn’t look right *at all*, so I ripped the whole sock out. I started to cast on for a top-down sock instead but got distracted by the movie that DH decided to watch - Dead Man.

Who knows if I’ll actually get that sock done, or even re-started. I might just dive back into my Peace Fleece sweater (or restart it, now that the Perfect Sweater Pattern is available). After all, it *is* getting cold here and a girl needs a warm, snuggly, and BRIGHT ORANGE sweater to keep her warm. Right?

Someone please tell me that I’m not bad for abandoning my Socktoberfest goal, hopefully temporarily, in favor of something less sock-like. Anyone?

5 Comments

  1. Renee said,

    October 10, 2006 at 8:52 am

    Hey!! Thanks for knitting that hat! That’s awfully sweet of you and a good reason to set aside the socks. I find it hard to stick to just one project at a time, so I rotate between three different projects - that way I don’t get sick of any one project but I do still get progress made.

  2. Kristi aka Fiber Fool said,

    October 10, 2006 at 12:31 pm

    Hey, the socktoberfest goal doesn’t mean exclusive knitting of socks for the kids doesn it? Plus, it is only the 10th so there is time to amend your goal slightly. I mean we do set our own, right? :-)

  3. Guinifer said,

    October 11, 2006 at 11:06 am

    Don’t give up on the socks, you’ll get what you want sooner or later!

  4. Chris said,

    October 13, 2006 at 1:26 pm

    Hey, the cool thing about Socktoberfest is that it’s pretty darn freeform. :)

  5. Tam said,

    October 14, 2006 at 10:29 am

    I’m having problems with sticking to what I plan to knit/craft too. Saying I will do anything seems to be the kiss of death to the completion of said project. Oh well, I’m sure this will pass for the both of us!