New Year's Resolutions and Other Things

I have no idea what FPSO and tanker this is. I just really like how gray the picture is with that one burst or orange and red. 

I spent New Year’s on the boat thinking of a proper New Year’s resolution. Should I vow to lose weight? Stop buying yarn? Actually write some blog posts? I made the decision to stop buying yarn, unless I’ve A) used at least three skeins of what I have in my yarn chest or B) am going to a foreign country where I can’t get that kind of yarn again. This means no more random buys from independent dyers on Etsy. Honestly, I didn’t even think about the blog post resolution until today. Maybe I’ll try for at least one post a month, maybe more?

How often am I going to be in a foreign country to warrant that clause of the New Year’s resolution? Well, much to my excitement, a friend and I have decided to hit up England and Scotland for a couple of weeks this January. I’m hoping to talk her into visiting Loop (a yarn shop in London) with me, although I’m hoping even more to stumble upon a skein or two of wool somewhere along the way.

An ultimate goal either this year or next is to go to Germany to visit and possibly buy out the Wollmeise shop. I’ve used her yarn on a couple of different projects and really like how the stitches are very defined, although that makes it more difficult to hide mistakes (of which there are usually plenty in my knitting. I’d really like to get my hands on a skein of her lace weight yarn, although to be honest I’m still kind of shawl-ed out after last year’s 12 Shawls in 2012 and am unsure what else to use lace yarn for.

This hitch I finished a My Dolphin Cowl using A Hundred Ravens Llyr in Baharat (a club colorway), a Carnaby Skirt using Sheepy Time Knits Sheepy Wool in Embers, and a pair of Broad Street Mittens using Wollmeise Merino DK in Pesto (for my brother). Everything still needs to be blocked and if they require buttons, the buttons still need to be sewn on. I got some great wooden buttons for the skirt that I hope fit. I'm contemplating putting in a fleece lining for the Broad Street Mittens...do they make My Little Pony fleece fabric? I'm positive that's what my brother would like.

I’m currently working on a pair of Roses For Margaery using Countess Ablaze Dr Donegal 4-ply in Shooting Leaves. It’s a great sock pattern; it has all the looks of being cables without the hassle of actually being cables! I fully expect to be working on them for a while, though.

Must-resist-tempation to pull out the tweedy bits. That's also a chicken project bag. I sometimes regret not buying the Star Wars project bag.

I intend to take some pictures of the boat, so if you've ever been interested in what my berthing area looks like, stay tuned.