Saturday, March 01, 2014

Mush! Iknitarod, and A to Z doings.

Well, as of this morning, the Iditarod will be starting.  And for a group on ravelry.com, that means the start of the Iknitarod.  You pick a project, and work from the start of the Iditarod to the 'red lantern' (last finisher), to finish your project.  I have participated for a couple years now, and had no real idea what to do for this one.

I normally knit a baby blanket, but had just finished one, so I really wasn't wild about starting another.  Meh.  I have a big blanket I am working on... That's allowed under the rules, but I know, even knitting 24/7, I won't finish in approximately 16 day (about the length of the race...).

So.

Project.

Hmm.

Then I realized, I haven't knit but 1 hat for the December 'stuff' that I do.  One lonely hat.  It needs some friends...  Yep, there is the project!  So, I will be exclusively knitting hatty things for the next few days.  I will keep a little record in the corner of the blog, I won't be competing for anything- but seeing how many I can finish.  Any guesses?  (If it helps, I knit a hat in about 4-6 hours, depending on size.  I also don't knit much about 2 days a week.  WHY does this remind me of a word problem in math???)  
I hope to have at least 20 by the end, but I am not going to be upset if it is more, or less.  Well, if I only get ONE finished, I might be upset, but really, the way I knit, I would hope I could get more than that...  And this will get me going, as I like to knit.  But hats... Not as much.

Also, I finally decided to join the A to Z for April.  I have a couple ideas for themes, one is "retro", the other "blessings", I might even come up with another by the start.  Who knows?

Thoughts? Suggestions?

I even put the letters on my  personal calendar, so I would keep track of which what I write on for each day.  You'd think I'd know my ABC's by now, but keeping myself from writing a Q on a P day or something is a probability.  I have been known to do silly things like that.

I just had a notice I sent out for a group, which promptly was responded to with panicked "THE DATE IS WRONG!"  So, I sent out a change of date, correcting the boo boo.  I am learning to double, triple check things.

But I still screw up.

Go figure...  ; )

10 comments:

messymimi said...

It's okay, you check, double check, and correct course when needed. That's all a person can do.

Good luck with the knitting, and i'm looking forward to reading your A to Z posts!

stephen Hayes said...

I think knitting hats is a great idea and I'm confident you'll accomplish your goal. Take care.

Cperz said...

Your knitting should qualify as an extreme sport. You can knit a hat in 4-6 hours. I haven't knitted in years but I think a hat would take me...I don't know???...maybe a lifetime. One would have to factor in all the mistakes, dropped stitches, tangled yarn, wandering attention span, bathroom breaks, snack breaks, any excuse of a break...yep a lifetime for sure.

Cat said...

I hope so. It's just sort of embarrassing when it happens simultaneously from me, to so many folks at once. Meh...
Thank you, and thank you!

Cat

Cat said...

Well, it's motivation, at least. I don't know if I have a set goal, except to actually get some finished... : /

Cat

Cat said...

Um. I did say four to six hours. I didn't say all at once, did I? (heh...) No, the knitting has its share of all of those too, but when I knit on auto pilot, it goes... fairly quickly.

Cat

Buttons Thoughts said...

Oh that is how long it takes me to knit a hat:) I like your plan. Hug B

Pat Hatt said...

Good luck knitting away, it would take me 50 years to get one done haha

Bevimus said...

Wow, what a challenge! Good luck!

Inger said...

I'm glad you will be doing the A to Z and I like your ideas for a theme. Actually, I like the challenge with a theme. Many don't do it that way.