This is just me making plans that will probably never happen but looking back on 2020, I’m not sure what I did (or didn’t do) but, considering that we stayed home more than ever, I just didn’t accomplish much at all.
I finished one sweater and it was one I had started previously but ripped back and started over so I made one sweater in 2020. I finished two projects that were from previous years and hardly needed any knitting. I finished 10 other projects but all were fairly small.
I’m blaming it on COVID but I started a record number of projects and they all have to be finished at some point . . in theory, I suppose they have to be finished.
The bottom line is that I’m not happy with what I accomplished and I think the lack of knitting accomplishments is pretty much a reflection of how all of 2020 was for me. The garden was small and did average at best. The chickens just about quit laying before we gave them away. The fruit trees produced a record number of plums and peaches but we hardly had any jujubes and they always produce like crazy. We didn’t get any pomegranates and we usually get a ton of those.
I did have Addie for five weeks during the summer but she’s such an independent little girl, she didn’t require a lot of my time, though it meant two round trips to MO to pick her up and return her.
There was the move but that didn’t really start full speed til we closed in August.
There’s really no excuse. I feel like I pretty much wasted a year. I want to do better. I love looking back and feeling like I accomplished a lot.
I will finish the Windows Wrap test knit today and I think it will have used close to 1,200 yards and it will have taken me 20 days to make. I haven’t been knitting intensely. I think I could easily knit at least 1,600 yards per month, and I could probably fairly easily knit 2,000 yards per month but 1,600 is going to be my monthly goal.
Tomorrow is December 1. I’m going to think about my goals for next year but my lack of knitting accomplishments in 2020 makes me want to do so much better and I know I can.
Joye Cox says
Don’t be so hard on yourself. You MOVED and there was Covid. I’d say you accomplished quite a bit. Thanks for sharing.
montanaclarks says
I had a mild heart attack yesterday–was going to show Mom the Miss Babs red Yowsa yarn I bought to knit a sweater and couldn’t find it!! Thought somehow I might have left it in Montana–YIKES!! But I went out to the motorhome and the first cabinet I searched–there it was. WHEW! I too want to knit more and with this house in Arizona almost finished, maybe I will finally have time–I sure hope so! Mom has never knit and I have her working on a dishcloth–she loves it!
Judy Laquidara says
And I had a mild heart attack reading that you had a mild heart attack! Glad neither of us did really. I do know the feeling . . that instant cold sweat when you think you know exactly where something is and it isn’t there.
I’m so proud of your mom learning to do all the things she’s learning to do with you!
Elizabeth C Cunningham says
Like you I don’t feel as though I completed much. But I also didn’t stress about meeting deadlines. This was the first year I didn’t make big plans for the Yarnathon. We are fellow Crocodyers! I also am looking forward to making a plan for 2021. I want to include more applique this year. My quilting has been neglected.
Judy Laquidara says
I’m not going to stress about quilting but I do hope I do some kind of sewing soon. I didn’t make plans for the Yarnathon; had planned not to even do it then decided to do it. Not sure what I’ll do or where I’ll focus in 2021 but I’m also not going to worry too much about deadlines.
Sara Fridley says
Don’t be too disappointed over progress. Keep the journey in mind – you probably got LOTS of enjoyment out of the knitting, even if you didn’t finish everything. I’ve had to remind myself to just enjoy the process with quilting too. I do work hard on UFOs but sometimes I just get them a step closer to done. And that’s OK too.
Julie says
I blame COVID for a lot, and rightly so I think. I am a quilter and you would think I would have accomplished quite a bit with all the time at home…not so. I accomplished much less than in 2019. Hopefully 2021 will be much better for all of us.
Judy Laquidara says
Maybe we all just kinda froze in our tracks while trying to stay safe. I think I spent way too much time on the computer. Probably chatting with friends online helped things feel more normal. I’m hoping too that 2021 will be better but in the back of my mind, I keep thinking . . what if . . there are a whole bunch of what ifs but I don’t even want to speak/write them!
moneikquilts says
I think everyone has had one of those years. I look back at my year and don’t feel like I did anything, but considering 8 months were chemo/radiation treatments and I was just too tired to do anything, I really did accomplish a lot. I’m thankful to still be here and be able to quilt, so I am just doing what I feel like and doing only as much as I can.
Judy Laquidara says
Goodness! Going through chemo/radiation was definitely a reason to sit back and relax. I hope you are feeling better soon, getting good reports and your energy level will soon return to normal.
Ruth says
Well Judy, you finished 13 projects and moved. I think you did great. Let’s hope that next year we will be able to survive the Covid19 flu and the covid19 vaccine. Who knows what we’ll be doing!?!
Nelle Coursey says
I think I did do some good this year. But not as good as you. I can’t knit as fast as you do. I did start and finish the snowflake sweater and the short sleeve side to side sweater. Plus I did do a couple pair of fingerless gloves and some hot mess headbands. I did do two scarves. They were the ones that pull through a loop and you don’t have to use a pin on them. So maybe I did do a lot this year! But like I said, I am not near as good as you are. I am glad this year is almost over and maybe next year will be better. I have had more time to think and contemplate on life this year. I am going into the new year with a positive attitude.
Just look at what you wrote! Look at all the packing and unpacking you did. All the trips with Rita to the doctor and all the other things you went through this year. I think you have accomplished a lot!
Judy Laquidara says
Nelle! You are a great knitter and you did get more done than I did. Thanks! I think we all do always accomplish more than we think we do but I’ve seemed unorganized and “at loose ends” the entire year or, at least since about March when Covid got so bad. 2020 will definitely be a year I’m glad to see end.
Nelle Coursey says
Not to mention you found the cookie molds!! LOL