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Get your successes in while you can
Jan. 1st, 2026 08:30 pmWhen the year began, I had a notebook full of crafty projects I'd dreamed up, and a few piles of things that hadn't been finished yet. In the theme of starting as I mean to go on, I finished the knit hat I'd cast on last month.
It's a simple 1x1 rib knit beanie, to match the 1x1 rib knit scarf I'd cast on for travel knitting (easy, portable) with yarn from Mom's stash - I think back in 2020 when I was down in NM for her final months. Once I'd gotten back north and moved, I'd pretty much stopped knitting for a while, but in 2025, I joined the UW Knitting and Crochet group, and we sit down at lunchtime twice a week on zoom to knit together. So I actually made progress on the scarf and once it was done decided I had enough of this yarn for a hat and fingerless mitts (the next project to cast on.)
I've started thinking about knitting projects to add to my piles of new things to make, but I want first to make an effort to complete those that are already on the needles. Some of them have been shoved into storage, but I want to get them out of the way before I tackle anything else. Folks in the group are talking about their upcoming yarn purchases, but I'm fully stash-knitting (between mine and mom's stashes, I'm good. Even after a big donation back in Sept.)
I'm less tempted by yarn at this point - fabric has loomed as the larger inspiration/temptation, but there I feel I've done enough creation that I can updating of my wardrobe that I can focus on using what I have, and filling in wardrobe gaps more mindfully and taking my time with embellishment and details.
So. My first sewing project I will tackle is a bra - I've been working my way up to it - and had bought my first pattern and a materials kit right before the holidays. I think the neatest part of that kit was the dissolveable thread for the first mockup. Just get it wet and it'll fall back apart to redo the fit try again!
It's a simple 1x1 rib knit beanie, to match the 1x1 rib knit scarf I'd cast on for travel knitting (easy, portable) with yarn from Mom's stash - I think back in 2020 when I was down in NM for her final months. Once I'd gotten back north and moved, I'd pretty much stopped knitting for a while, but in 2025, I joined the UW Knitting and Crochet group, and we sit down at lunchtime twice a week on zoom to knit together. So I actually made progress on the scarf and once it was done decided I had enough of this yarn for a hat and fingerless mitts (the next project to cast on.)
I've started thinking about knitting projects to add to my piles of new things to make, but I want first to make an effort to complete those that are already on the needles. Some of them have been shoved into storage, but I want to get them out of the way before I tackle anything else. Folks in the group are talking about their upcoming yarn purchases, but I'm fully stash-knitting (between mine and mom's stashes, I'm good. Even after a big donation back in Sept.)
I'm less tempted by yarn at this point - fabric has loomed as the larger inspiration/temptation, but there I feel I've done enough creation that I can updating of my wardrobe that I can focus on using what I have, and filling in wardrobe gaps more mindfully and taking my time with embellishment and details.
So. My first sewing project I will tackle is a bra - I've been working my way up to it - and had bought my first pattern and a materials kit right before the holidays. I think the neatest part of that kit was the dissolveable thread for the first mockup. Just get it wet and it'll fall back apart to redo the fit try again!
