Regrets, I've had a few

I thought I'd take a look back at how I did last year, knitting and blogging wise.  I tell you, I am shocked and ashamed by my performance.

Lets start by taking a look at what I actually completed, shall we?  I have to say, it's not impressive.  2 pairs of gloves, 1 scarf, 1 jumper, 6 pairs of socks, 2 lace pieces (both pretty small), 2 baby jumpers and 1 cushion.  To make matters worse, I haven't even got around to putting them all in the photo album.  Less than 20 things finished and I can't even get it together to put the photos up - what is going on!

The piece that attracted the most comments was Tubey, coming in with 34 comments, not too shabby.  The piece that attracted the least interest was the Swallowtail shawl, with 11 comments - people, I'm hurt and so is the shawl.

I took a look at how many times a month I posted through the year and it's not a pretty picture either.  I started the year on a high in January, with 14 posts in the month; not too bad, more than 3 a week.  Sadly things went downhill from there, until we reach the shameful depths of August, when I only managed 2 posts in the whole month - but hey, I did move house, so I suppose that's some excuse.  Thankfully things seem to be improving, October and November I was back up to around 2 posts a month and I just scraped through December with about the same.

I had 4 competitions this year.  The one that attracted the most entries was back in February, with 43 entries.  The least interest was shown in my September competition, when there was an actual question to answer, rather than just a 'leave a comment' system. 

So, armed with all the depressing statistics, what shall I aim for this year?  Well, taking a look at my 'In Progress' album, there's some stuff knocking around in there that was started in 2005, for goodness sake, so I think I should start with some ripping or finishing of a few things.

Next up, my resolutions made last January.  Book of the Month failed dismally; as soon as I feel I have to knit something, I lose my enthusiasm, so I think we'll let that one fall by the wayside.  We only have to look at my completed total to see that the whole 'more garments' thing didn't work out, so that will have to go right up to the top of the list for this year.  More colourwork, hmmm, that didn't really come about either, although I did do the Estonian Mittens, so at least that's a bit.  May do some more this year, although I'm not really feeling the colourwork love right now.

New plans?  Well, maybe post a bit more often, try and keep it around 3 times a week if possible.  Finish more things - there was a lot of ripping last year, or leaving things undone.  Remember the mitred squares?  Let's try not to have a repeat of that this year, I think.  Oh, one more, update the bloody photo albums!

So, pretty succinct really; finish more, blog more.  Can I do it?  Only time will tell...

Comments

[alltangledup]

it's always a matter of priority and with a big move as well this year, don't be too hard on yourself. I am a real sloth when it comes to posting with comments. Bloglines is horrible in that it pretty much encourages you to reading and not commenting.

[dawn]

Now that you've moved you might find time to knit and blog more, looking forward to seeing the FOs!

[Mary de B]

Yeah, what happened to those mitered squares?

[Lisa]

Moving is so hard to do, and summer was a really slow time for many bloggers (cough, cough, like me too)that some don't even return to their blogs, leaving us poor readers in the lurch. Four contests is a lot! I think you're doing a great job and I plan to be a faithful reader.

[Paula]

I think with the big move you had, you did pretty well. I find when the kids are on vacation I don't do much posting on my blog.

[Beth S.]

I don't get it either--your Swallowtail was to-die-for! ;-)

[Brigid]

I'm surprised people didn't comment more on the Swallowtail shawl. I thought it was lovely. Moving house - it's not just the physical work and time involved, but that strange feeling of not being at home that disrupts everything - even knitting!

[juliet]

I think thats a pretty impressive tally - especially when real life (children, house-moving are all involved). I'm keen on a tubey (maybe once I develop a waist - oh yes 2007 I will loose some weight) - how has it worn. As for things in progress - well I have a drawer of shame in which I have 2005 starters too.

[diana]

As Paula mentioned, with your big move you did accomplish a lot of knitting. And I'm looking forward to more posts and more FOs this year!

[Jeanne]

Well, I for one (or 12) thought your Swallowtail is lovely -- it's on my own to-do list -- but I'm reading my sloth-incurred backlog of three months' worth of posts, so please accept my apologies!

And just my luck, I missed the competitions, too --