I’m not a huge gift knitter, but this year, I have a few handmade presents planned, and they’re keeping my needles completely busy. While I’m really enjoying making for people I care about, I’ve also started to daydream about what I might cast on when the last gift is cast off! I usually have a thousand and one thoughts swirling in my head about what I’d like to knit next, and the challenge is sifting through all the inspiration to figure out what I need or what to knit most. So the other day, I broke open my new Strickplaner to start getting organised for 2022.
Read moreStrickplaner, but not as you know it...
We are absolutely delighted to be stocking Martina Behm’s fantastic Strickplaner again this year. She has taken lots of feedback for the planner, and it has had a makeover… It’s no longer an annual diary, but rather a book that you can use over a number of years to track your knitting projects, and spoiler alert – we love it!
Read moreKeeping Track with My Strickplaner
Suddenly, it’s October! As we head into the last quarter of the year, I’ve had a real urge to get both my time and space organised and planned, and I’ve been using my Strickplaner to help me do it. Today, I thought I’d show you two features of the planner that help me stay on track and celebrate progress.
Read moreHow do you keep track of your knitting?
I’m still happily knitting away on my Conviviality Cardigan, and it’s got me thinking about the art of pattern management. How do we keep track of our place in a pattern? And how do we manage when a pattern asks us to, gulp, do multiple thing at the same time?
Read moreHow I Strickplaner
The other day, I was listening to Episode 3 of the Uncut podcast which was all about finding time to craft. With limited free time and seemingly endless projects I want to tackle, this is something I think about a lot! My Strickplaner really helps me make the most of snippets of free time — today I’ll share a little bit about how I use it to organize my craft time and life more generally!
Read morePlanning my Time for Socks
I’ve been thinking about what I’d like to knit in 2020, and one of the things that has been at the front of my mind is that I’d like to make more socks. I’ve always enjoyed sock knitting, but it has been a while since I made anything more complex than a plain vanilla sock, or a pair with a straightforward stitch pattern. I love how the small canvas that a sock gives can be used to put together complex patterns. I have a few patterns in my Ravelry queue that I’d like to work through: Bitter & Twisted by Jimenez Joseph and Delbert by Rachel Coopey are high on the list.
So I have set myself a challenge to make 12 pairs of socks in 2020. In normal life a pair of socks would take me around 10 days of knitting, so I think that this is a reasonable goal to set. I can knit some socks for smaller members of the family if I get behind!
I thought it might be interesting to show you how I’ve set up my Strickplaner for 2020, as I’m planning to use it to keep myself on track with my knitting goals for the year…
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