2022 Goals

The start of March is a great time to write about goals and projects for 2022. Yeah? Yeah, I think so.

I didn’t really give my crafty goals any thought in November and December 2021. It wasn’t until mid-January that the idea of goals for this year even started to percolate. In February, some of them even sounded doable. Now that it’s March, I’m ready to get started.

My first big goal is the recurring, perennial aim of finishing up the big, lingering projects and the small, lingering projects too. There’s spinning long-overdue handspun for a friend. There’s ripping out a sock because I knit it too long and need the yarn for sock #2. There’s even a sock-monkey without a head kicking around. I want them all done and not taking up space in my WIP pile. There’s plenty more I’m forgetting too, but their time will come.

A stack of yellow and black yarn cakes being held in front of a painted brick wall.

My second goal is to make more stuff for me. I’ve made plenty of gifts for others, but my stuff usually gets pushed to the back burner. There’s a long list of mitts, shawls, socks, and sweaters that I’ve wanted to make for years. The yarns are wound, and the patterns are bought, but the needles are still empty.

Hand dyed spinning fiber is shades of blue and maroon.

The third goal is to spin some yarn, any yarn. My spinning wheel has been packed away for I can’t even remember how long. We miss each other. Now that the kiddo is a little older, I might be able to keep it out where I can use it (and maybe get her interested in spinning too).

My other crafty goals have nothing to do with yarn. I want to learn Inkscape and figure out how to make vector art and my own cut files for my Cricut. I want to blog more and get used to writing shorter, more frequent posts. I want to bind books, make cards again, and play with paper.

This is a pretty short list overall, but I know it’ll keep me busy all year.