I Am On My Way: The Post In Which I Check In For February 2014

How have two months already passed? The year is going to quickly! I wanted to write this post to check in on how February went with my goals for the year.

So, let's have a look at my 2014 goals progress:

~Keep a daily journal.
I'm doing quite well with this one. I absolutely adore the Bullet Journal system I'm using. I haven't missed a single day so far this year.

~Continue keeping a list of the eucharisteo/gifts/joys/Thanksgivings in my life.
I'm doing this in my daily journal. I'll hit 3000 in a few days.

~Read at least one non-fiction book each month of 2014.
1 ~ Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life by Lauren Winner ~ completed 5-January-2014
2 ~ Almost Amish: One Woman's Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life by Nancy Sleeth ~ completed 18-January-2014
3 ~ In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed by Carl Honore ~ completed 9-February-2014
4 ~ Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living by Tsh Oxenreider ~ currently reading

~I plan to continue sharing about the creative part of my life which includes knitting, spinning, and designing patterns on a month to month basis here on my blog. Hopefully that will include sharing about designing at least six knitting patterns, knitting at least two sweaters for myself, knitting at least six pairs of socks for myself, spinning at least five batches of fiber, knitting several preemie hats to donate to charity, and who knows what else!
So far, I've completed:
*Cowl ~ 1
*Gloves ~ 1
*Hats ~ 1
*Shawl ~ 1
*Socks ~ 2
*Washcloths ~ 5
*Misc. Items ~ 1
*Spinning ~ 2

In progress are:
*Cowl ~ 1
*Spinning ~ 1
*Super super super super super super secret sock design project ~ 1

Details are below.

Finished Projects
Third Spinning Project ~ From 35 grams of Merino (British Shetland Batt) from HilltopCloud, Finished Yarn is 127.8 yards

Casu Cowl ~ From the Casu Cowl pattern by Galia Lael. Knit on US7 (4.5mm) needles with New Lanark Donegal Silk Tweed DK in the Dark Graphite colourway. I knit this for myself because I wanted a long cowl to keep me warm in the cold weather.

2014 Ravellenics Über Vanilla Socks ~ Used my normal vanilla sock recipe along with the Fish Lips Kiss Heel pattern by Sox Therapist. Knit on US1.5 (2.5mm) needles with Highland Handmades Sugar Maple Sock Yarn in the Über colourway. This was one of my 3 Ravellenics projects. I've had this yarn for quite some time + couldn't figure out a sock pattern to use it with. I finally decided the yarn just needed to speak for itself + I'm so glad I did!

2014 Ravellenics Pink Punis ~ From 20 grams of 50% Baby Camel + 50% Tussah Silk with added Angelina Sparkle Pink Punis from EllysKnitInSanity, Finished Yarn is 80 yards

2014 Ravellenics Leftie ~ From the Leftie pattern by Martina Behm. Knit on US1.5 (2.5mm) needles with Knit Picks Stroll Tonal in the Thunderhead colourway + lots of leftover fingering weight yarn (plus a few mini skeins as well). I've had this pattern in my queue for quite some time + decided the Ravellenics was the perfect time to knit it. I've worn it a few times already + absolutely adore it!!!!