2009 Sockfest Results and What’s Next in 2010
This isn't 12 pairs of socks
The plan was to knit 12 pairs of socks in 2009, averaging out to 1 pair of socks for each month. Did it happen? Clearly not. I didn’t even get halfway to my goal, with only 5.25 pairs of socks knit by 11:59pm on December 31. But, I’m still going to declare myself a winner because I have 5.25 more pairs of knit socks than I did last year at this time. So there.
I think the biggest problem with the sockfest for me was boredom. I love knitting socks. I think that’s pretty obvious when looking at all my FOs, the majority of them are socks. But sometimes, I like to work on other things: the occasional hat, pair of fingerless mitts, crochet bag.
So maybe the goal I picked for 2009 was a little unreasonable, if only because of its narrow focus on only socks. And that brings me to this year, 2010. I think the best possible goal I can choose for this year is to again try to produce 12 FOs, but I am not going to limit myself to a particular type of item. Anything knit or crochet goes.
And because I’m a dork, I’m calling it 2010 FO Funtiem. So, off we go.
Man, it can be amazing how long it takes to make a few pairs of socks. They only take a few days to make, maybe a couple of weeks, and you would think a year has enough weeks in it to make socks happen. My goal was a week’s worth of socks one year, and it took a little over a year for it to happen. Now I have a “semester sock” and I could end up with a pair, two pairs, or a single knee sock at the end of the semester.
Don’t turn around though, ’cause I’ll totally steal the purple ones.
It’s amazing because in the end, I decided I would just start knitting plain stockinette. It’s faster, and I don’t have to think about what I’m doing as I’m knitting and watching TV. And yet, it still took weeks on a pair.