As October started, I had all kinds of big plans for ALL the Halloween knitting I was going to get done. It turns out those big plans would have been achievable if 1) I was retired, and 2) I didn’t need to sleep. Here’s what the plan looked like:
So what of that did I actually get done? Maybe around half of those things, when you factor in the unexpected Dolores costume.
The socks are about 3/4 of the way done at this point, but I just could not get them finished by Halloween. Also, I have made a start on the Nightmare Before Christmas shawl, loosely outlined above, really only a start. That is going to be a big project, so maybe it will be done by next Halloween. We shall see!
The Ghost cowl and the Cemetery Drive cowl are next year projects. So not too bad, but I can’t help but feel a little disappointed. Next year I either need to start earlier, or set my expectations a little lower 🙂
Do you make unrealistically grand plans for your crafting (or anything else in life) and then feel a little bad when you don’t achieve them?
Quite A Yarn 
I feel getting Dolores Halloween ready was worth the sacrifice of something else being finished. Great makes x
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Yes, my whole life is an unrealistic grand plan. But, I would not be where I am, which is in a pretty good place, if I weren’t unrealistic sometimes. Look at all you accomplished! I particularly love your cowls. I’m going to go look at the Cemetery Drive Cowl. And I can’t wait to see your Nightmare Before Christmas Shawl. That’s such an inspired idea!
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You make a good point – sometimes an unrealistic grand plan gets you pretty far, even if it’s not entirely where you thought it would be. Thank you! 🙂
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Yeah sometimes I make plans and I don’t meet a timeframe but I usually get there eventually, so it’s not too bad. I love all the stuff you got done 👍
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That’s a good point 🙂 Thank you!
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Perhaps starting earlier if you want to get some wear by Halloween. It’s like putting up Christmas decorations in October!
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LOL – very true!
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I don’t make ANY plans for knitting. I do make plans for life and home, but nothing on a grand scale.
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That is probably wise 🙂
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My entire life is full of grand plans that get altered along the way. I also think of the planning as half the fun:)
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That’s true – planning is fun!
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Big question: did you get to wear your spiderwebby sweater?
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I did! It was just out to get some groceries, but I did get to wear it 🙂
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I always make unrealistic grand plans and I think I now have 1000 WIPs 😉
Hey congrats on what you did get done!
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🙂 Thank you!
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Sure I do, you see those monthly and weekly lists on the blog all the time. LOL
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True! But you do get all those things done!
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Good Lord, I am always planning on knitting 3x as fast as I can actually knit. I have three sweaters on the needles that I thought I would finish by November. Blame Delores. She is a baaaad influence.
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It’s so good to know that it isn’t just me 🙂 That seems fair – Dolores is to blame! But I could not deny her the sexy bat costume 🙂
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I love to dream knitting projects.
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