Here's to 2008!

(May we never speak of 2007 again)
(Although thanks to the creepy guy on the metro who wished me a happy new year)

Anyhow, I guess I should make like everyone else and make some New Year's resolutions. Although, traditionally, they have just been lists of things I have failed at over the years. Losing weight. Eating well. Learning karate. Attracting a mate. I don't know, I've increasingly begun to use anthropological terms when describing my dating habits. "The female Dorkus attempts to engage in the mating dance with the cute boy on the metro. The cute boy gives no sign of returning her advances, however, and in fact seems mildly concerned that she is having some sort of petit mal seizure."

So I'm aiming small this year. I want to learn how to play the harmonica. I want to join a few more clubs at school so I can get out and say I did something. I want to write more. And I want to do something about the bin of Misfit Knits. Do other knitters have this? The pack of projects that have just never worked out, or never got around to being finished? For a while this seemed to be the only thing I knit when I aimed higher than a hat. So, my final New Year's resolution is to move every last one of those knits off that island and into actual wear. Here's the master list:
-Poppy from Yarnplay: Finished in Feb. of '07, but was always just too large. So I have given it a sweaterectomy:
See, the sleeve is off. And will be re-knitting to top and sleeves after a few inches have been unravelled from the body.
-Pentagon Aran: Abandoned because I got bored and had to do some Christmas knitting. I watched The Toxic Avenger and knit a few rows on this today, but I'll definitely have to order more yarn.
-Sand Dollar Tank: The weather changed. I couldn't resist the allure of red wool. I ditched it ever so cruelly and never called again.
-The Manos Cardigan: The cautionary story I use to earn my keep at Stitch and Bitches. I seamed one shoulder up wrong, tried to undo the damage while drunk, and ended up cutting into the back and not the seam. Most of this yarn will become a vest, I think. The rest of it Gibby can have as nest material.
-Pin-Up Queen: When I really want to punish myself, I try unravelling another few inches from this angora nightmare. I honestly have no clue what to do with the resulting fluffy bastards though. Maybe a green skull scarf and a little capelet? Just the scarf? The trash?
-Flora: Oh, sweet Jesus. This has been going on for years. Years. I don't think I would even wear the finished work, a fiddly Rowan pattern worked with thin cotton yarn and tiny needles. Maybe I should just call it a day and make assorted baby items as gifts out of the yarn.
And there are two other knitting resolutions. First, I resolve not to start another pair of socks before I finish the mate of the last pair I started. There are too many orphan socks crying out for succor in my room. And finally, I resolve to track down a skein of the new Kureyon Sock Yarn and make myself a pair of socks from it. The fat cat has volunteered that he wants to find "balance" in the new year, which I think translates into more turkey.