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Happy [belated] New Year to you all.

It’s strange, I’ve been thinking so much about posting lately — constructing posts in my head during the brisk hour-long walk home from school, while in the shower, while making dinner — that I forget I haven’t actually posted them. It’s a shame; I’ve had a lot to say. In the interest of sparing you all, I won’t include a year-in-review. For those who are curious, it looked something like this:

My plans for knitting in 2008 included knitting adult sweaters — you know, the kind made in pieces and them sewn together. Yep. Never done that. But it looks as though that is not in the cards. Two good friends are getting married this summer, and I’ll be knitting wedding shawls for them both. And I’m desperately trying to finish Muir (in denial about the fact that there is no way I’m going to do this by my intended January 25th deadline).

[Sorry for the bluriness. And the cat hair. For the record, I’m two repeats farther than this now]

So I’m unofficially declaring 2008 the year of lace. Why not embrace obligation with open arms?

Speaking of embracing obligation, for the next few months, I’m going to do just that. I am dead set on a May 2008 graduation, and this means some serious dedication to that tiny little thing they call a dissertation. Others are making this promise, and I’m using their strength as inspiration. That said, I do plan to blog more often, and more substatially and thoughtfully. But the knitting will be more paced. I’m going to try and work on one project at a time, not casting on for new things until my long list of UFOs becomes considerably smaller (or at least until I finish the knitting I owe to others!). We’ll see how that goes.

I do have an FO to show you — the last of 2007. But it still needs to be blocked and photographed, so I’ll save that for another time. I hope the new year finds you all healthy and happy!