Here's a review of my 2007 knitting. This was my first full year of blogging, so I have pictures of all of my FOs in the past year. Which were….

• 6 scarves (3 of them lace)
• 2 pairs of mittens
• 25 korknisses
• 4 pairs of socks
• 2 hats
• 1 crocheted bag
• 1 top
• 2 shawls
• 2 afghans (one was a group project)
• 1 pair of baby jeans
• 1 pair of hand towels
• 4 dishcloths
• 2 pairs of slippers
• 1 hedgehog
• 2 iPod cozies
• 1 child's sweater

For a grand total of 33 projects (counting 25 Korknisses as 1 project, and including a dishcloth that doesn't have it's own picture (but you can see a glimpse of it in one of the other dishcloth pictures)

I guess you could say I like variety in my knitting!

Of these 33 projects:

• 19 were for me
• 12 were gifts
• 2 were for charity

And to break down the weight of yarn used:

• laceweight – 5
• fingering – 10
• sport/dk – 2
• worsted/aran – 12
• chunky/bulky – 4

And to break down the pattern source:

• online, free – 8
• online, purchased – 2
• books – 4
• magazine – 3
• leaflet – 3
• heavily altered from an existing pattern – 4
• my own pattern (improvised) – 9 

Last year I made a resolution that 2007 would be the year that I made a sweater that fit and looked great. Well, I didn't quite accomplish that, though I do have one still in progress that, if I ever get the sleeves done, should fit the bill nicely.

2007 was a roller-coaster year for me – lots of high points and plenty of low points. One of the high points (that, quite frankly, got me through many of the low points), was the number of knitters I got to know this year. It was in the last few months of 2006 that I start to meet other Ottawa knitters, and those friendships grew over 2007. Whether I've met you in person, or virtually, I've really enjoyed meeting everyone I have over the past year. You've all enriched my life!

And speaking of enrichment (of both the friendship kind and the yarn kind), I recently participated in a couple of group yarn orders (Peace Fleece and Knit Picks), and when those orders came in, I met up with Sarah, Dave and Paula in order to collect my yarn.

It was great to finally meet Dave, who was one of the first people I didn't know to leave a comment on my blog. He's as lovely in person has he is on his blog.

Here's a shot of the 4 of us (and no, I don't always look like a deer caught in the headlights!)

and of course, what would a knitter gathering be without a funny picture of Sarah to add to my collection

Happy New Year! Personally, I'm hoping 2008 is just a wee bit less eventful than 2007!