What a year!
Not only did I leave Thosamling in the autumn, but I moved back to the US after 10 years away, finished my novel and began the long road to publication, and began a PhD program on the West coast. I can't imagine a more dramatic shift then moving from a nunnery in the Himalayas to a college campus outside of Los Angeles, and I doubt you can either. INTENSE.
However, 2011 was also the year I create this blog! My happy, happy blog that brings me so much joy :) I've had over 16,000 pageviews so far, which is very exciting and I hope those of you who are reading this enjoy it as much as I do!
I also found a groovy website called www.knitmeter.com. It keep tracks of the total yardage of all your knitting projects, so you can see how many feet/yards/meters/miles of yarn you've knit in any given period of time.
I kept track of all the projects I completed in 2011, and guess how much yarn I have knit?
19.294 yards!! Or, in other words,
58,182 feet
or
17,734 meters
or
Not only did I leave Thosamling in the autumn, but I moved back to the US after 10 years away, finished my novel and began the long road to publication, and began a PhD program on the West coast. I can't imagine a more dramatic shift then moving from a nunnery in the Himalayas to a college campus outside of Los Angeles, and I doubt you can either. INTENSE.
However, 2011 was also the year I create this blog! My happy, happy blog that brings me so much joy :) I've had over 16,000 pageviews so far, which is very exciting and I hope those of you who are reading this enjoy it as much as I do!
I also found a groovy website called www.knitmeter.com. It keep tracks of the total yardage of all your knitting projects, so you can see how many feet/yards/meters/miles of yarn you've knit in any given period of time.
I kept track of all the projects I completed in 2011, and guess how much yarn I have knit?
58,182 feet
or
17,734 meters
or
11.02 miles
11 miles! Is that crazy? That's CRAZY!! 11 miles? I've never done ANYTHING in 11 miles before. I've never walked it. I've never run it. I've never...anything. 11 miles is almost half a marathon. I almost completed a half marathon of yarn. I am a ROCK MOTHERLOVING MARATHON KNITTING STAR!
Where did that 11.02 miles of yarn go?
HATS
Each of the Knits for Nuns hats I made clocked in at around 230 yards each.
HEADBANDS
Beautiful Betty's Braided Band and Choenkyi's Spring Headband took 760 and 130 yards respectively.
I made various and sundry gifts for nuns and friends from 20 balls of Ella Rae Extrafine Heathers, which works out to 1,700 yards.
THOSAMLING CARE PACKAGE
Another motley crew of gifts for friends, the contents were made from 10 skeins of Shepherd Classic 100% wool, which works out to a total of 2,200 yards.
SWEATERS
Man, I'm getting tired just writing this. Sweaters suck up a lot of yarn. Short-sleeved, fitted tees are between 800 and 900 yards, while long sleeve designs with stitch patterns cross over 1,000, and big, sexy, cabled cardigans can push upwards of 1,500 to 2,000 yards each (in my size, obviously-these figures change depending on who you're knitting for).
If you're interested in the details, check out my Ravelry page, which lists the exact amounts and dates of each garment. I think I made about...6? 7? I love sweaters. There is no limit to the amount of sweater making in my future.
Lastly, I am calculating the profits from the sales of my patterns, and will publish the amounts I've accrued, as well as to which charity they're going. So, if you're keen to donate/buy and haven't yet, please stock up!
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