Where Are They Now? A February 2017 Retrospective

I thought it would be fun to do a bit of a mid-year check on my February is For Finishing list from 2017.  Take a look at what I listed, and update the blog on what became of those projects. 

I've changed my relationship with how I craft enough in the past few years that FifF doesn't quite work the same way for me as it used to.  ("FifF" is a ridiculous acronym, but we're going with it.)   At least two things are different since those early days of 25+ projects gathering dust under my bed:

1) I now generally finish what I start ... at least as far as knitting goes, and 

2) I'm playing in the Harry Potter Knit and Crochet House Cup.

The upshot of these two factors is that while I did have eight projects on the needles this past February, what I was really working on was the sweater (Vitamin D, if you'll recall) and I wasn't actually aiming to finish that in February at all.  Vitamin D was my OWL (ordinary wizarding levels) project for that term in the House Cup, so it was getting most of my love and attention.  So while I did finish a few of my outstanding WIPs, my primary focus was on my sweater.  And that's okay too... but it does mean that I'll be thinking about how I want to handle February is for Finishing in the future.

So let's look at what was on that list and see "Where Are They Now?!?"

For Aslan (Lionberry by Narniel of Endor), finished  April 6, 2017.

 

Hogwarts Studies (Sock Yarn Mitered Square Blanket), in progress

Eärendil, A Light in Dark Places (Light in Shadows by Milja Uimonen), finished April 22, 2017.

Sonder by Helen Stewart (I never did get a good FO shot of this), completed February 27, 2017.

Heliophilia (Vitamin D by Heidi Kirrmaier), finished March 30, 2107

Protest Knitting (Smooth Operator Socks, mostly, by Susan B. Anderson), finished February 11, 2017.

Lace Anklet Socks by Ann Budd, finished April 29, 2017.

What is Love, Baby Don't Hurt Me (Vanilla socks) -- formerly "Geek Love" but I decided nah, finished March 11, 2017.

So there you have it -- all done save the Hogwarts Studies Blanket.  I've knit plenty since then (loads of socks, some shawls - including the ubiquitous Find Your Fade, and I'm a third done a sweater).  I am not planning to go back and list them or show them all, but if you're interested and have a Ravelry account, all of my 2017 FOs to date can be found here.