A Year of Knitting Selfishly

2012 is going to be the year of knitting for me.

(I'm sure that statement will have me laughing 'round about June of next year.)

Like most things in life, I think there are many reasons behind this goal, resolution, or whatever you want to call it. I feel like I've been knitting on demand since summer - and all the items are gifts for others. I'm a slow knitter; I often have little knitting time during the week, which makes for very slow progress; and then when the item is finished, it's sent off and usually I don't see it again which, I think, exacerbates the feeling.

Then there's my Ravelry queue. I used it as both a way to note (for future reference) patterns that pique my interest and also patterns that I saw and said "I MUST knit that!" I may not ever knit the ones that simply pique my interest but this way, two years down the road, when I'm trying to remember that cute mitten pattern and where I saw it, I can just search my queue.

And there's the fact that every time I wear a (store-bought) knitted item, multiple people ask if I've knit it and I have to keep saying no. I would like to start saying "why yes, yes I did."

I want to start knitting (OK, OK, and finish) a wardrobe for myself - hats, mittens, scarves, sweaters and especially sweaters and knitted jackets I can wear to work.

What's on your list to knit for yourself?