My Summer Wish-I-Could-Make List

It's Friday already?! What happened? D has been gone for almost a week and I have barely got any crafting progress to show aside from blocking Shetland II. I was envisioning a major craft-fest with the kitchen tablecovered in fabric and yarn, but instead it's covered with cooking and travel books, along with a few dirty dishes and chip crumbs (at least I have been reading - I am almost done with The Soul of a Chef, and next up it'll be The Reach of a Chef to finish the series)

Once again, the problem with being a craftaholic is that I have all these grand plans to knit and sew myself an entirely new summer wardrobe, but I just don't have the time or attention span to work on one project long enough to finish it and then start a new one. I think my favourite part is planning what I could make. I have so many patterns, fabrics and yarns that are all picked out, but they are sitting there waiting to be swatched or cut. Sigh.

Things I would like to do if I had the time:

1) Make beautiful-fitting dress pants to end my pant-shopping drama
2) Knit a whole drawer full of socks in all colours, lengths and patterns
3) Knit a whole bunch of cute little summer cardigans in different textures
4) Sew up a bunch of breezy summer dresses in fun prints and colours
5) Knit more shawls and scarves
6) Sew a cute little jacket with interesting details
7) Make fancy cocktail dresses to wear when I become a socialite
8) Learn to knit fair-isle mittens
9) Make billowy, colourful summer skirts

Since I don't have time to do all those things, I somehow managed to settle on my next project to get things going already. Today I swatched for the Cherry cardigan using US6 needles and the Jaegar Aqua Cotton I bought on sale. My gauge is a little tight, but I think it'll be OK if I just knit one size up. Hopefully I'll be posting some photos of cardigan pieces soon.

How the heck do I find time to learn more about baking and cooking?