Well, after yesterday's look at how I did on my 2011 goals, I thought it would be good to run my numbers for 2011, and see how it stacked up to 2010.

2011 was a very different year than 2011. I worked for one non-profit, spent 3 months unemployed (my contract ended), found another job with another non-profit (on a one year contract), started up a local fiber guild, helped my grandparents fix-up and sell their house.

The one thing that was like 2010, is that at the start of 2011 I had no idea where I would be at the end of the year.

So like last year I collated my numbers, the stats from 2010 are given in parentheses.

2011 by the Numbers:

14 (23) miles of yarn acquired during the year
22 (18) miles of yarn currently in my stash
6.2 (4.5) miles of yarn knit/crocheted into projects
2,771 (426) yards of handspun yarn
6 (5.7) pounds of spinning fiber acquired
12 (5) pounds of spinning fiber in stash
6 (7) pairs of mittens
5 (14) hats
3 (6) shawls or stoles
0 (3) scarves
2 (2) bags
2 (0) blankets
6 (1) cowls
3 (1) pairs of socks
10 (0) dishclothes
0 (1) baby sweaters
100 (28) blog posts

Wow, the numbers are quite different from last year, but 2011 was quite different from 2010. It appears my stashing was less out of control than I thought it was and will be possible to get things really under control in 2012.

Also, biggest difference between 2010 and 2011 is the fact that I went through a serious knitting slump this summer and early fall, but I still managed to get more yarn used than the year before. Doing some larger projects (including two crocheted blankets and two felted purses) made a big different in the "volume" of yarn used.

I enjoyed most of my projects this year, and I learned so much from each of them. I can't wait to get started on my 2012 projects!

Get a closer look at all my projects from the year from checking out my Finished Objects tab above or as a slideshow below.

http://www.flickr.com//photos/greenbeanstring/sets/72157628607876593/show/