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Knitting Journals to Keep Track of All Your Projects

May 14, 2018 By Laura 9 Comments

About a year ago, I started keeping a reading journal.

I’m in a book club, and I like talking about books with my mom and my friends and I found myself quite often saying things like “I just read this great book. I remember thinking you would really like it. It’s about this woman who…” and I’d give a rather detailed account of what went on in the book. My only problem was that I could never remember the actual names of books and authors. So at the end of my recount, when I’d gotten everyone’s interest good and piqued…I would leave them hanging. No book. No way of figuring out how to get it.

Or, I’d read several books back to back, and then I’d get mixed up about what happened in which book. I’d forget which book was really good, and which one was awful.

So I started keeping track in a plain notebook, jotting down titles and authors as I finished them, along with a few notes about the book and whether I liked it and whom I might recommend it to. It’s proven hugely helpful.

It hit me about a month ago that I should do the same with my knitting.

I do already keep track of my knitting projects on Ravelry, just like I was keeping track of my books on Goodreads. But there’s something about writing things down that appeals to me. I like a pretty journal. I like a nice ink pen – not those awful clicky ballpoint pens, but a good, smooth-gliding ink pen that makes lovely swirls and curlicues. I’m fond of gel pens as well – anything that looks pretty when you write with it.

Inspired by the idea of knitting journals, I have now set a few up in my shop! They’re blank notebooks with yarn and other knitty things on the front cover. The spiral notebooks are 6×8 inches, with 120 lined pages inside. They also have two document pockets – one on either side of the last page – that are perfect for holding pictures of projects, or yarn labels, or printed patterns, or anything else you’d like to keep track of.

You can add your name to the front cover if you so choose – in permanent marker or maybe with a mailing label underneath the logo. I think I’m going to do that once I settle on the ink color I use to write my name. These kinds of decisions aren’t to be made lightly, you know.

I have so many ideas for ways to use this notebook! You can write each pattern on a separate page, along with where you found it, the yarn you used, who it was for, the date, and any notes about your project you’d like to remember. You could also use the notebook to help you keep track of your yarn and needle stash and bring it along when you shop so you don’t buy duplicates (I currently have three of the exact same size 6 circular needles because I can never remember if I already have them at home when I’m out shopping). You could use it as a place to jot down names of patterns you’d like to try, or other skills you’d like to learn. Or you could use it as simply a notebook with a cute picture on the front.

You can find the notebooks in my shop (along with a pretty funny knitting T-shirt, if you’re in need of one). If you do purchase one, I’d love to know what you use it for!

Filed Under: crafting Tagged With: knit, knitting

Comments

  1. Christine says

    June 20, 2018 at 1:27 pm

    I have been keeping track of most of my crochet and knitted patterns in a journal for many years. I also jot down the yarn I used and if it was a gift or for charity. I also have photos of the work that I keep in the pockets or attached to the opposite page. Glad to know there are other’s like me! I also do the same with my books!

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  2. Susan says

    June 20, 2018 at 9:26 am

    What great ideas!
    Do you have the books to purchase yet!

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  3. Pandra says

    June 19, 2018 at 6:59 pm

    Thank you for the ideas. I try to keep on top of my reading and my knitting but I have to confess that it seems to get lost and I am always starting a new way and losing track again.

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  4. Suzanne Bond says

    June 19, 2018 at 6:17 pm

    Even though you list the name of the yarn, I would add a sample of it as well and a picture of the project. Also, where the pattern came from so you don’t have to look through all your pattern books.

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  5. Bonnie Emter says

    June 19, 2018 at 5:22 pm

    Thank you, Laura! What a great idea! I take pictures of my projects and put them in a binder with the patterns, but now I have been knitting too long and have run out of room. A journal is a much better way to keep track of everything.

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  6. Bonnie Emter says

    June 19, 2018 at 5:20 pm

    Thank you, Laura. What a great idea! I take pictures of my projects and put them in a binder with the patterns, but now I have been knitting too long and have run out of room. A journal is a much better way to keep track of everything.

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  7. Clayre Osier says

    June 19, 2018 at 5:08 pm

    I should keep a knitting/crocheting journal for my projects. I do keep one for the Kindle Voyager. I would never be able to remember all of the books I have read & bought for my Kindle Voyager. It would be kind of hard to do that with my Kindle Voyager. I am 81 & I’ve been doing ir for 70 some years. I have to have some project I’m doing. I don’e like my hands being idle.

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  8. Lynne says

    June 19, 2018 at 4:38 pm

    What an excellent idea? I’ve started to keep one for patterns I use when knitting for the needy, but nothing as detailed. Thank you for this wonderful idea. I can now go ahead with updating mine a lot better. Enjoy your camping.

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  9. Denise Tucker says

    June 19, 2018 at 4:20 pm

    I would love to see the Journal you come up with. This sounds like a great idea. Right now, all the patterns I use, I write down on whatever paper is handy. I do add notes like you are doing in the Journal, but it would be nice to be a little more organized. I am constantly shuffling through my papers which are held together with staples and or paper clips—not the most suitable method!!!

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