My needles were twitching

I'm not really sure who to blame.  It might be my friend Miss Margaret or maybe Miss Jackie or maybe even the boyfriend or perhaps old man winter.  It doesn't really matter why it happened; I'm just glad it did.  It actually began sometime in late January when I picked up the scarf that had been on my knitting needles since sometime last winter.  The bf and I had purchased matching yarns (blue for boys and pink for girls) to knit each other a scarf.  He had never knitted before, and I was going to share my knowledge with him.  My mom had taught me how to knit when I was young, maybe elevenish.
I started to work on the scarf and remembered how much I enjoyed knitting and how it had been a long time since I'd seen anything come to fruition.  So I made it my goal, by the end of the month I would finish that scarf.  And then it happened, there was yarn left over--enough yarn to make a matching hat.  So on to the needles it went.  And I had a new project to finish for February.  But what about that afghan I had been meaning to finish that my mom had bought me the yarn for a year ago xmas?  It was all shades of pink and what project would be better to finish in the month celebrating love?  By this time I had a weekly knit night planned with my friend Margaret who was in my neighborhood on Thursdays.  We were fantastic encouragement for one another and in no time at all I had finished several hats and was in my craft room looking for projects that needed to be completed.  A scarf from nearly four years ago finally made it off the needles and while I was in there I found some lovely yarn that would make a quick skinny scarf (warmer weather must be on its way soon.)
All the while I had reconnected with a wonderful friend from many years ago.  Quite the inspirational woman now and she gave me the extra push to get my butt in gear.  Sharing ideas and inspiring concepts made me a do-er again.
The grand total by the end of the month of February included a total of two finished projects that were started previously (one afghan and one scarf), seven pointy elf hats, two regular hats, and one skinny scarf.  Of course on March first I finished my first sweater.  Okay, so maybe it's a mini sweater that I made a refrigerator magnet out of it.  But it's still quite an accomplishment.
And it hasn't stopped there...I've made one more pointy elf hat and one more regular hat.  I've got a mitten on one set of needles and one long (but unfortunately not long enough) leg warmer also on the needles.
Perhaps the most thrilling project occurred this weekend.  I finally have curtains in my living room thanks to a snowy Sunday morning in my craft room.  It feels so good to have them up as I've lived in my house about eighteen months and owned the fabric for over a year.
I can't wait to see what else these last winter months will bring.