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2015 crafting goals…. the wash up

 

Ok it’s only the start of December but I am already calling my Crafting goals for the year completed. With how busy it is at the moment I don’t think that I will get much more progress on them. But as you can see most of them have been completed anyway.

I will use this month to think of what I want to achieve next year.

goals

  1. This year I will learn to do short rows (Knitting)

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2.This year I will to improve upon my spinning on both my wheel and spindle- 4 new techniques tried

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3. This year I will to make time for myself to practice spinning. – Ongoing

4. This year I will to make for others donations for Heart Kids project at the Children’s hospital  Trying to find a new charity

5. This year I will knit a Geoknitrix pattern. – Completed 3 patterns and currently working on a forth one

Typhoon Shawl by Geoknitrix designs
Typhoon Shawl by Geoknitrix designs
Sign on the Dotted Line
Sign on the Dotted Line

6.  This year I will knit some more socks in colors I like rather than what yarn was available  –Completed

Purple People Eater SocksIMG_7712

7. This year I will explore different spinning techniques. – Ongoing

Fractal spinning
Fractal spinning

7. This year I will knit or crochet a shawl– Completed 3 

Age of Brass and Steam
Age of Brass and Steam

8. This year I will try to do Lace knitting. – Completed the Winter is Coming Shawl

Winter is Coming

9. This year I will knit the Little Miss a jumper/cardigan- Completed 2

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Short sleeved cardigan
Short sleeved cardigan

This year I will learn/practice Continental knitting.- Continuing

This year I will complete or Frog my current WIPs. – Meh

 

Next time I want to clean up….. I won’t.

For once my knitting speed had started to match my blog name. I was finally knitting fast.  In four days I had gotten the body of a Kiddy Vertebrae (pattern designed by Kelly Brooker) done. Four days!! That is nearly unheard of here. I was on fire… But then I hit a roadblock. A couple of weeks ago … Read more

Project updates Part 1

It’s been a while since I actually shared some of the things I have been making. Even though you can see what I have finished on the side bar here I thought it might be time to put them all in one place. My Cozy Memory/ Sock yarn blanket has grown and at last count … Read more