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So Many Projects!

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I currently have so many projects on the go that I feel guilty wanting to start more. I just need small projects I can do at work so I don’t go out of my mind when I have nothing to do. I’ve been bringing my squares for the Stormtrooper blanket with me but I’ve finished all of those so now it’s onto beanies. I’m thinking I might start the Nuts About Squares CAL so I can do 1 square per day or something. I have the yarn kit at home already so that would work I guess.

I added a calender of all the CALs I want to do this year on the menu and I moved my yarn stash menu item to the top menu too. I want to add more to my site but I’m at a loss as to what to add! Any suggestions?

The Stormtrooper blanket is coming along nicely. I’ve started sewing the squares into strips and then some strips are being sewn together. My mom sews in my ends for me and she requested I don’t sew all the strips together right away so she can sew in ends easier. So I’ve done 2 or 3 strips together and taken them upstairs for her to start on whenever. I’ll sew those together once she’s done and it’ll be less ends at the end of the project. I had to get more yarn (who knew 5 skeins of white & 4 skeins of black wasn’t enough?!) so my mom went to Michaels yesterday and got me some using her seniors discount (TIP: Anyone over the age of 55 gets a seniors discount EVERYDAY at Michaels [doesn’t combine with any % off total purchase coupons]). I’m not winding the yarn into cakes though because I don’t know how much more I’ll actually need to use so I’m just pulling from the center on the new skeins. I also started taking some squares to work to sew together in sections so when I get home I can easily put them together faster.

I’m almost done the 3rd braid beanie hat I’ve started. It’s gotten to the point where I don’t really need to look at the pattern anymore. Except for the decreases, I’ll have to look at the pattern for those lol. I’ve been using the Loops & Threads Charisma yarn for this beanie and the last one I made and I love this yarn. It’s so soft!! And it knits up nicely. There has been a few splits but that was my fault for not paying attention to what I was doing lol. I only have 1 repeat left and then the decreases and I’ll be finished this one 🙂

I have to start getting ready for the craft retreat that’s the first weekend in February. I need to make some card kits to take with me (I also have 5 kits to take), plus get all my crochet projects that I want to do sorted out into a bin. I’m going to take the Bunny graphghan for sure, and possibly Stormtrooper depending on how far along I am on that one. I might bring Nuts About Squares with me as well to start that one or just bring Rosslyn and the Geezaghan to finish them up. Also beanies!! I’m going to bring enough yarn for 3 beanies just in case that’s all I want to work on lol.

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Happy New Year!!!

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Happy New Year everyone 🙂 I have a new domain name and I’ve started fresh for the new year!! Carla got me this domain for Christmas and I am so happy!! I love it 🙂 I still have the fractured-beauty.com domain but it’s just housing files right now until I move everything over. I wasn’t able to move the database over so all of my posts are gone but I did save all my uploads and pages in a text file so I got all of those switched over.

I’m going to a movie with my aunt tonight but I’m hoping to get some crafting done on my day off tomorrow. I started my parents anniversary cross stitch last week and I really like it so far. I have until May to finish it to get it framed in time but I think I can do it! Here is a picture of what it will look like when it’s done and what I have completed so far:

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Everyone remember the kitties I did for my mom? Well I got it framed at Michaels and I LOVE the job they did on it and my mom really really liked it!! My dad hung it up a few days ago in the living room and I just LOVE having my work up!! I feel so proud.

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Now I have so many crafts I need to finish in 2015…I have all the CALs and WIPs I had going in 2014 to finish and I want to start SO MANY. I am still wanting to work on the “Operation Toque” charity project that I came up with last year but I haven’t heard back from the military yet and I don’t want to start it until I get an answer from them. I might have to call someone at the base in town to get some answers. I also want to make a few afghans for donation but I know those will take forever to do. Unless I make it a square project for people to send in squares to me for it…hmmm maybe.

Well I hope everyone had a great holiday, I sure did! I got my hair done, read A LOT, and started my new cross stitch project. It was productive yet relaxing at the same time! I leave you with these pictures 🙂

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My name is Grace and I was born and raised in Victoria, BC, Canada. I love crafting, I'm alwayas working on something! I have 2 dogs and 2 cats - they're my babies...Read More

           

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