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Okay, for now, it's been over six months since I started Masters Level I, and I'm not doing anything, and reporting seems to be discoraging, rather than encouraging, me for now. So, the Master's Monday that has been on hiatus (in reality since July) is officially suspended for the time being. I'm gonna finish, just maybe with some self-pressure off, I actually WILL.
So, on to the feeling of accomplishment stuff (and hint-hint, some photos to be shared later this week, if you read carefully): I reset my "Projects Finished in...." list for 2010, just so I could see. In 2009, I started 35 projects, of which I finished 31 (not too shabby), and finished a total of 42 (those previous 31 plus nine from previous years, the oldest of which was Spirit of Christmas, started in 1994). That's a montly average of 3.5 projects finished, which isn't too shabby, since I didn't finish anything in February or July. (Which, for actual months I finished things, gives me an average of 4.2, which is cheating, but still nice to note.)
So, here's the tally of what I've got "left over" at the start of the year:
| Cross-Stitch: 25 |
| Cross-Stitch Sets: 3 |
| Latch Hook: 1 |
| Crochet: 0 |
| Knitting: 8 |
| Quilting: 7 |
| Canvaswork: 5 |
| Sewing: 0 |
That's a grand total of 49 projects at the start of the year. So, for the first time in several years, I get a NEW UFO RESOLUTION!! This year, the goal is to get - and hopefully stay - UNDER 40 UFOs!!!(And I'm trying to shut up the part of my brain that keeps yammering that I'm actually just about done with most of the quilting projects, if I could just get over my Fear of Sewing Machine and attach quilt tops to batting and backing and throw on some edging already.)
Finished something else, too, whilst on vacation. The Trilobite Hat!
It was supposed to be a Christmas present for my husband, but he looked cold, so I gave it to him early.
Now, you may have noticed a finishing trend going on here - it's true. I'm finishing things - and being so close to 50, it's been pretty easy to keep myself from starting anything major (although there is a little Mill Hill Bead Kit that I'm carrying around, ready to start just after it turns to January 1, for the New Year's Free Stitch). As of Right Now, I have 51 UFOs, two of which are a Super Simple Scarf for me (max of two commutes to finish) and the seaming - JUST THE SEAMING - of my Super Simple Bedsocks. So, my goal for next week is to have a two Super Simple Patterns for you... along with my UFO count which, after many (three, at least) years of the SAME New Year's Resolution, will FINALLY be .... UNDER FIFTY!!!!!
Completely unrelated to yarn (um, unless that's what's in the box), I managed to finish most of my wrapping/mailing this week. (Please note that the foregoing is a "positive reinforcement statement" that is not currently true, but is hoped to be true in the near future. Visualizing the thing you want and repeating that it has happened is supposed to help.)
Note my lovely Twilight/New Moon-themed wrapping colors. (Finding black and white holiday paper that's not Super Artsy isn't easy. Blood red ribbons and bows, though, abound.)
I did get some knitting done. I made a pretty red scarf for OFA, and it knitted up quickly... and then I re-read the instructions. "No Super-Bulky, please." DRAT.
But it knitted up really fast, so I kept going...
And now I have Christmas gifts for the two ladies in my carpool (the red and the green) and my friend at work who crochets (the yellow). I'm making one for myself, of course, in green... and orange!
If you're a cousin of mine, don't give my in-laws the link to this, I want it to be a surprise. (It's unliklely my in-laws would read this page before Christmas... I think. I hope.) Anyway, finished a MAJOR big project. This is Lavender & Lace's "Angel of Hope". My father in law showed me the pattern a few years (like three?) ago, and said that he just liked the picture, he wasn't planning on stitching it or anything. I might have mentioned that I was familiar with the pattern, and went home and started it immediately at full size. I didn't like the way it was going, so in 2006, while recovering from surgery, I started again, but smaller. It's supposed to be stitched 2 over 2 on 32ct linen (or over 1 on 16ct). This is 2 over 1 on 32ct linen (2 because it's all half-cross stitches, and two strands gave the right amount of coverage). So, instead of being a wall-eating 16 x 24 when framed, this photo is only slightly smaller than actual size (I guess that depends on the size of your monitor, too - mine's 17" diagonal).
I'm really impressed with the way it came out, and while I won't have it framed for Christmas, I'll be rolling it up carefully to give to my in-laws, with frame to follow roughly mid-February. Yay!
