Joyous New Year to you! As my energy returns, my enthusiasm for life is, too. There is still just as much to do, but I feel much more like I can accomplish it. Or at least most of it. As I do each year, I have made my tentative list of designs I would like to work on, those I would like to publish, ideas for third party submissions, ways I can improve my design business, as well as the projects I want to do just for me or for fun.

That up there is the first sleeve for Imbat. Please excuse the dark, indoor, nighttime photo. I am nearly at the end of the increases, then I will do armscye shaping and shoulder shaping. The second sleeve will be cast on immediately after I bind this off, so I can try to have the sample put together by the third week of this month.

The kids and I are most of the way through Rainbow Valley. I forgot to tell you that Rich and I finally finished One Flesh in December. We only had a chapter and a half, but we hadn't had a chance or the focus to read it until December.

Speaking of focus, though, I am really excited that a fellow designer, Barbara Benson, featured one of my designs in a focus on five quick projects for the New Year. She did a great job making me interested in the other patterns, so I hope you will enjoy it, too. Please check out at her video here:

Linking to Unraveled Wednesday.

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