One of my goals this year is to have a box/bin of gifts from things I have made a little more at the ready, rather than hustling at the last minute to finish gifts for people. I will make things I love and think others will like, and then block and put them in the bin. Likewise, I have taken a little motto for my projects this year: Something Old, Something New, A Design, and From My Queue. This permits me to start something fun and new, but also focuses me on things I want to complete (like designs and UFOs).

I have a huge scarf design (only because it is knit lengthwise) on needles, but this little coral bit of knitting is the swatch for how it is supposed to work. I also have a pair of fingerless mitts for a gift on needles, a third mitten from a sweetheart trio to finish, and a sweater for Amelia to cast on to match her mitts. There's only a deadline for one of those things, and I am feeling a bit better about managing my projects and UFOs this way. We will see if it is sustainable all year.

I finished another happy, little murder: Blackberry Crumble and I've started the next one in the series, Pumpkin Roll. We have postponed most of our school from this past Tuesday to next Monday, because we were all recovering from illness, so we also haven't started our next book we are reading together. However, I have You Are Peter and The Dress Doctor in line for my next non-fiction reads.

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Labels: Books, Design, Homemaking, Knitting, Patterns, WIP, Yarn Along

// posted by Ranee @ Arabian Knits @ 8:26 PM