Crafts and Life

and things are going well! This is how my year list looks so far

1. Read 218 books (31/218)
2. Read the Sheila Connolly Orchard series (2.5/11.5)
3. Do 13 new recipes (4/13)
4. Go to Clinique for a make up lesson
5. Finish red on Winnie the Pooh
6. Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh
7. Finish lavender on Winnie the Pooh
8. Finish pale pink on Winnie the Pooh
9. Finish yellow on Winnie the Pooh
10. Cut out patchwork bag
11. Stitch 1st section of patchwork bag
12. Knit shrug – in progress
13. Pick up and do the shawl collar on purple sweater
14. Knit 13 sampler squares (3/13)
15. Wear make-up at least 13 times (1/13)
16. Only have alcohol on a Friday and Saturday nights (apart from when we are away and our Wedding Anniversary, birthdays, Christmas and New Year’s Eve!)
17. Work on Shawlette
18. Knit a hat and/or scarf – done a hat

1. Finish red on Winnie the Pooh
2. Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh
3. Finish lavender on Winnie the Pooh
4. Finish pale pink on Winnie the Pooh
5. Finish yellow on Winnie the Pooh
6. Cut out patchwork bag
7. Stitch 1st section of patchwork bag
8. Knit shrug – in progress
9. Pick up and do the shawl collar on purple sweater
10. Knit a sampler square
11. Knit a sampler square
12. Knit a sampler square
13. Knit a sampler square
14. Knit a sampler square – done
15. Knit a sampler square
16. Knit a sampler square
17. Knit a sampler square – done
18. Knit a sampler square
19. Knit a sampler square
20. Knit a sampler square
21. Knit a sampler square – done
22. Knit a sampler square
23. Work on Shawlette
24. Knit a hat and/or scarf – done hat

This is the hat I knitted for Dr Wytch

As modeled by Dr Wytch 😀 and next the shrug as it stands so far.

and you may just be able to see Toby taking a great interest in the yarn (I managed to grab it before his teeth did!)

So now I just need to crack on – ideally I would like to have the knitting on the shrug finished this week – a lot depends on my energy levels though.