Monday
*Something I had in my Ravelry project list - Mittens for Gracie.
Tuesday
*"A tisket, a tasket, a dolly stroller basket". I didn't get this bit finished for Christmas - it just finishes off the stroller.
* Three Christmas Tree Ornaments. Um yes it is a little late but actually it's a lot early. I need 48 new ornaments for the advent calendar next year so I thought I'd get going early. I picked these three up, along with five stocking shapes, from an op shop a month or so ago - never got around to improving them - they were pretty basic and as they were in my "downstairs WIP box" the content of which I'm trying to move upstairs I thought I'd get these done as a quick project. I'm pretty much improvising with how I'm decorating them - just looking around downstairs and using up bits and pieces.
Wednesday
*Five Christmas Stocking Ornaments. I started these yesterday along with the Christmas Trees. Eight ornaments down - forty to go!! I think I might go through our current ornament stash and cull some of the less attractive and completely non-sentimental ones - otherwise the new ones will never fit!!
Thursday
*It was a push but I got it done - a sunglasses case for Zoe's sunglasses. The last pair got broken within a week by Mr Break Everything Logan. Admitedly they're only from the $2 shop but it all adds up. The pattern needs a lot of tweaking but I'd really like to develop it and make a few for my Felt shop.
Friday
*I'm really keen on completing a project a day - perhaps I'll make that a holiday challenge and ease off a bit when everything gets back to normal (ie Himself goes back to work and we don't spend all day watching the movies he borrowed from a friend). Today I completed a belt - long overdue - to hold up my jeans which have a habit of slipping!! I've had this on my Ravelry watchlist for an eternity and had several yarns to choose from for it. I ended up using some recycled Crucci Cotton/Lambswool/Other combination. It's nice. I could have had it finished in one morning but I wanted to jazz it up a bit with homemade polymer clay beads purpose-made as I completed the fringing. I left them all unpolished to keep in with the natural feel of it.
Saturday and Sunday
I think I exhausted my inspiration - have not felt like doing anything much. Spent the whole weekend with Himself and the kids, at the beach on Saturday and in the paddling pool on Sunday - everybody needs a break :o)
Isn't it great when you can just create as the mood takes you rather than doing things because you have to??
ReplyDeleteI think the mittens are my favourite :)
Totally agree Anne. My biggest problem though is that I feel guilty about those things that I SHOULD be doing - like finishing the million and one WIP's!!! LOL. Yes Gracie is a real member of our family so she warrants a few of the finer things in life - like pink mittens.
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