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ianuk ([personal profile] ianuk) wrote2016-01-05 07:55 am

Not dead...just busy

Well, the holiday has come and gone and work has begun anew for the new year.

2015 was a struggle on many fronts. Many good things happened but I'm looking forward to the new year to get things resettled for myself. Take care of me and mine plus get back to happy and less stress. So in December I finished:

1)Knit Cowl for my mom
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2) A Knit shawl for my MIL (her handspun and some alpaca/wool/silk)
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3) Two crochet cowls (for [livejournal.com profile] scribe_ari and [livejournal.com profile] public_shaylan)
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4) A Knitted/felted Hedgehog for [livejournal.com profile] lferion
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5) Plied some TdF2015 yarn
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6) Made pie, lots of meals for the holidays, lasagna, homemade cheese (won the taste competition) and more pots of coffee than I care to think about.

I also enjoyed time home with my family. I even enjoyed cleaning and starting the purge of stuff. My MIL went home with pants that don't fit me any longer and I'm not holding on to them until they do. My SCA stuff and stash will be next. Purge and organization of the house is our theme for the first part of 2016. We will be getting the roof re done, getting a wall and a new patio door and in general making our home more livable and comfortable.

I'm still working on Mel's xmas socks. I'm at the toe on one and hope to cast on the other one this weekend. I also cast on a shawl for myself that is stuck right now...I need to fix it and I have some spinning on the wheel too. I think evenings will be project orientated once again and weekends will be sewing. I need to update everything in my SCA wardrobe and Mel and Benton need more things as well. Time to look less scruffy.

[identity profile] danabren.livejournal.com 2016-01-05 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Girl, you were a knitting ANIMAL!

[identity profile] raventhourne.livejournal.com 2016-01-06 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
the shawl and cowl for my MIL/MOM took about 66 days to knit....the other cowls were crochet and it took me longer to block them and sew them up than to make them. The hedgie took the most finishing since drying time had to be accounted for. It took almost 2 days to dry.

But yes, it felt good to look over that small amount of time and see what I made. Now I want to look at all of the things I finished in the year but I have work to do. Bleah.