Resolution Roundup

It's the last day of 2014 already!  Time to take a look at how I did with my 2014 crafting resolutions.

I had three crafting resolutions for 2014.

1)  Knit fourteen pairs of socks.  I was successful with this one, and am actually very close to finishing my fifteenth pair.

2)  Finish the strip quilt.  Not successful with this one.  I did get a few more of the strips sewn together, but still have a long way to go.

3) Put my cricket loom together and weave something on it.  This one didn't even get started!  The loom is still in it's box. I don't even have a picture to put up for it.

Tomorrow, the resolutions for 2015!

Have a good New Year's Eve.  I'm going to an early movie with some friends.  I'll likely be sound asleep by the time midnight comes.  If you're driving, please be careful out there!

Maureen

Merry Christmas!

Hope you and yours have a wonderful Christmas!

Maureen

Sunday Funny

Happy Sunday!

Hard to believe that Christmas is already this week!  I went downtown this afternoon; the stores were open earlier than normally and there was already a huge crowd.  I'm glad that I'm done except for a couple of little things.  I keep eating the chocolate that's meant for my sister's Christmas stocking!

I hope that you're feeling ready for Christmas!  It's so much more enjoyable when you're not feeling rushed.

Maureen

Sunday Funny

It's getting close to Christmas!  I still have some crafting to get done for presents, but for the most part I'm ready.  That's actually scaring me; I think I'm missing something!

I finished my fourteenth pair of socks yesterday!  No pictures yet, but I'll get them up this week.  I cast on my fifteenth pair yesterday.  My ipad decided to quit charging a couple of weeks ago and I'm finding that time I would have spent on the ipad is now being spent knitting.

Hoping you're enjoying the Christmas season, and not feeling rushed!

Maureen

Sunday Funny

Happy Sunday!

Maureen

Sunday Funny

How is it the end of November already?

Today is the Grey Cup, the end of the Canadian football season.  Good thing I didn't have this agreement!

I mentioned in the last post that we had received a dumping of snow this last week.  I thought I'd share a picture.

My deck, complete with the furniture I never got under cover before the snow came.

Have a happy Sunday!

Maureen

Friday Finish

I almost didn't have any finishes this week.  I've been sick, and didn't even have the energy to pick up my knitting needles.

Today was my day off.  I had hoped that I would feel well enough to go out and get some errands done.  That didn't happen.  We received several centimetres of snow, and I just didn't feel up to fighting the snow and fighting the crowds out to do some Black Friday shopping.

I decided in the afternoon that I wanted to do some sewing.  So, I pulled out the Mickey Mouse fabric I bought a few weeks ago, and made a new project bag.

Quilting the fabric prior to making the bag takes more time than making the bag itself does.  From start to finish, this bag took about two hours to do.

And the inside

I didn't make a zipper pull for it yet.  I've ordered some charms off Etsy, and I'm waiting for them to arrive.  I did make one pull though.

I have other pouches that still need pulls, so it will get used.

Linking to TGIFF

Maureen