I have enjoyed Monthly in Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal. I start out with high hopes every January and then seem to fall off the wagon around May or June. I always plan to make my goals quilting goals but somehow manage to work on knitting. But a finish is a finish and that makes me happy.
This month I finished Dockside Cable Scarf.
There has been no change in my fabric number--none in and none out. Maybe soon I will make a little progress.
My yarn stash is another matter! I made a birthday purchase at my favorite online yarn destination, Eat Sleep Knit in Dallas Georgia. Each year I participate in the Yarnathon and enjoy many of the challenges.
And I managed a finish.
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| Dockside Cable Scarf |
While I have been making progress on my projects, I haven't finished anything in what seems like forever. My quilt and fabric projects seem to be on hold. I just don't seem to be able to get into my sewing room. But I have made a little dent in my yarn that was off set with a yarn purchase. First let me say, I am not much of a crochet person. I tell my friends I like to pretend to crochet. When I saw the yarn for Sirdar's Sweet Blossom Blanket, I couldn't resist. I saw Vivian, my newest granddaughter, all over it. I had one finish that only amounted to 950 yards. This was the Temperance Shawl KAL. It felt like a thousand yards more!
Yarn in this week: 3672 yards for Sweet Blossom Blanket
Yarn out this week: 950 yards for Temperance Shawl
Yarn in YTD: 6571 yards
Yarn out YTD: 5395 yards
More out than in this year--so far. But I ALWAYS treat myself to a birthday yarn purchase. And since my birthday is this week, next week's report won't be as positive.
This is the first time this year that I didn't finish my one monthly goal. I ended up finishing my Temperance Shawl instead. But this month I AM GOING TO FINISH my Dockside Cable Scarf.
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| Dockside Cable Scarf |
Usually I map out a little plan each month for things I would like to at least work on. I completely forgot to post a Monthly Plan for April. This list is really ambitious and I know I won't complete most of it. But these are definitely the things that I want to concentrate on the next few months.
