Now that my sewing room is back in order, I’ve gathered all the craft bags that had been stashed away in the bedroom prior to the construction and brought them back into the sewing room. Most of the bags hold wannabe projects. (When I come across an item that I would like to make, I gather up the yarn and put it, along with the directions, into a bag and it becomes a wannabe project.)
Actually, I was surprised that only about half the bags I brought back into the sewing room were UFO’s. That was a pleasant surprise — until I cleaned out from under the bed the other day so I could vacuum, and pulled out many, many more bags which also contain UFO’s!
With bags of UFO’s all over the daybed, I decided that I would finish one before I started a new wannabe project. Hey, I thought, why don’t I make this my mission this year. That is, finish at least one UFO before I start a new project — which I would then finish before moving on to more UFO’s and another new project. Well, we’ll see how that works out, especially since we all know that I have that disease, Startitis!
This day is Jan. 19th, and I’m proud to announce that I’ve finished four UFO’s and a new project!! So far, so good! Only 346 days to go in this new year!
These projects should be classified as WIPs (works in progress) because they were started last year just before our construction mess and Christmas. So, technically, they just had to be put away until I had time to finish them. But they’re done now!
The stocking was started to give to my sis with her gift inside. I had issues with it so it didn’t get done in time to give away. However, I have a head-start on next Christmas, right?
The brown item in the middle is a cover for a Kindle which will also go into the gifts for Christmas 2012. At lunch with my dear friend Carolyn yesterday, I showed this to her and she said that it looked like an owl. Well, by golly, I think she’s right. I hadn’t even noticed that!
The green neck warmer I made for myself. The store I work in gets really cold sometimes, and it’s surprising how much warmer I can be with something around my neck. I like it so much, that I’ve already found some more yarn to make another one. It’s been put into a wannabe bag.
This one was started last Summer or late Spring.
Our bathroom used to be decorated in outhouses when we first moved into our second mobile home in ’85. I bought this kit sometime around that time. (Yes, I hang onto stuff!) All the rest of my outhouses are in a box in the attic. Maybe I’ll bring them down and decorate this bathroom with them. Hmmmmm. . . . .
This baby afghan is the new project I started (and finished).
Michael’s had their big balls of yarn on sale. In fact, ALL the stores are having their yarns on sale and I’ve been fighting with myself not to buy any. So I figured that if I allow myself to buy a little, maybe I’ll get it out of my system so I don’t go “hog-wild” buying yarn. (I’ve been known to go “hog-wild”!)
I bought the yarn, came home, and started this baby afghan. I was just finishing up the outhouse, so the crocheting gave me a little break from the cross-stitching. This afghan turned out pretty nice, so it’ll go into the Fair in the CMN section and be given to a new mother for her baby. Even as I was crocheting it, I was wondering what little baby would be snuggled up in this afghan one of these days. Awwwwwww, what a nice thought.
There’s another UFO cross-stitch project that I started again last night. This one is several years old and it’s about time it got finished! More about this one later. . . . .
