A Little Yarn On The Side

With the help of Jeeves, I have now completed 4 towels with this design: though the first two were made with the weird plastic-type water-soluble stabilizer which never really works and are now "keepers" as one has a hole and knot where the "s" should be, and one has it where the "b" should be. Yep, it did actually take me two towels to remember not to use the stuff.  In my defense, I didn't have Jeeves for the majority of an entire year, and apparently have to relearn just about everything about embroidery.  Or I'm just an idiot.  Or a combination of both.  The November Project of the Month bag contained enough yarn for a third washcloth, and by finishing this one this morning I can now count them as a finished object, so I am down to 9 projects left to finish for the year.  I started a little mini stocking ornament,  and will probably try for another set of towels today.  With all these little projects, I am of course just dying to ...

I finished another towel last night, and am hoping to finish up a set of wash cloths today, so I'm now at 100 and closing in on 101..................but there are some stupid red tomatoes that will need my attention shortly.  Darn real life chores--they keep interfering with my crafting. Thinking more about the "Twelve twelves" idea in 2012, my current list idea: 1.  12 sweaters and/or shawls 2.  12 finished sewn apparel items 3.  12 decorations 4.  12 Christmas ornaments 5.  12 hats 6.  12 bags 7.  12 pen sleeves 8.  12 washcloths 9.  12 embroidered towels 10. 12 placemats 11. 12 WIPS (any craft) 12. 12 gifts Of course, with 6 weeks left in the year, this list might change as well, but I am already excited about knitting sweaters after two years of little items.  I think if I have a few fairly loose categories--gifts, wips, decorations, I won't feel too limited for the year.  And I think I could finish up the ...

The new Christmas stockings are DONE! And there is a finished towel that needs to be removed from Jeeves, and if I can get a second one done before having to call it a night, I could have project 100 done today as well! 111 projects might not be so insane after all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 They're done!!!!!! And fortunately the picture doesn't show that all the white of the "Allan" stocking except the very last 2 rows are a tiny bit more of an off-white than the other stocking or stripe that one can see in natural light on the bottom of the stocking.  DANG!  If I had the remotest idea what the yarn dye lot was or if this weren't a discontinued yarn I would have fixed the bottom rows, but as it stands, I would have to knit the entire stocking over which I'm not sure I have enough yarn for.......so I'm just going to hope that my friends are very forgiving or can't distinguish shades of white.  Rats. And the first Project of the Month washcloth is done: and since I'm counting 2 as a finished project, I'm halfway to having project 98 done.  Then I think I need to think about a few hats or caps to pad out my project numbers.  54 days isn't very many...................

Today has only been half a Finishing Friday, as my morning was taken up with canning (again!), but I have managed to finish one ornament that I'm happy with  finished the one I'm not overly thrilled with, but which can hang on the back of the tree,  and made one that counts as a whole Finished Object by itself because it was such a blasted pain in the neck: It's less in a state of "finished" than "in the Ornament Protection Program for its own safety."  I think I will be spending the evening with something less irritating.......which could be anything really..

So, today on Ravelry there was a discussion in the Stashdown group about what challenges we're going to have next year, and one of our REALLY optimistic members suggested finishing 12 12s in 2012.  I should not encounter such wild ideas while having morning coffee, because after having convinced myself that 12 sweaters would be totally doable, it isn't too much of a stretch for me to make it exponentially harder.  Just in theory (sort of), what if I did: 1.  12 sweaters 2.  12 Christmas ornaments 3.  12 embroidered towels 4.  12 hats 5.  12 place mats 6.  12 gift bags 7.  12 pen sleeves 8.  12 washcloths 9.  12 sewing WIPS 10. 12 chair covers/decorations 11. 12 coasters 12. One more category....sewing would be a good idea, or maybe 12 scarves, some of which could be sewing? Too crazy?  By which I of course mean, too crazy for ME even?