Sunday, January 1, 2012

Happy New Year!

Just wanted to take a minute and wish my followers and other readers best wished for a happy and healthy new year!

I don't (as a rule) make hard and fast resolutions... never have really...

I do have a few exciting knitting related things coming up this year though... I will see the Year of Projects group through to the end of June this year - which I have been a part of since July 1st, 2011... I will also be participating in a 12 for myself in 2012 group on Ravelry. These 2 groups have really helped me to focus my knitting a little more... and my productivity has boomed because of it! My WIPS are getting under control and I am actually finishing things! What is exciting, is in the 12 for myself group, I am being forced to make somethings for myself! And for someone who historically doesn;t do this, that is amazing. Within this same group I will be participating in my very first Knit ALong (KAL). Super excited still!

One thing that is coming up at the end of this month is a "Crop for the Cure" event that I have participated in before, but as a scrapbooker - thing time I will likely take a bunch of knitting projects... 22 hours of creating bliss! All going toward a good cause for Breast Cancer! I have a couple of gals at work that would love for me to make them a headband or two - I can get those started and finished in an evening, and may just do a few of them, and when the co-workers ask how much, I will tell them - make a sizeable donation to the Cosmic Girls for the weekend to end breast cancer and I will be happy.... stash year for something that doesn't take much time, but can go toward a great cause...

That leads me into another thing I would like to do more of this year... charity Knitting. I may make a few hats and scratch mitts for the pediatric department in a couple of local hospitals, as well as mitts and hats for an inner city school that I used to work at - for children that often don't come to school well equiipped for cold weather.

Amazing how a new year seems to bring on a world of new possibilities... thank you for taking the time to read my blog and follow my journey...

8 comments:

  1. Happy New Year to you too!
    I am experiencing the same feelings about the Year of Projects group--I am much more focused and purposeful with my knitting. I am branching out with some charity knitting--my work friends knitting group is knitting blankets to donate to a pediatric interim care clinic which takes care of drug babies until they are stable enough to go home--I am anxious to get going on mine.
    *smiles*

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  2. Happy New Year! What great crafty resolutions.

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  3. I don't usually make NY resolutions either b/c I know I'll break them. I do have one - design.
    Oh but you're tempting me also w/that 12 for Me!

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  4. Happy New Year and good luck with your resolutions. I think the idea of making 12 things for yourself is an excellent one.

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  5. Come join the 12 for myself in 2012 over on revelry! The more the merrier!

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  6. Right you are, the New Year gives us all chances. Hope you do the charity work, I know how rewarding it is.

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  7. Happy New Year to you also, as we turned into the new year I had a think on my list and want to see many more finishes. I love the thought of 12 things for yourself...I don't know would I last past 1, I'd be back to thinking oh...(insert name) would love that ! and so I'd be a failure

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  8. Happy New Year and good luck with all your WIPs. You sound as if you're going to be very busy this year.

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