Happy New Year!
I don't make resolutions for a new year, but I do like to make 'crafting' plans - usually involving trying something new, a year long project etc.
For 2018 the plan is to diversify my crafts.
Lately I have heard of people calling themselves - a quilter with a capital Q, or a knitter with a capital K. I can't say that I am obsessed with one particular creative outlet, I enjoy everything that I do. So for this new year I want to try a larger variety of crafts - lots of old, but hopefully some new ones too.
This plan did start at the end of 2017 when we remodelled our storage room and I now have an area for stained glass (the boxes of glass had been packed since our last move 10 years ago!)
 |
| My first piece of stained glass in 10 years - idea from Pinterest |
At the same time Craftsy introduced a membership plan. I have been a Craftsy fan for a long time, so signed up for the year with the thought to try as many things as I can.
This is the first project from a Craftsy class - a sampler cowl from 'See It, Crochet It: Reading Diagrams' by Charles Voth. I know how to crochet and made a lot of things when I was young, but I just made things up as I went along. Finally I learned the names of the stitches, new stitches and how to follow a pattern. Now I remember why I enjoyed crochet so much as a child. This cowl is made out of leftover silk and merino, fingering weight handspun.
This is a new project that I started today - the 'Tealeaf Sweater Knit-Along' by Bristol Ivy, another Craftsy class.
I just wanted to show something else new that I tried recently -
Soft and Stable batting to make a bucket bag. This stuff is fabulous.
The bag is lightweight and sturdy.
It is a perfect project bag.
I also tried some cross stitch again. This is a pattern by Veronique Enginger.
Another plan for the new year is to blog more regularly - I'll see how that goes!
All the best!