January 11, 2009 at 9:39 am | In Felt, Knitting, Spinning projects, dying, spinning, wool | Leave a Comment
2008 in Review:
Due to some health problems at the end of the year, I was benched for awhile. Not one to sit idle, I took the opportunity to start and finish many projects by the end of 2008:
- Crocheted hat for oldest daughter
- Knit slippers for youngest daughter
- Knit socks and matching mittens for me
- Crocheted and felted a black hat from roving for a sale item
- Spun enough yarn to create one knit mitten for DH – have one spool spun as a start on the 2nd.
- Fixed drum carder that fell apart after the 4th batt
- Drum carded about 4 pounds of Shetland – waiting to be spun and/or dyed – no particular project in mind yet.
- Drum carded a mix of caramel colored Alpaca and beige Baby Doll wool for socks.
- Introduced school craft club to drop spindling
- Got the school craft club started crocheting fingerless mittens.
- Knit a sweater for my dog.
- Started one pair of socks from scrap yarn – might not have enough to finish second sock – yuck.
- Started knitting a MicroSpun bright green shell.
I missed the December Hadley Fiber Arts Guild meeting – boy that really bothers me still.
Looking forward to and planning for 2009:
- Learn some new knitting techniques -such as reading charts for pictures.
- Need to finish a vest I started as a gift (birthday in 11 days)
- Spin the alpaca/baby doll to sock weight
- Start those alpaca/baby doll socks! (for my hiking guys)
- Get school craft club started on quilting.
- Finish DH mittens
- Dye and spin the Shetland – find a project – maybe a sweater for me.
- Add to my knitting book collection
- Add to my knitting needle collection (think Harmony!)
- Knit a lace shawl for wedding in September – fiber is already spun.
