I haven’t really made any resolutions this year, except to get my PhD finished and find a job (not necessarily in that order). But I do have some crafty resolutions:
Cross stitch
I’ve signed up for a stitchalong (SAL) with the UK-Cross-Stitch Yahoo Group, and have committed myself to stitching small items (cards) throughout the year and to doing at least one large piece of stitching. I haven’t decided on the large piece yet, but I’m dithering between a cushion and a brightly coloured “picture” piece to donate to the hospice where my father died.
Knitting
Debbie Bliss cashmerino aran (colour 300010)
Well, my first job of the year is to line my stashbusting stripey bag. But after that I want to knit myself a pair of the “Alice” fingerless gloves (I bought some lovely teal Debbie Bliss yarn back in August, specifically for them, but I haven’t got round to knitting them yet). And after that I want to improve my knitting generally, so the plan is to learn to do the various different types of knitting stitch patterns, like lattice and open twisted rib, and the many other patterns that I have never done (there really are lots – I’ve never even done real cable!).
Noro Mossa
(I also bought some lovely Noro Mossa yarn in August, but I have no idea what I’m going to do with that yet.)
Spindling
And then, of course, there’s my new obsession! I will be doing a lot more more drop-spinning. I have a nice big bag of lovely undyed (brown) alpaca fibre, but my so-far limited experience makes me think that it’s not enough, so I think I’ll try to get some more before I start spinning it, so that I can (try to) have enough fibre before I start (and deal with colour variations etc).
Sarah's Slow Stitches 