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Well, that's the end, kids. We made it to January 6th, so it's now or never for the tree's show-and-tell. I like how it turned out this year. I think it was worth it to sew the tree to the red background and used dowels to hang it. For extra decoration, I added the balls for the Knit Ball Pit, though they did not get to spend too much time together with the tree. I just added a strand at a time as I completed them, and then it was time to get them all in the post.
Will I really take it down, now? Probably not just yet. Bruce likes the added insulation it gives. I might need to weave something for that wall for the rest of the year. Speaking of the year, Happy New Year! Do you make resolutions, intentions, goals, wishes, or anything else this time of year? Me? Not so much. I guess I make them all throughout the year, and usually shorter-term ones. I suppose that many of them have connections to longer-term goals, but I find it more helpful for me to not spend too much time looking at those. Anyway, whatever you do or don't this time of year, I just want to say that I'm glad you're here. xoxo
I unstrung them from where they had hung beside the Christmas tree, took their pictures, loaded them into a box, and took them to the post office. And just like that, my time with the Knit Ball Pit was done. It was fun to be a part of a group project. I had hoped to make more. My very ambitious goal was fifty, and then I dropped it back to thirty with hopes of having one for each day of NaBloPoMo2018, but that did not work out, either. In the end, I contributed twenty-six. I think that is a decent offering to the cause. I know the group goal was set at one thousand, and the last I saw, there were over nine hundred, so I think that goal will be achieved. Anyway, here they all are.
Right now, they are neither here, nor there, but should be there tomorrow. I hope the recipients like them, and that they can bring a little joy into their days.
So, you know that each year there's an annual Mochimochiland holiday pattern, right? The pattern is free with any $5 purchase. I've been waiting for this year's offering, and my patience has been rewarded. The pattern is for Sugar Plum Fairies, and I adore them so!
I have more to say about sugar plums, but that is for another day. Today, I'm showing you my offering for the Knit Ball Pit. I used the Sugar Plum Fairies pattern to adorn one of the balls I had already knit. I think it turned out pretty well.
I stuck with a style this week. Decorating these was super-easy and super-quick. I certainly need more of that, as I have a lot I am trying to do right now.
Since some of the family has travel plans later this month, our Christmas gathering is a bit early. By that, I mean it is Saturday. I only have to buy for one more person, so that shouldn't be too hard. I do have a plan to sew some zippered pouches and put small prizes in them, but I will wait to buy the prizes (candy cane, lip balm, Reese's tree, pocket tissues) until I see if I can sew them all.
Well, like many a wearied NaBloPoMo-er, I took off the first of December. I'm pretty sure I wrote an entry for each day last month, but I'm not putting up a badge to celebrate.
Anyway, I set a goal, and so far, so good. This week I decorated seven of the balls I had knit for the Knit Ball Pit. I think those are the only royal blue ones I knit, and I don't plan to make more in that color. It gave me too much trouble adding the face on those. I enjoyed working on these, and I think I'm improving. I liked trying out different things, and the more I tried, the more ideas popped into my head.
It was nice to see that the goal of completing seven each week is achievable for me. I want to do so much more, but I'm trying not to get ahead of myself.
Sure, I still have hope that increased experience will translate to increased speed, but right now, I am just slow. Yeah, that could apply to many things, but tonight we're talking about decorating the balls I have knit for the Knit Ball Pit. I have only finished a few, and I haven't even attempted any of the elaborate ideas I have. And to make matters worse, I don't feel like they look as good as they should. I even snipped and reworked one, but I'm glad I took the time for that because I would not have felt right sending it.
Anyway, I'm thinking about making a bit of a schedule for the finishing work on these. You know, something like embellishing a minimum of seven each week. That seems doable and will give me time to get them off in the post before the end of the year. Yes, it might be bumping up against being ambitious, but I think once I really get going with it, it will help me keep going. Ah, if only I had set November goals, maybe I would be in a better place with all of this.
Maybe it is time to put a new face on things.
It certainly has been a bit since I checked in here. Actually, that's not true; I have been here several times, though I have nothing but half-hearted, barely started drafts to show for it. Life has been challenging. There's been the personal stuff that isn't particularly interesting or unique, but it still takes its toll. Then there's the big stuff happening in the world that has been rather a lot to process, but there are many people fighting the good fight, and we each do what we can. So that's us caught up then, eh? Yeah, this is why I have so many discarded drafts. Perhaps we should move on to something I have made. Yes, that's probably best.
I set a Ravelry goal of knitting sixty things this year. While that seems rather ambitious, and in some ways it is, it is not as unrealistic as it might seem. I planned to knit a teeny-tiny-mochimochiland item each week. I even had a blogging plan to go with it, but you can see how well I did with that. Anyway, some weeks I have knit none, and some weeks I have knit more than a couple, so it is all working pretty well. This summer I knit these from the Doggie Treats collection.
If only I were making as much progress on my Goodreads goal.
But wait, there's more! I've been knitting for the community project--The Knit Ball Pit! You can see in the picture above the first one I knit, but it needs decorating. I hope to contribute many more for the children.
