Happy Belated New Year Everyone!!!  The new year  is here and I’m feeling grateful, rested and rejuvenated.  I hope your holidays were filled with love, peace and joy.  I spent my holiday time off napping, doing a little making and spending time with friends and family.  Of course I had a laundry list of things I wanted to accomplish, but my body and mind said rest!!!  Sometimes I have to be reminded that mental rest is just as important as physical rest.  

Last year, I seriously lacked consistently with my blog.  I even thought about discontinuing my blog.  But after talking with friends, I was encouraged to keep going.  My problem I make all these big goals for my blog, get overwhelmed and then nothing happens.  I will start small this year, one blog a month.  So, January 2020 blog is a recap of my 2019 makes.

Let’s start with sewing.  Last year my sewing mojo was very low.  However, I managed to complete a wrapped dress, a hoodie  and a sleeveless blouse. There were a few UFO’s, that need to stay UFO’s until I decide how to recycle the fabric. 😊

I gravitated more to my knitting in 2019.  As much as I love to sew, knitting it what gives me a sense of calm.  Last year I experienced tragedy and new life.  My knitting is what gave me solace. 

I attended a color work class at my LYS.   I knitted Brooklyn Tweed Lucerne.   I also signed up for season 4 of the Shawl Society by Helen Stewart (Curioushandmade)  Now, I knew I had no  intentions of completing all 6 shawls, but I like Helen’s designs.  I did manage to complete the first shawl. (I still need to block it)  Then my beautiful niece arrived.  How could I not knit her something?  But, I felt somewhat guilty because I never knitted anything for nephew who’s 30.   So, I knitted something for both of them.  All the details to my knits are on my Ravelry project page.  

Ahhh…..the garden.  I didn’t share much on Instagram about my garden.  But, I’m quite happy with the produce I grew last year.   I have fresh varieties of garlic and onions.  We enjoyed fresh herbs, different varieties of tomatoes, peppers, lettuces, spinach and carrots.  I didn’t have much success with french beans and broccoli.  Discovered, I planted both of them too late.  I also accepted that I will have to share my tomatoes with the thuggish squirrels in neighborhood.

In the latter part of 2019, I started a pair of socks, a beaded hat and my first winter coat. I’ll share the details in my next post. 😊  My goal is to have them completed by end of January.  My hat is done.  My coat will be finished this week. My socks will be next month.

Well that’s a wrap on 2019.  I’m still working on my sewing and knitting plans for 2020.  My garden plan for this year is complete.  I will be sharing more  soon.

Until Next Time…………Keep creating what makes you happy!!!!