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!!!!