My daughter asked me to make her a teddy bear, and so of course I obliged. He does come with a little yellow raincoat that I haven’t completed yet, but I will hopefully get back to it next week. I’m not the best at crochet, but it was fun putting him together, and she seems to really enjoy him.
I’m experimenting this year with parfait yarn and making plushies, in crochet. Here’s my very first one that I made back in January – a chicken named Mabel.
I have some unofficial goals that I’m attempting for 2024, and I thought I’d put them out here so they’re ‘in the world’ for a bit of accountability. They’re not enormous, but I hope it will help further my artistic endevours, especially on days I just don’t feel like it.
As far as creativity goes, those are the goals I hope to achieve. I’ve left them broad and open ended on purpose, with no real direction given in the hopes that I will naturally stumble into activities that complete them over time. We’ll just have to see! What about you, have you set up your creative goals for 2024 yet?
Progress on the sleeves! I have four more repeats of 5 rows then I’m on to the ribbing (then I need to repeat the entire thing for the other sleeve) – once those are done, all that’s left is to finish the yoke and this sweater will be done. If I dedicate a little bit of time for it each day, I’m hoping I can finish it before the end of the month. We’ll just have to see how that goes. Normally I knit in the evenings, but I have been so tired I haven’t had the energy to do too much. My kid is in love with the colours, and she may get a year or two of use out of it I hope before she out grows it, as kids tend to do.
Progress on the sleeves is coming along! I’ve got 7 more rounds of 5 to go, every 5 rows (approx) is a colour change, and then I’ve got the cuff and of course the second sleeve. After that it’s the collar, and then this sweater for my kid will be complete! Hopefully. I’m trying to be better and get at least a few rows done each day. Working with fingering yarn is always a drag on larger projects and I’ve been feeling quite tired so it has been taking me longer than I was hoping.
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