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And The Beat Goes On!

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I think by now, anyone who reads my blog knows that I’m making a mood blanket.   Since it’s inception, I’ve made some modifications to the original plan and have been counting down the days until I can wrap myself up in this pretty.  Some days, it was quite easy to work on, but as the rounds got noticeably longer, at points I have been slogging through getting them done.  Recently, I’d been up to 10 rows behind, got up to date, fell back again and am now 4 rows behind excluding the border.  I plan to crank those out this week so I can be done the first portion of this set.  Yes, I said set.  You’ll just have to wait and see on Jan 1, 2015, (all things being well) to see what the rest of the set is.  😉        Yesterday, while my friend was visiting, as we talked, I cranked out two more rounds!  Yay!!!  I’m not doing anymore photos of it until the set is done, so here’s the last look until the end of the year:

Mood Blanket August Update II

I think seeing the finish line and how well it’s shaping up have really renewed my energy to get this done on time rather than let it languish in my basket.   It helps also that for the Harry Potter Knit and Crochet House Cup championship on Ravelry, I’m working on this as a Detention project during the Fall term.

In addition to the blanket, this week I’ve also worked on this project I frogged.  I’m almost done the beanie itself but decided to add something special to jazz it up a bit.

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 These beads will add that special finishing touch;  I can’t wait to see if the F.O. will be what I visualized in my head.

What crafty pursuits have you finished or are working on?  😀

This post is part of the Y.O.P. challenge.  See the group here on Ravelry and feel free to join in at anytime!

Year of Project 201415

It’s Okay To Start Over.

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“It’s humbling to start fresh. It takes a lot of courage. But it can be reinvigorating. You just have to put your ego on a shelf & tell it to be quiet.” ~ Jennifer Ritchie Payette

This project was simple enough.  It was the one that made me get over my fear  hatred of dpns — which is big cause I’ve declared ad nauseum on here how much I hate them  — with absolutely no ladders!

DPNs

I got to the point where I was a few stitches from finishing and that’s after  I caught all of the dropped stitches then went merrily along without a complaint.  But then I decided to try the hat on Ferdinand — y’all don’t laugh cause you know already that all my toys have names.    😀

It was kinda loose in the brim, and I thought it could do well with an image either done in intarsia or duplicate stitches.  You know … to kind spruce it up a little.  My friend Laurie didn’t care, she just wanted the hat, but I cared.  It was fine the way it was, there were no mistakes showing, I could have given it to her.  But I knew the project could have been better.

 Almost Done

So I put my ego aside.  I embraced all that it can be from starting over, then I frogged it.

Starting Over

It’s hard to start over.  Sometimes in doing so, you have to either travel new, unknown roads or traverse again roads you’ve traveled before or experience a combination of both.  But in my mind, knowing that you need to start over and making the attempt is courageous.  It gives you, as one of my old professors used to say, “gristle for the mill”.   This lesson can be applied to life, or a project.  No matter which one, the object is the same — that starting over might take some effort, but it’s an opportunity to do better than you did the first time around.   No matter how many times you have to start again.