Knyttwytch's Crafts and Stuff

RIP Toby Dog 25/5/2009 - 19/9/2023

 

House is a tip AGAIN!

I am nibbling away at the sofa, I want to get this and, ideally, the blanket box upstairs cleared before July, this means NOT sleeping in until 18.00 hours (damned pain!), I should really have taken a before shot of the sofa on Monday 5th June but I was too embarrassed! Still I will take one now (Saturday 10th June) and will post it on here (see above!). I need to get some more done on this, also work on the bedroom (including clothes) and err the house in general!

What I have managed to get done is some cross stitch :-

Day 1 (Tuesday 14th June) 

and day 2 (Wednesday 15th June))

By the end of the weekend I would like to have this finished, more clearing done, more tracking photos done, and to have found my knitting needles! If I lose weight again this week I would like to start knitting a tote bag (which will have the added benefit of clearing more from the sofa!)

100 days challenge

Okay on a Facebook group I belong too we are doing this on the run up to Yule, my plan is to get one thing (at least) a day into the correct place (be that another room, the charity shop or the bin etc!), ideally I would also like to get back to crafting as well, but the main focus is to free up some space.

This is the tip at the end of the bed, the red items have been put away and the white bag got rid of.

This is the sofa and erk! just Erk!

This is the side of me when sat at the computer, the loose papers have been shredded, hopefully we should be able to get rid of the large box before too much longer!

Gods this year has been bad!

1. Read 220 books (195/220) 
2. Read at least 150 books from my TBR list/pot (127/150)
3. Do 13 new recipes (13/13 or 14/14 as I need to post one from Christmas 2019) - done
4. Finish red on Winnie the Pooh
5. Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh
6. Finish lavender on Winnie the Pooh
7. Finish pale pink on Winnie the Pooh
8. Finish yellow on Winnie the Pooh
9. Finish patchwork bag
10. Pick up and do the shawl collar on purple sweater
11. Knit 13 sampler squares (0/13)
12. Wear make-up at least 13 times (1/13)
13. Finish Shawlette 
14. Knit a scarf or start a blanket
15. Do something with the Tweed squares (quilt?)
16. Lose 1 stone at least - highest weight 24 st 13 lbs - done
17. Start shawl
18. Stitch Stay The Fuck Home
19. Stitch Jelly Roll up
20. Check any WIP/UFOs and list them for finishing!

 

2/20

As you can tell my Get Up And Go for the year decided not to even arrive! It looks as though I will finish the reading challenges but everything else will go by the board and will be the basis for (a hopefully better) 2121 list.

Meanwhile I am trying to clear the space around me (sofa, desk, cabinet top) so that at least the main room looks more lived in the less tornado!

2019 into 2020

2019 didn't go as planned

1. Read 219 books (248/219) - done
2. Read at least 150 books from my TBR list/pot (152/150) - done
3. Do 13 new recipes (13/13) - done
4. Go for a make-up lesson - done
5. Finish red on Winnie the Pooh
6. Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh
7. Finish lavender on Winnie the Pooh
8. Finish pale pink on Winnie the Pooh
9. Finish yellow on Winnie the Pooh
10. Finish patchwork bag
11. Pick up and do the shawl collar on purple sweater
12. Knit 13 sampler squares (13/13) - done
13. Wear make-up at least 13 times (04/13)
14. Work on Shawlette - done
15. Knit a scarf or start a blanket
16. Do something with the Tweed squares (quilt?)
17. Contact PCSO and return NW stuff - done
18. Find out about (and go to?) stitching classes - done
19. Lose 1 stone at least (starting weight 23 stone, highest weight for the year 24 stone 3 pounds) - done from highest weight

 

9/19

 

So 2020 is a year of finishing things off

1. Read 220 books (0/220) 
2. Read at least 150 books from my TBR list/pot (0/150)
3. Do 13 new recipes (0/13 14 as I need to post one from Christmas 2019) 
4. Finish red on Winnie the Pooh
5. Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh
6. Finish lavender on Winnie the Pooh
7. Finish pale pink on Winnie the Pooh
8. Finish yellow on Winnie the Pooh
9. Finish patchwork bag
10. Pick up and do the shawl collar on purple sweater
11. Knit 13 sampler squares (0/13)
12. Wear make-up at least 13 times (0/13)
13. Finish Shawlette 
14. Knit a scarf or start a blanket
15. Do something with the Tweed squares (quilt?)
16. Lose 1 stone at least 
17. Start shawl
18. Get up to date with Netgalley
19. Stitch Jelly Roll up
20. Check any WIP/UFOs and list them for finishing!

Wish me luck and lots of crafting time!

Nibble, Nibble, Nibble

The lounge is still a tip!!

 

But I am nibbling away at that and more to the point I am also nibbling away at my annual To Be Done list!

1. Read 219 books (237/219) - done
2. Read at least 150 books from my TBR list/pot (146/150)
3. Do 13 new recipes (13/13) - done
4. Go for a make-up lesson - done
5. Finish red on Winnie the Pooh
6. Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh
7. Finish lavender on Winnie the Pooh
8. Finish pale pink on Winnie the Pooh
9. Finish yellow on Winnie the Pooh
10. Finish patchwork bag
11. Pick up and do the shawl collar on purple sweater
12. Knit 13 sampler squares (13/13) - done
13. Wear make-up at least 13 times (04/13)
14. Work on Shawlette - done
15. Knit a scarf or start a blanket
16. Do something with the Tweed squares (quilt?)
17. Contact PCSO and return NW stuff - done
18. Find out about (and go to?) stitching classes - done
19. Lose 1 stone at least (starting weight 23 stone, highest weight for the year 24 stone 3 pounds) - done from highest weight

 

8/19

 

1. Finish red on Winnie the Pooh
2. Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh
3. Finish lavender on Winnie the Pooh
4. Finish pale pink on Winnie the Pooh
5. Finish yellow on Winnie the Pooh
6. Cut out patchwork bag - done
7. Stitch 1st section of patchwork bag
8. Finish patchwork bag
9. Pick up and do the shawl collar on purple sweater
10. Knit a sampler square - done
11. Knit a sampler square - done
12. Knit a sampler square - done
13. Knit a sampler square - done
14. Knit a sampler square - done
15. Knit a sampler square - done
16. Knit a sampler square - done
17. Knit a sampler square - done
18. Knit a sampler square - done
19. Knit a sampler square - done
20. Knit a sampler square - done
21. Knit a sampler square - done 
22. Knit a sampler square - done
23. Work on Shawlette - done
24. Knit a scarf or start a blanket
25. Do something with the Tweed squares (quilt?)

15/25

Tomorrow I will work on the patchwork tote AND this weekend I hope to knock out the other reading challenge - so as I say nibble, nibble!

I have a little list

Every day in November I would like to do something in each of these categories

 

Health

 

Wellbeing

 

Crafting

 

Reading

 

Clearing

Within this ideally I would like to:-

 

Finish 4 knitted sampler squares

Wind yarn ready for January

Finish patchwork tote

Finish next section of shawlette

Stitch the Jelly Roll strips together

Sort sofa

Sort desk

Lose some weight!

Update at 2/3rds of the year

1. Read 219 books (173/219) 
2. Read at least 150 books from my TBR list/pot (108/150)
3. Do 13 new recipes (13/13) - done
4. Go for a make-up lesson - booked for a couple of weeks time
5. Finish red on Winnie the Pooh
6. Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh
7. Finish lavender on Winnie the Pooh
8. Finish pale pink on Winnie the Pooh
9. Finish yellow on Winnie the Pooh
10. Finish patchwork bag
11. Pick up and do the shawl collar on purple sweater
12. Knit 13 sampler squares (7/13)
13. Wear make-up at least 13 times (03/13)
14. Finish Shawlette 
15. Knit a scarf or start a blanket
16. Do something with the Tweed squares (quilt?)
17. Contact PCSO and return NW stuff - done
18. Find out about (and go to?) stitching classes - done
19. Lose 1 stone at least (starting weight 23 stone, highest weight for the year 24 stone 3 pounds) - done from highest weight

 

4/19

 

1. Finish red on Winnie the Pooh
2. Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh
3. Finish lavender on Winnie the Pooh
4. Finish pale pink on Winnie the Pooh
5. Finish yellow on Winnie the Pooh
6. Cut out patchwork bag - done
7. Stitch 1st section of patchwork bag
8. Finish patchwork bag
9. Pick up and do the shawl collar on purple sweater
10. Knit a sampler square - done
11. Knit a sampler square - done
12. Knit a sampler square - done
13. Knit a sampler square - done
14. Knit a sampler square - done
15. Knit a sampler square - done
16. Knit a sampler square - done
17. Knit a sampler square 
18. Knit a sampler square
19. Knit a sampler square
20. Knit a sampler square
21. Knit a sampler square 
22. Knit a sampler square
23. Work on Shawlette 
24. Knit a scarf or start a blanket
25. Do something with the Tweed squares (quilt?)

8/25

Hmm only 4 things completed!!! but a few are in hand so hopefully I will get a couple more under my belt before the year end - and if they need to go onto next years list then so be it!

Phew!!!

At long last I have finished some crafting and got some (a very small amount!) of tidying done!

Next stage clearing/tidying wise is the top of the blanket box upstairs, the sofa and my desk.  Crafting, well I hoped to do some cross stitch this week BUT having finished the green mat off with hand sewing I think I will knit instead - probably the sampler squares, this all means that my list for the year looks like this ...

1. Read 219 books (151/219) 
2. Read at least 150 books from my TBR list/pot (99/150)
3. Do 13 new recipes (12/13) 
4. Go to Clinique for a make-up lesson
5. Finish red on Winnie the Pooh
6. Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh
7. Finish lavender on Winnie the Pooh
8. Finish pale pink on Winnie the Pooh
9. Finish yellow on Winnie the Pooh
10. Finish patchwork bag
11. Pick up and do the shawl collar on purple sweater
12. Knit 13 sampler squares (0/13)
13. Wear make-up at least 13 times (03/13)
14. Finish Shawlette 
15. Knit a scarf
16. Do something with the Tweed squares (quilt?)
17. Contact PCSO and return NW stuff - done
18. Find out about (and go to?) stitching classes - done
19. Lose 1 stone at least

2/19

As people can see still lots to do! but I really hope to start getting some more of these done and soon!

eeep not doing well!

1. Read 219 books (130/219) 
2. Read at least 150 books from my TBR list/pot (83/150)
3. Do 13 new recipes (12/13) 
4. Go to Clinique for a make-up lesson
5. Finish red on Winnie the Pooh
6. Finish brown on Winnie the Pooh
7. Finish lavender on Winnie the Pooh
8. Finish pale pink on Winnie the Pooh
9. Finish yellow on Winnie the Pooh
10. Finish patchwork bag
11. Pick up and do the shawl collar on purple sweater
12. Knit 13 sampler squares (0/13)
13. Wear make-up at least 13 times (02/13)
14. Finish Shawlette 
15. Knit a scarf
16. Do something with the Tweed squares (quilt?)
17. Contact PCSO and return NW stuff - ip
18. Find out about (and go to?) stitching classes - done
19. Lose 1 stone at least

Okay the first three things are coming along, #18 is done, the rest .... well the least said about the rest the better! It looks like the last 5 months will be seriously busy!