{"id":29,"date":"2015-01-10T19:10:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T00:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpstg.bethzaske.com\/?p=29"},"modified":"2015-01-10T19:15:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T00:15:22","slug":"crafting-goals-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Crafting Goals for 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This post is written with much thanks to Matt for helping me make it look pretty (format it) and helping me figure out why I couldn&#8217;t get the pictures off the camera right away.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I love to create.\u00a0 Sometimes (okay, most times) I get an idea for what I would like to make and then dive right in.\u00a0 I start off and do well for some time only to put it down when I get busy with other projects&#8211;often for months at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Most of my projects are yarn crafts, mainly crocheting and knitting. I have a huge backlog of projects that need finishing.\u00a0 Add to that a ginormous amount of yarn for projects not yet started and you can understand why most of my goals have to do with yarn crafts.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33\" style=\"width: 372px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wpstg.bethzaske.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/yarn-cabinet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33 \" src=\"http:\/\/wpstg.bethzaske.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/yarn-cabinet-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"So much yarn! And this isn't even all of it. \" width=\"372\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/yarn-cabinet-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/yarn-cabinet-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">So much yarn! And this isn&#8217;t even all of it. I have a 20 gallon tote full and some off in the wild elsewhere.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I mostly crochet, but I am in the process of learning how to knit.\u00a0 So that alone doubles my in-progress projects.\u00a0 And if you add in all the fun stuff I&#8217;ve found on <a title=\"Ravelry\" href=\"http:\/\/ravelry.com\">Ravelry<\/a>, my list grows to an astronomical length.\u00a0 So I pared it down to something I might be able to accomplish in a year:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crochet:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: -20px;\">\n<li>sew together blocks for Americana Afghan<\/li>\n<li>Finish blue ripple afghan<\/li>\n<li>Finish gift project<\/li>\n<li>Find and finish my crocheted wrap project (I lost it somehow and was working with a favorite yarn!)<\/li>\n<li>Begin tree of life project<\/li>\n<li>Make flamenco outfits for my plastic flamingos<\/li>\n<li>make cat toys as needed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then there&#8217;s the<strong> knitting<\/strong>.\u00a0 I want to learn new skills, so these projects are towards that goal:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: -20px;\">\n<li>Make special gift x2-speed up my process to get things done on time<\/li>\n<li>Make socks-using double pointed needles, knitting in the round<\/li>\n<li>Winding river scarf-learn cable knit<\/li>\n<li>Baby gift to have on hand- increase and decrease techniques, lace techniques<\/li>\n<li>Skirt for me-knitting in the round<\/li>\n<li>Dress for Emily-construction techniques<\/li>\n<li>Tunic for Kirstin-same as above<\/li>\n<li>make a cat to watch over my yarn cabinet-doing tiny things in the round, stuffed animals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And then, if that isn&#8217;t enough to do, I also have two sewing projects planned.\u00a0 One I <strong>have<\/strong> to get done, but it&#8217;s rather straight forward: curtains for the girls&#8217; room.\u00a0 It shouldn&#8217;t take me too long to get them done, especially as I have the fabric on hand.\u00a0 The other sewing project is a top for myself.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going to do a mock-up out of some worn sheets we have on hand and then translate that to the other fabric once I get the fit exactly as I want it.\u00a0 I will not be making the girls&#8217; Halloween costumes this year.\u00a0 I promised myself that this last Halloween after rushing to get them done&#8211;again. I do not want to be sitting up the night before working to get things done.<\/p>\n<p>I will definitely keep busy this year between my writing and my crafting.\u00a0 As both are things I enjoy, I should have a good year. I will post pictures on here of things as I finish them.\u00a0 Except for the gifts. Those won&#8217;t be posted until after they are given for obvious reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is written with much thanks to Matt for helping me make it look pretty (format it) and helping me figure out why I couldn&#8217;t get the pictures off the camera right away. I love to create.\u00a0 Sometimes (okay, most times) I get an idea for what I would like to make and then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizabethzaske.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}