Sew Dance

I started my HAED. 14 rows so far and the picture doesn't do it justice. My boyfriend's hat kind of fell to the wayside. I did everything up until the last increase round. I'll get back to it soon. I spent money on stash this week. I bought 25 ct fabric for future HAED's as I know I'll need it. I also bought a 500g cone of black. It's approximately 264 skeins. I think it'll last me a while. Also picked up this chart and charms pack. And Herrschner's is sending me extra yarn to finish the coasters. They shipped it to my parent's place  though...

But the kit for the dragon coasters didn't provide enough thread for the colors needed to overcast the dragons. The castle is put together, but I ran out of the blue. And I had 3 full lengths of the gray left for the dragons, but each will take at least an entire length. I emailed Herrschners to see if they could send me the missing yarn. In the meantime I've started crocheting a hat for my boyfriend and kitted up a HAED for their Challenge #4, Alternative Reality.

I continued to work on the dragon coaster set this week. But now for the reason for the title of this post. I love HAED patterns, even though I've yet to actually complete one. But that's lack of time and wanting to do other things. I digress. I have over 800 patterns on my wishlist. I ended up down to 21 after much debating. First pass through I still had over 80... So this is what I ended up with: No idea when I'll find time to stitch all of these...

So I started to make the other owl pillow. Managed to get one side done after modifying the ears slightly. But doing plain rows was getting annoying to me. So I switched to plastic canvas coasters. And since I have a code for 20% off a HAED purchase, I need to figure out what patterns of my 800+ wishlist I want. Oh boy.

Happy New Year! Today is the start of a new year of craft projects. And I already have my first finish. A round crochet owl pillow. Isn't he cute? Not too happy he took up nearly 3/4 of a bag of fiberfill to stuff him though... Currently working on the square sibling. May buy a pillow form and stuff around that.

Let's see... my goals for 2016. Turn yarn/fabric stash into finished projects. I figure I should cut down my stash in my closet. Yarn/fabric is bulkier and heavier than my cross stitch so I may concentrate on those. Get back to dancing. Which should help improve my unmet goal (2) from last year. I will get back to insanity. But the height of my bed plus my new lamp hasn't made working on GK's easy to use the magnifying glass. Learn to knit.  Yeah, didn't happen. I did this for about 9 months. Then I bought the apartment and couldn't afford both. Not quite. My new stitching place is the right height, but I need another pillow to keep my from sliding away from the arm. Nope. Didn't have the time. I have all the materials I need but never quite got around to it. I did however finish 12 crochet projects, 4 cross stitch projects, and 2 I'll categorize as other. Not bad for having a full time job again. For 2017 my goals are: Work on a GK/HA...

So I managed to finish the presents I was making. don't have a finished picture of my dad's basketweave blanket although I finished that while at my parent's house. My mom's angel . My boyfriend's Ninetails. Merry Christmas. Onto my next project.