Saturday, January 02, 2010

2009 End of the Year Recap [long]

Finished in 2009 (by craft, then alphabetical order)
Those not on Ravelry can see pictures of these items in my Flickr photostream and sets: Knitting, Spinning, Quilting/Sewing, Needlework, and Weaving.

Quick Summary: Not as many projects completed due to various factors, the biggest of which is called Queen Mermaid. Large cross stitch pieces take a lot of time!

Christmas Baking

  1. 510 biscotti; 753 cookies
  2. 12 pounds of chocolate (truffles and chocolate bark)
  3. 36 cups of flavored nuts
  4. 17 mini-fruitcakes; 17 pumpkin bread loaves; and 6 gingerbread mini-loaves
Knitting
  1. Argosy scarf [Ravelry]
  2. Calorimetry 3 (charcoal) [Ravelry]
  3. Calorimetry 4 (blue) [Ravelry]
  4. Eleanor de Plume socks [Ravelry]
  5. Fraggled Socks [Ravelry]
  6. Fuzzy Lamb 1 by Fuzzy Mitten [Ravelry]
  7. Fuzzy Lamb 2 [Ravelry]
  8. Jaywalker socks [Ravelry]
  9. Purple Moebius Scarf [Ravelry]
  10. Queen of Beads socks [Ravelry]
  11. Under the Sea socks [Ravelry]
Quilting/Sewing
  1. Blue drawstring bag using a Happythings pattern (sewing)
  2. Knit-2 Sock Bag pattern 
  3. Purple Knit-2 Sock bag
  4. Purple Tote bag (Craft Bag Kwik Sew 3464 pattern)
Spinning
  1. Andromeda Merino-silk top from Yarn Wench; 237+yards, Navajo-plied; 14 WPI [Ravelry]
  2. Apricot Cinder Merino-Silk yarn; Merino-silk top from Yarn Wench; 223 yds Navajo-ply; 13 WPI [Ravelry]
  3. Blood Orange yarn; BFL top from Sakina Needles; 225+ yards 2-ply yarn; 12 WPI [Ravelry]
  4. Chocolate Covered Raspberries Seawool (4oz) from Creatively Dyed; 188 yards Navajo-ply; 13 WPI [Ravelry]
  5. Dragonfly Wings Merino-silk top by The Yarn Wench; 536+ yards of 2-ply; 15 WPI  [Ravelry]
  6. Nocturne yarn; Falkland top from Yarn Wench; 195.4 yards, Navajo-ply; 13 WPI [Ravelry]
  7. Pomegranate yarn; Naturally dyed gray alpaca (2 oz) from Tactile, a Fiber Arts Studio; 113 yards 2-ply; 16 WPI [Ravelry]
  8. Purr-ple yarn; Superfine Merino and Border Leicester lamb batts from Lisa Souza; 300 Navajo-ply; 15 WPI [Ravelry]
  9. Sea Foam yarn; BFL top from Yarn Wench; 322 yds, Navajo-ply; 15 WPI [Ravelry]
  10. Sea Nymph yarn; Merino top from Yarn Wench; 229.5 yards; 2 singles plied with Sulky Rayon thread; 14 WPI [Ravelry]
  11. Shipwreck yarn; Merino-Bamboo, Scarlet O'Hara Roving by Yarn Love; 300 yds 2-ply; 13 WPI [Ravelry]
  12. Tropical Fish yarn; Falkland top from Yarn Wench; 260 yds Navajo-ply; 14  WPI [Ravelry]
  13. Watermelon Rind yarn; Falkland top from Yarn Wench plus 3 ounces Corriedale cream single; 283.6 yards 3-ply; 2+ yards of 2-ply; 2+ yds Navajo-ply; 16 WPI [Ravelry]
Stitchery
  1. Spooky Wrap (cross stitch kit)
Weaving
  1. Deep Blue Sea Shawl [Ravelry]
  2. Deep Sea Flower Shawl [Ravelry]
  3. Mas-Acero Shawl [Ravelry]
  4. Plumcopper scarf [Ravelry]
  5. Purple Silk Wrap [Ravelry]
  6. River Rocked Shawl [Ravelry]
Other
  1. Amethyst stitch markers
  2. 4 bars Butter Mint soap
  3. 4 bars Creative Dreams soap
  4. 2 bars Gardener's soap
  5. Shell stitch markers
IDJ (It's Dead, Jim)

  1. Roguish Roses Socks (knitting) [Ravelry]
Works In Progress:

  1. February Lady Sweater (knitting) [Ravelry]
  2. Corrugator scarf (knitting) [Ravelry]
  3. Happy Pumpkin Scissor Fob by Shepherd's Bush (cross stitch)
  4. Morning Surf Scarf (knitting) [Ravelry]
  5. Paint It Red (quilting)
  6. Queen Mermaid by Mirabilia (cross stitch)
  7. Rusty Dahlia socks (knitting) [Ravelry]
  8. Sea Foam Wrap (knitting) [Ravelry]
  9. Simpatico Falkland yarn (spinning) [Ravelry]
  10. Wisteria Angora-Merino top from Tactile (spindle spinning) [Ravelry]
UFOs:
  1. Angora Cottage 70% Merino and 30% Silk 4 oz.roving in purple [Ravelry]
  2. Cascade Fixation anklets (knitting)
  3. Central Air socks (knitting)
  4. Chasing Rainbows Heather--one Merino-Bombyx (2 oz) and one Merino wool (2 oz) (spinning)
  5. Dogosaurus Rex sweater (knitting) [Ravelry}
  6. Flower Power quilt; top finished, need to sandwich and quilt (quilting)
  7. Hopi by Susan Portra (needlepoint)
  8. Jungle Songs quilt; top finished, need to sandwich and quilt (quilting)
  9. Montego Bay wrap in Walking on the Wild Tide yarn, using Montego Bay scarf pattern from Interweave Knits Summer issue (knitting)
  10. Paint it Black quilt
  11. Peacock Majesty by Just Nan (cross stitch)
  12. Queen Mermaid by Mirabilia (cross stitch; still languishing in its stretcher bars)
  13. Sangria shawl (knitting)
  14. Twinkletoes slippers; just need to make one (knitting)
  15. Violet Needle Roll (cross stitch
Time to go through the UFOs and either finish them or declare them IDJ.

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