Wednesday, January 04, 2012

December 2011 Recap...

...where baking produced most of the FOs this month.

Finished:
  • 12/8 Jane's Chunky Mochi Hat (knitting) [Ravelry]
  • Baking
    • Biscotti (7 kinds): 489
    • Cookies (11 kinds): 798
    • Pumpkin bread: 12 mini-bundt cake, plus 2 mini-loaves
    • Fruitcakes: 12 mini-bundt cake, plus 6 mini-loaves
    • Marbled peppermint bark: 3 lbs
    • Rocky Road bark: 1.5 lbs
    • Pistachio-cranberry bark: 1.5 lbs
    • Macadamia Lime Fudge: 1 lb
    • Grand Marnier Orange fudge: 1 lb
    • Amaretto Nuts: 6 lbs
    • Grand Marnier Nuts: 6 lbs
    • Chile-Lime Nuts: 3 lbs
  • Books:
    1. Fantasy in Death, JD Robb
    2. Threadbare, Monica Ferris
    3. Kindred in Death, JD Robb
    4. The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson
    5. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, Stieg Larsson
Started:
  • 12/9 Christmas present #2 (that's all the detail you get)

Worked on:
  • Nefertem Shawl (knitting) [Ravelry]

Works In Progress, did not work on:
  • Isonzo Merino-Bamboo top (spinning) [Ravelry]
  • Seaweed Cardigan (knitting)  [Ravelry]
  • Happy Pumpkin Scissor Fob by Shepherd's Bush (cross stitch)
  • Jungle Songs quilt
  • Natural Dyes batts from Yarn Wench (spinning) [Ravelry]
  • Peacock Pomatomus socks (knitting) [Ravelry]
  • Royale top, 2 oz (Merino-Yak-Silk) top from A Verb for Keeping Warm [Ravelry]
  • Sea Foam Wrap (knitting) [Ravelry

UFOs:
  1. Chasing Rainbows Heather--one Merino-Bombyx (2 oz) and one Merino wool (2 oz) (spinning)
  2. Peacock Majesty by Just Nan (cross stitch)
  3. Violet Needle Roll (cross stitch)
.

No comments:

WIP-it Wednesday...

 ...a little of this, a little of that. I needed to inject a little calmness, so I started another handspun. Here are the singles for ...