Short Story: It was the year of the pi shawl. I knit two (!) in one year...and vowed never to do that again! It was also the year I learned how to spin art yarn.
Finished:
Christmas Baking, etc.
- 661 biscotti; 815 cookies
- 9 pounds of chocolate (fudge and chocolate bark) -- this is an estimate, I think it might be closer to 12 pounds, but I need to do some calculations
- 15 lbs of flavored nuts
- 30 mini-loaves and 10 medium loaves of fruitcake, pumpkin bread, and lemon bread
- Have a Mini-Pookie Christmas ornaments [Ravelry]
- Lacy in the Sky with Diamonds, a Celestarium shawl [Ravelry]
- Make Mine Charcoal hat [Ravelry]
- Sea Foam Cowl [Ravelry]
- The Night is Purple and Full of Stars (Southern Skies) shawl (knitting) [Ravelry]
- Caterwauling quilt for the cats
- What Do You See in the Sea? baby quilt
- Bunnies and Duckies and Bears, Oh My! baby quilt (quilting)
- Read 101 books (list at the end of the post)
- Black Peacock; Wild Card Bling batt from Yarn Wench; 37.2 yds bulky [Ravelry]
- Blue Fortune; Mostly Blue Wheel of Fortune batt (1 oz) from Purlescence Yarns; 37.2 yds, 10 WPI [Ravelry]
- Bollywood; Red and Blue Wheel of Fortune batt from Purlescense Yarns; 87.5 yds. 11-12 WPI [Ravelry]
- Carnaval; Wild Card 4931 batt from Yarn Wench; 74.4 yds , bulky [Ravelry]
- Crashing Surf; Wild Card Bling batt from Yarn Wench; 31.6 yds bulky [Ravelry]
- Crazy Purple from Tanglebella Fibers; 119.1 yds 10 WPI[Ravelry]
- Cream V from Faerie Mountain Fibers; 96.7 yds 13 WPI [Ravelry]
- Earth; Red and Brown Wheel of Fortune batt from Purlescence Yarns; 46.5 yds 11 WPI) [Ravelry]
- Get Back Red-Black from Faerie Mountain Fibers; 74.4 yds 9 WPI [Ravelry]
- Glimmer 1 - 20.5 yds bulky [Ravelry]; Glimmer 2 - 24.2 yds, bulky [Ravelry]; Glimmer Locks - 9.3 yds bulky; [Ravelry]: all from Glimmer Wild Card Bling batt by Yarn Wench;
- Monet handspun from Greenwood Fiberworks; 68.9 yds 13 WPI [Ravelry]
- Navajo Turquoise from the Yarn Wench; 210.3 yds. chain ply; 14 WPI [Ravelry]
- Pilgrim from A Verb for Keeping Warm; 325.7yds, 17 WPI [Ravelry]
- Pretty in Pink; Pink Layered batt from Caliope's Fibre; approx 50 yards, worsted weight [Ravelry]
- Purple Fortune; Purple Wheel of Fortune batt from Purlescence Yarns; 100.5 yds 13 WPI ) [Ravelry]
- Red Fortune; Red-Gold Wheel of Fortune batt from Purlescence Yarns; 102.3 yds 13 WPI [Ravelry]
- Red-copper; Mostly Red Wheel of Fortune batt from Purlescense Yarns; 94.9 yds. 12 WPI [Ravelry]
- Royale from A Verb For Keeping Warm; 169.4 yds chain-ply, 18 WPI [Ravelry]
- Tribe from Greenwood Fiberworks; 238.2 yds chain ply; 15 WPI [Ravelry]
- Verdant art yarn; Art rolags from The Yarn Wench; 37.2 yds. Bulky weight [Ravelry]
- Wild and Natural; Natural Dyes Wild Card #5018 from Yarn Wench; 93 yds, 11 WPI [Ravelry]
- Windsor Denim and Chocolate from Royale Hare; 134 yds chain-plied, 12 WPI [Ravelry]
- Witches Tresses from Shooting Yarn; 214.1 yds 10 WPI ) [Ravelry]
- Zen 2 from Yarn Wench; 249.4 yds chain-ply 12 WPI [Ravelry]
- A Captured Moment, a Daydreams/Dimensions kit (cross stitch)
- Bulb by Shepherd's Bush (cross stitch)
- Be a Witch by Shepherd's Bush (cross stitch)
- Happy Pumpkin Fob by Shepherd's Bush (cross stitch)
- Lamb by Shepherd's Bush (cross stitch)
- Oriental Butterfly, a Daydreams/Dimensions kit (embroidery)
- Recipe for Summer, Pine Mountain Designs kit (cross stitch)
- Log Cabin Scarf--finishing work for Stitches West class [Ravelry]
- A Taste of Honey woven shawl (weaving) [Ravelry]
- Set of 5 stitch markers (beading)
- 10 project bags (sewing)
IDJ (It's Dead, Jim):
Reading
- Dearie (Julia Child bio), Bob Spitz (tedious amount of detail)
- Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner, Diana Gabaldon (not into the British spy thing)
- The Wolf Gift, Anne Rice (Could not get into it; really didn't care about the characters)
- Violet Needle Roll (cross stitch)
- Watercolour Cats
- Watercolour Lighthouses
- Anasazi by Susan Portra (needlepoint)
- Carbonized Zombie Socks (knitting) [Ravelry]
- Cazadero Mist (4 oz) from Royale Hare [Ravelry]
- Celaeno Shawl (knitting) [Ravelry]
- Halloween Phat Fiber samples (spinning) [Ravelry]
- Hive by Shepherd's Bush (cross stitch)
- Jack's Cousteau Hat [Ravelry]
- Love scissor fob by Shepherd's Bush (cross stitch)
- Mediterranean Mermaid by Mirabilia, originally started 11/6/11; restarted 9/1/13 (cross stitch)
- Going Snow Global quilt (quilting)
- Peacock Pomatomus socks (knitting) [Ravelry]
- Peacock Majesty by Just Nan (cross stitch)
- Seaweed Cardigan (knitting) [Ravelry]
- 12th of Never, James Patterson
- A Demon's Desire , Lizzy Ford
- A Touch of Dead, Charlaine Harris
- A Witch's Handbook of Kisses and Curses, Molly Harper
- Always Running , Luis J. Rodrigues
- And Then You Dye, Monica Ferris
- Archangels Legion , Nalini Singh
- Autumn Storm, Lizzy Ford
- Birthright, Nora Roberts
- Biting Bad, Chloe Neill
- Blood Trade, Faith Hunter
- Bloodfever, Karen Marie Moning
- Bound, Elisabeth Naughton
- Buried in Buttercream , GA McKevett
- Burro Genius, Victor Villasenor
- Calculated in Death, JD Robb
- Chasing Fire, Nora Roberts
- Chimes at Midnight, Seanan McGuire
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder, Joanne Fluke
- Close Knit Killer , Maggie Sefton
- Coveted, Shawntelle Madison
- Dance Upon the Air, Nora Roberts
- Dark Summer, Lizzy Ford
- Dark Witch, Nora Roberts
- Darkfever, Karen Marie Moning
- Darkness Dawns, Dianne Duvall
- Darkness Rises, Dianne Duvall
- Darkyn's Mate, Lizzy Ford
- Dates From Hell, Kim Harrison
- Dead Ever After, Charlaine Harris
- Dead Witch Walking, Kim Harrison
- Deadly Sting, Jennifer Estep
- Deidre's Death, Lizzy Ford
- Destiny Kills, Keri Arthur
- Devils Food Cake Murder, Joanne Fluke
- Dreamfever, Karen Marie Moning
- Dumping Billy, Olivia Goldsmith
- Enraptured, Elisabeth Naughton
- Enslaved, Elisabeth Naughton
- Entwined, Elisabeth Naughton
- Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues, Diana Rowland
- Ever After, Kim Harrison
- Face the Fire, Nora Roberts
- Faefever, Karen Marie Moning
- Forbidden, Jacquelyn Frank
- Forever, Jacquelyn Frank
- Frost Burned, Patricia Briggs
- Gabriel's Angel, Nora Roberts
- Gabriel's Hope, Lizzy Ford
- Gotcha, Fern Michaels
- Gunmetal Magic, Ilona Andrews
- Heart of Venom, Jennifer Estep
- Heartbreak Ranch, Fern Michaels
- Heaven and Earth, Nora Roberts
- House Rules, Chloe Neill
- In Their Footsteps/Thief of Hearts, Tess Gerritsen
- Keeper of the Bride, Tess Gerritsen
- Kept, Shawntelle Madison
- Kicking It, Faith Hunter
- Kiera's Moon , Lizzy Ford
- Kiss of Venom, Jennifer Estep
- Maddy's Oasis , Lizzy Ford
- Magic Bites, Ilona Andrews
- Magic Bleeds, Ilona Andrews
- Magic Burns, Ilona Andrews
- Magic Dreans, Ilona Andrews
- Magic Gifts, Ilona Andrews
- Magic Mourns, Ilona Andrews
- Magic Rises, Ilona Andrews
- Magic Slays, Ilona Andrews
- Magic Strikes, Ilona Andrews
- Marked, Elisabeth Naughton
- Mercy Burns, Keri Arthur
- Mr and Miss Anonymous, Fern Michaels
- Murder Comes Unraveled, Very Ann Grace
- My Happy Days in Hollywood, Gary Marshall
- My Life as a White Trash Zombie, Diana Rowland
- Night Reigns, Dianne Duvall
- Personal Demons, Stacia Kane
- Phantom Shadows, Dianne Duvall
- Presumed Guilty, Tess Gerritsen
- Rebel Heart, Lizzy Ford
- Second Honeymoon, James Patterson
- Shadowfever, Karen Marie Moning
- Some Girls Bite, Chloe Neill
- Star Kissed, Lizzy Ford
- Starting Now, Debbie Macomber
- Tempted, Elisabeth Naughton
- Thankless in Death , JD Robb
- The Ideal Man, Julie Garwood
- The Inn at Rose Harbor, Debbie Maccomber
- The Next Always , Nora Roberts
- The Search, Nora Roberts
- The Spider, Jennifer Estep
- Touch of the Demon, Diana Rowland
- Transition: The Story of How I became a Man, Chaz Bono
- Twice Tempted, Jeaniene Frost
- Unfinished Business, Nora Roberts
- White Trash Zombie Apocalypse, Diana Rowland
- Winter Fire, Lizzy Ford
- Xander's Curse, Lizzy Ford
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