2022 End of the Year Recap...
..in which we both caught Covid and we did a major remodel of our house along with all the rest of our normal activities.
Finished:
Baking, etc.
- No Christmas baking this year
- Almond Fruitcake for my brother
- Grand Marnier biscotti for my mom
- Lots of scones
Knitting
- 1/16 Pocket Kitty
- 3/17 Bankhead Hat
Needlework, All Cross Stitch
- 1/2 O Tannenbaum Christmas ornament
- 1/16 The Mermaid and The Sea
- 1/12 Winter Silver and Gold
- 3/25 Lilith of Labrador
- 4/22 Flower Girls mini
- 5/28 Big Bee, Little Bee mini
- 5/31 Bee Hive Violets
- 6/6 Summer Garden
- 7/5 Sailing Dreams
- 7/24 Hot Enough For Ya Day
- 9/30 Little Orange Fish
Quilting, Sewing, Finishing
- 5/5 Noche de los Muertos quilt
- 5/10 Bean Me Up! quilt
- 5/24 Mermaid Songs quilt
- 12/18 Sun, Sun, Sun, Here We Come! Quilt
Reading
- Read 159 books; see Reading List below
Sewing, Finishing
- 1/14 Finishing work for 12 pieces
- 1/16 Polka Dot Pin Cushion
Spinning
- 1/31 Grapevine handspun from Greenwood Fiberworks, 91.7 yds chain-ply, 11 WPI
- 2/4 Orchid Indigo handspun from the Yarn Wench, 62.5 yds. two-ply, Bulky weight
- 2/8 Violets Handspun from Louet, 70.8 yds chain-ply, 6 WPI
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2/18 Earth Dreams of Spring handspun from Creatively Dyed, 83.3 yds.,
chain-ply; 9 WPI
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3/14 Retro handspun from Creatively Dyed, 122.9 yds., chain-ply; 12 WPI
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3/28 Enchanted handspun from Greenwood Fiberworks, 189.6 yds chain-ply, 13
WPI
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3/29 Witches Brew, Potions, and Magic Phat Fiber Sampler (spinning)
[Ravelry]
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3/29 Ocean Tides and Tales Phat Fiber Sampler (spinning) [Ravelry]
- 4/8 Myths and Legends Phat Fiber Sampler
- 4/9 Beach Cottages and Lighthouses Phat Fiber Sampler
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5/11 Faded Roses handspun from Creatively Dyed, 156.3 yds., chain-ply; 12
WPI
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6/20 Blue Eyes Handspun from Greenwood Fiberworks, 177 yds chain-ply, 13
WPI
- 6/24 Wild Things Handspun from Lisa Souza, 233.3 yds., 14 WPI
- 7/1 Muse from The Yarn Wench, 45.8 yds, 3-ply; 6 WPI
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7/4 Seaglass from Greenwood FIberworks, 275 yds chain-ply, 14 WPI
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7/4 Needleloca from Purlescence Yarns, 31.25 yds. chain-ply, 14 WPI
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7/5 Rusty Sky from The Yarn Wench, 1: 75 yds, Bulky weight; 2: 52 yds in
bulky weight
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7/12 Chrysalis Dreams from The Yarn Wench, 35 yards 2-ply, Super Bulky
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7/13 Meteor Shower from Greenwood Fiberworks, 227 yds. chain-ply, 13 WPI
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7/15 Cider House from Greenwood Fiberworks, 309 yds. chain-ply, 15 WPI
- 7/15 Meander from The Yarn Wench, 48 yards 2-ply, Super Bulky
- 7/17 Lush from The Yarn Wench, 64.5 yards 2-ply, Bulky
- 7/19 Kilkenny from The Yarn Wench,,127 yards 2-ply, 9 WPI
- 7/22 Grapefizz from The Yarn Wench, 94 yards 3-ply, 10 WPI
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7/23 Metro Teal from Greenwood Fiberworks, 248 yds. chain-ply, 14 WPI
- 7/24 Satura from The Yarn Wench, 35.4 yards 3-ply, 6 WPI
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8/8 Neapolitan Handspun from Lone Star Arts, 89.5 yds 2-ply, Bulky weight
- 9/23 Sparkle Pink Handspun Ranch of the Oaks, 250 yds. chain-ply, 13 WPI
- Craft IDJ:
- Malachite (needlepoint)
- Phat Fiber Weaving (Weaving)
- Stormy Waters Shawl (knitting)
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Reading IDJ:
- Bounty Collected, Lindsey Devin
- Cursed Mate, Jen L Grey
- Cursed Siren: The Enchanting Fae, Katerina Martinez
- Dragon Heir, Milly Webb
- Endless Knight, Annabel Chase
- Family Money, Chad Zunker
- Layla, Colleen Hoover
- Like Me. Hayley Phelan
- Midnight Falls, McKenzie Hunter
- Shadow Angel, Leia Stone
- Vampires Will Be Vampires, Isla Frost
Works in Progress:
- Beach Please
- Effortless Cardigan (knitting)
- Illusion hexagons (knitting)
- Lemongrass weaving
- Look Through My Window quilt for me (quilting)
- Ocean Ripples Wrap (knitting)
- Pacific Waters tapestry (weaving)
- Singularity Shawl (knitting)
- Finishing work for some old crewel pictures (sewing)
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Finishing work for cross stitch
- Bee Hive Violets
- Big Bee, Little Bee mini
- Sailing Dreams
- Summer Garden
- Be My Baby for My Baby (knitting)
- Bear Paw pottery (needlepoint)
- Valley of the Heart's Delight sampler design (cross stitch)
Reading (Too long to put under Finished):
The leading words “A” and “The” have been ignored during the alphabetic sort.
- 22 Seconds, James Patterson
- 28 Summers, Elinn Hilderbrand
- Abandoned in Death, JD Robb
- All Is Faerie in Love and War, Isla Frost
- All the Beautiful Brides, Rita Herron
- All the Dead Girls, Rita Herron
- All the Pretty Faces, Rita Herron
- Angel Fever, Ella Summers
- Angel Fire, Ella Summers
- Angel Fury, Ella Summers
- Art of Inheriting Secrets, Barbara O’Neal
- Awakened, Linsey Hall
- Barefoot Season, Susan Mallery
- Beautiful Forevers, Jessie Gussman
- Beautiful Madness, Laken Cane
- Bedtime Fury, Annabel Chase
- Before She Dies, Rita Herron
- Best Bride, Susan Mallery
- Big Chicas Don’t Cry, Annette Chavez Macias
- Birds of Fury, Annabel Chase
- Black Soul, White Heart, Hailey Edwards
- Black Truth, White Lies, Hailey Edwards
- Black Wings, Gray Skies, Hailey Edwards
- Blackberry Summer, RaeAnne Thayne
- Bloodstream, Tess Gerritsen
- Blue Bistro, Elin Hilderbrand
- Boardwalk Bookshop, Susan Mallery
- Bridgerton Collection Vol 3, Julia Quinn
- Brighter the Light, Mary Ellen Taylor
- Bring Me Back, BA Paris
- Broken Elf King, Leia Stone
- Burning Girls, Rita Herron
- By a Thread, Lucy Score
- Captured, Linsey Hall
- Caramel Pecan Roll Murder, Joanne Fluke
- City of the Night, Linsey Hall
- Crossing the Lines, Nancy Warren
- Crown of Starlight, Linsey Hall
- Dark Bite, Leia Stone
- Dark Bond, Leia Stone
- Dark Soul, Leia Stone
- Darkness Unchained, McKenzie Hunter
- Dead Against Her, Melinda Leigh
- Dead Little Darlings, Rita Herron
- Deadly Knight, Annabel Chase
- Desperation in Death, JD Robb
- Dragon Heir, Jen L Grey
- Dragon Mate, Jen L Grey
- Dragon Queen, Jen L Grey
- Dragons are a Girl’s Best Friend, Isla Frost
- Drown Her Sorrows, Melinda Leigh
- Dying for Love, Rita Herron
- Dying to Tell, Rita Herron
- Every Picture Tells a Fury, Annabel Chase
- Fairy Magic, Ella Summers
- Family Affair, Robyn Carr
- Finding Harmony, Pamela Fagan Hutchins
- Five Winters, Kitty Johnson
- Forest of Stars, Linsey Hall
- Frozen Souls, Rita Herron
- Fun & Funky Cross Stitch, Immediate Media
- Fun and Fury, Annabel Chase
- Fury and Ice, Annabel Chase
- Fury Godmother, Annabel Chase
- Ghouls Don’t Scamper, Kim McDougall
- Girl, Forgotten, Karin Slaughter
- Glimmer of Death, Heather G Harris
- Glimmer of Deception, Heather G Harris
- Glimmer of Hope, Heather G Harris
- Glimmer of the Other, Heather G Harris
- Good Little Girls, Rita Herron
- Grace Under Fury, Annabel Chase
- Gray Tidings, Hailey Edwards
- Gray Witch, Hailey Edwards
- Great Balls of Fury, Annabel Chase
- Grimalkins Don’t Purr, Kim McDougall
- Guardians of the Pack, Heather G Harris
- Heart of Lies, Lisa Edmonds
- Hell Hath No Fury, Annabel Chase
- Hell Hounds Don’t Heel, Kim McDougall
- Her Dying Breath, Rita Herron
- Hidden Bones, Rita Herron
- Homewreckers, Mary Kay Andrews
- Hotel Nantucket, Elin Hiderbrand
- House on Cannon Beach, RaeAnne Shayne
- Hummingbird, Helen Harper
- Impossible to Forget, Imogen Clark
- In the Pines, Kendra Elliot
- Informed Risk, Robyn Carr
- Inn at Eagle Point, Sherryl Woods
- Kelpies Don’t Fly, Kim McDougall
- Killer’s Kiss, Helen Harper
- Kismet, Amina Akhtar
- Kiss Me, Linsey Hall
- Kiss of Shadow, Linsey Hall
- Last Dragon King, Leia Stone
- Last Lie Told, Debra Webb
- Leaving Annalise, Pamela Fagan Hutchins
- Legacy, Nora Roberts
- Listen to Me, Tess Gerritsen
- Little White Lies, Rita Herron
- Lost Siren, Katerina Martinez
- Love & Curse Making, Kelly St. Clare
- Love & Heart Braking, Kelly St. Clare
- Love & Magic Shaking, Kelly St. Clare
- Magic and Mayhem, Annie Anderson
- Magical Twilights, Jessie Gussman
- Marriage on Demand, Susan Mallery
- Midnight Moon, Linsey Hall
- Misty Mornings, Jessie Gussman
- Moon Tortured, McKenzie Hunter
- Moonglow Sisters, Lori Wilde
- No Guts, No Fury, Annabel Chase
- Odd Time for Sophie Feegle, Gwen DeMarco
- One Knight Stand, Annabel Chase
- Out of the Corner, Jennifer Grey
- Pink Moon, Annabel Chase
- Playing with Fury, Annabel Chase
- Portents and Oddities, Gwen DeMarco
- Precious Memories, Jessie Gussman
- Pretty Little Killers, Rita Herron
- Protection of the Pack, Heather G Harris
- Red Rook, Annabel Chase
- Reminders of Him, Colleen Hoover
- Reunion, Meghan Quinn
- Saviour of the Pack, Heather G Harris
- Shanna, Kathleen Woodiwiss
- Silent Dolls, Rita Herron
- Sinister Magic, Lindsay Buroker
- Siren Trials, Katerina Martinez
- Sister of the Bride, Susan Mallery
- Slice of Heaven, Sherryl Woods
- Sophie and the Odd Ones, Gwen DeMarco
- Soul Taken, Patricia Briggs
- Spells and Slip-ups, Annie Anderson
- Stolen Angels, Rita Herron
- Sweet Afternoons, Jessie Gussman
- Tender Memories, Jessie Gussman
- Things We Never Got Over, Lucy Score
- This Place of Wonder, Barbara O’Neal
- Three Alarm Fury, Annabel Chase
- Three Dog Knight, Annabel Chase
- Tomorrow’s Blessings, Jessie Guzman
- Touch of Brimstone, McKenzie Hunter
- Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption and Hollywood, Danny Trejo
- Well of Souls, Linsey Hall
- Where I Come From, Aaron Sanchez
- Whisk and Reward, Nancy Warren
- Widow, Kaira Rouda
- Wild Knight, Annabel Chase
- Wildflower Graves, Rita Herron
- Wildflower Wedding, Grace Greene
- Wolf Chosen, Alexis Calder
- Wolf Marked, Alexis Calder
- Wolf Queen, Linsey Hall
- Wolf Untamed, Alexis Calder
- Woodrose Mountain, RaeAnne Thayne
- Worth Dying For, Rita Herron
- Yesterday’s Treasures, Jessie Guzman
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