2012 - A New Year ...

Time to move on to the New Year!

Plans for this year?  Well, I have sewing plans, knitting plans, and quilting plans.  Plus plans for organizing our finances and giving more attention to housecleaning.  Plus cooking and baking.  Too many plans!!

First, though, I have some unfinished Christmas gifts that need to get finished.  I have LOTS of fleece pieces leftover from making boxer dog jackets, and so I planned on making sweatshirts/tops/jackets out of them for my grandchildren (ages 4, 2, and 2).  Easy enough, but to go with the jackets (kind of bolero style) I am also making jumpers for the two girls.  One jacket and one jumper are complete, and one jumper is cut out.  They are cute; I might keep them for birthday gifts (since they will most likely be too big for them right now anyway), but ... they still need to get completed.  I also started sofa quilts for my two daughters-in-law at various times last year, and they also need to be done for Christmas 2012 (since it is too late for Christmas 2011!).   And, I have two other quilt tops to quilt, and one quilt all cut out waiting to be sewn up.  Plus a sweater waiting for a front panel, and TONS of yarn waiting for any project at all!  That is probably not all of my UFOs, but ... it is enough to list for now!

Before I finish them, I am knitting two newborn baby sweaters for my mom.  No, she is not having twins, but she did ask for the sweaters.  Her church is completing layettes, and, since my mom doesn't knit, she asked if I would knit for her.  Of course!!  I love to knit, and baby sweaters are adorable and fast!  Mom's birthday is in two days, so I am planning on presenting the two sweaters to her at that time.  I will post a picture when they are done.

And, once I start knitting ... I would like to knit a sweater for my grandson, who will be two in three weeks.  His fleece sweatshirt can wait, I think;  he really wants a sweater, I'm sure!  (Did I mention the TONS of yarn just waiting to be used?!)

That should get me to the end of January, and then the project list is wide open!