Normally, I use the time between Christmas and New Years - those long lazy Summer days that just seem to fall off the calendar, for planning and plotting and thinking about the year ahead, but, let's face it, this year has just been crappy and so I have started dreaming early. I am disappointed about the lack of finished projects this year, especially the lack of finished quilts. I am a little aghast, and shocked, by how quickly my passion for craft books has got out of hand. I think they now fill about 4 bays of my Ikea storage and there may or may not be some more in the mail..
So that got me thinking. I loved reading "Julie and Julia" by Julie Powell - such a good book and a fun read. Whilst I have NO wish to ever cook every one of Julia Child's recipes it did give me an idea. What if I devoted next year to doing a Julie and Julia of my own? What if I seriously tried to make one thing from each of my crafty books? I could choose a few projects each month and just go for it? And you could follow along and even play too if you wanted to?
I think I probably need some rules (or some "outs") I think I should be allowed to skip books that I have already used. And some months I will definitely be more productive than others so I am not putting a limit on how many each month except to say that there has to be a one project minimum. I also think I need to concentrate on using from my stash so projects are allowed to be "modified" or "inspired by". I am looking forward to this. I will try to head each finished project with "Julie and Julia" for those who are following along (and don't worry, there will be plenty of other posts about all sorts of other things). I hope that Julie Powell would approve and take this project as a compliment.
So what do you think? Will it work?
Here's the latest finished project "the butterfly hat" from ravelry knitted up in the softest merino/angora blend for a friend who gave me a lovely knitting and crochet book that she didn't
I'm off to do a bit more dreaming/planning/trawling through craft books!
Happy Wednesday,
Nell
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2 comments:
Sounds like a good idea. I did not reach my goals either in this crappy year that I have had so want to do more next year. Maybe I will even join you in a project or two.
Lea-Anne
That would be awesome Lea-Anne!
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