Crafty Goals

Last January I posted my crafty goals for the year, let's see how well I did.

Last year's goals:

• Make the maple leaf scarves for which I needed the red fleece.  Done!
• Sew a pin cushion for my fancy new pins from Lupin.
• Try spinning with my drop spindle (which is carried over from the 2007 list!)
• Knit the mitts from the kit I got at the Knitter's Fair.
• Knit myself a scarf with "mint-chocolate" yarn, also from the Knitter's Fair. Tried but decided this yarn is not right for the scarf I had pictured.  Going to do leg warmers instead (I think).
• Scrapbook the photos from my trip to England.
• Experiment with paper garlands.  Meant to do more then 1 but I'll count it as done.
• Dye yarn & unspun wool (for felting/spinning.)
• Make a brooch, something felted I think, to wear on my new sweater (because the Christmas tree one isn't going to cut it anymore!)  Done!
  
• Try out LiEr's katybag pattern.

Hmmm... I completed 3 out of 10 projects and started 2 (the ones that are half crossed out).

Elise has been posting a lot about goals recently.  I really liked her On Motivation post.  It has a lot of good ideas, like taking things off your to do list and setting dates for your goals.  I highly recommend you go read it!

With that in mind here are my crafty goals for 2011:

• Finish my fiddlehead mittens (kit purchased at the Knitter's Fair in 2009.  Outside of mitts done, just have the lining left).
• Finish my England scrapbook.
• Learn how to use my new sewing machine. I have 4 lessons lined up which should help a lot!
• Work on knitting up the yarn in my stash.
• Work on sewing through the (large pieces of) fabric (destined to be garments) in my stash.

And that's it for right now.  I know there will be a lot more craft projects that I discover through the year but I'll stick with those five goals for now.

How about you - do you have any projects or goals in mind for 2011?