Category: fiber goals

  • Fiber Goals 2023: Mid-year check-in

    Fiber Goals 2023: Mid-year check-in

    It’s the middle of the year, so it’s time for a mid-year look at how my 2023 fiber goals are going! This year’s goals were: Most of these are going pretty well. Toys I’ve done a lot of these! I already talked about a few in April, and last week I finished this summer’s mystery…

  • Fiber goals 2023

    Fiber goals 2023

    Every year I set myself some fiber-related new years resolutions to enhance my crafting. Fiber Goals for 2023: 1. Toys 2. Hand-dyed, hand-spun 3. Complicated Cables 4. Patterns I (already) own

  • Fiber Goals 2022: how did I do?

    Fiber Goals 2022: how did I do?

    I set myself 4 fiber goals for 2022: 1. rainbows 2. advents past 3. skipping the pattern 4. finish the sabbatical quilt. So how did I do?

  • Mid-year fiber goals check-in: the “other” ideas

    Mid-year fiber goals check-in: the “other” ideas

    As in previous years, I chose four Fiber Goals for 2022. That small number always leaves me with a bunch of ideas that I toss out there on the post that I wasn’t committing to finish but also wanted to record as ideas. A year is a long time so some of those always manage…

  • Mid year check-in: 2022 fiber goals

    Mid year check-in: 2022 fiber goals

    For the past 7 years I’ve done fiber goals instead of new years resolutions. It’s been a fun way to guide my crafting plans. Here’s a link to my 2022 fiber goals. We’re nearly halfway through the year, so let’s talk about how it’s going. Goal 1: Rainbows 🌈 Started strong with using half of…

  • Fiber goals 2022

    Fiber goals time! Still more fun than new years resolutions. Previous years: 2021 Fiber goals 2020 Fiber goals 2019 Fiber goals 2018 Fiber goals 2017 Fiber goals 2016 Fiber goals are in bottom of 2017 post above. Rainbows 🌈 — I’ve taken to trying to find a rainbow project for pride month every year, but…

  • 2021 Fiber Goals: how did I do?

    2021 Fiber Goals: how did I do?

    My 2021 fiber goals were as follows: Knit something famous. Self striping stuff Kits in Stash Crochet cables I’d actually done enough to feel like I’d met all of these when I did my August mid-year goals check in. Including finishing many of the goals that didn’t make the cut for top 4 last year!…

  • Fiber goals 2021: the rejected ideas

    Fiber goals 2021: the rejected ideas

    When I did my August check in I’d already achieved all of 2021’s goals. (August goals post.) So let’s talk about the other non-goals I’d talked about first. (2021 goals post.) 1. Spinning Techniques I did try out core spinning! I only did a little sample but I’ve got plans for more. My real problem…

  • 2021 fiber goals: August progress

    2021 fiber goals: August progress

    Not exactly a mid-year check-in because I stopped blogging when the Moderna vaccine knocked me on my butt and I spent a month sleeping while my immune system did its thing. I’m fine now but got out of the blogging habit when I needed more naps. But when you check on after nine months instead…

  • 2021 Fiber Goals

    2021 Fiber Goals

    As usual, fiber goals are more fun than new years resolutions. Previously…. 2020 Fiber goals 2019 Fiber goals 2018 Fiber goals 2017 Fiber goals 2016 Fiber goals are in bottom of 2017 post above. 1. Knit something famous. I’ve never knit a Find Your Fade or anything by Stephen West. But I did try something…

  • 2020 Fiber Goals: How did I do?

    2020 Fiber Goals: How did I do?

    My 2020 goals were as follows: Whittle down the WIPs and Query the Queue. A Bit of Brioche.  Top to Toes Some Smaller Shawls By my mid-year 2020 fiber-goals check in post, I’d already done 3 of them and decided that #4 was a silly goal in a year when it was finally easy for…