In the year 2012

It’s New Year’s Eve, and time to have a look back at what I’ve been doing for the past year.

Compared to earlier years, it’s been a pretty bad year for Bugs and Dudes. I completed the patterns of two bugs that had been finished for months, so I’m not sure if they really count… The second firefly and the cranefly:

All I have is an unfinished bug and a half set of Australian dudes, of which only the koala is completely finished:

The pattern for the Kitty Princess was finished and published…

For Easter I crocheted a bunny, but I was too late to get the pattern ready. Now it’s one of the patterns that are stuck in my broken laptop But she’s very cute, and I really want to finish the pattern in time for next Easter

I also made this sweet little bird’s nest for Easter, from leather string, yarn and beads for eggs:

During the summer nothing much happened. I had to work a lot and the house was being fixed up and painted, so not too much time for crochet. I learned a new crochet technique, hairpin lace. My first project:

Then came August and the London Olympics. I decided to participate in the Ravellenic Games on Ravelry, and used the opportunity to finish a lot of old projects that had hibernated for months (and years!).

Plus I made two new things as well, some potholders in horrible colors and a pair of wristwarmers with a bit of hairpin lace in them:

Later I made a seat warmer so I wouldn’t freeze my butt off while I was away on field trips. Same pattern as the potholders, only bigger, and then felted:

Then the fall semester started for real, plus I’d just moved into a new apartment and was still trying to get organized, so I didn’t really crochet anything for months.I finished a hook holder for my Tunisian crochet hooks that had been in progress since some time last year:

I just barely managed a new set of Halloween Dudes in time for the holiday, with only a week to go:

Then it seems that my inspiration came back, and with a vengeance. Of course, my exam period were right around the corner, and naturally all I wanted to to was crochet. I finished a jellyfish I’d been working on since summer, the Compass Jellyfish:

Hooked on jellies, I started two more immediately after finishing the first, but sadly none of them are done yet. I had hoped to finish one more pattern this year, but work and holiday preparations took more time than I’d expected. They will be done early next year, though

Last night I experimented a bit with nalbinding, I expect the last new craft I’ll learn this year If all goes well there will be more of that next year. Perhaps I can make socks and stuff

So my goals for this coming year? Finish a lot of old projects before starting new ones! I also have a very important project that I can’t tell you much about yet, and as always I expect that school will keep me too busy to make all the things I plan to. We’ll see

 

I hope you’ve all had a nice holiday and wish you a Happy New Year