"Craft 365" - The New Year Crafting Challenge For A New Mum!

We are here once again at the beginning of another new year and the chance to make those New Year's resolutions and start challenges and projects and goals all over again.

On the first of January I decided I would challenge myself this year to do something "crafty" everyday. I was still inspired with the concept of "Spin 365", spinning everyday of the year and recording my progress, but I found I want to do some of my other crafts other than just spinning when I did try this challenge. So the "Craft 365" challenge was born. I also wanted I see if I could still actually craft everyday, especially after becoming a Mum for the first time with the arrival of my daughter last July.

So as a new Mum, I am taking up this new challenge to craft everyday this year, and to try and post regular updates of my progress, as the little monkey lets me Lol! So here goes!

WEEK 1

 Day1: I grabbed a handful of UFO Spins and plied them together

Day 2: I had some fun blending and made these batts up

"Enchanted Silver" Deluxe Mini Batt

"Cookies N Cream" Deluxe Mini Batt

 Day 3: I joined the FWA Spin-a-long on Ravelry on the 1st and decided to start spinning up a "Frozen" Batt for the month

Day 4: Another day blending and this time I played with a rainbow batt & rolags

"Rainbow" Deluxe Mini Batt

"Rainbow" Deluxe Rolags

Day 5: I was inspired by one of the spinners on ravelry to try and spin a sweater's worth of handspun in 3 months and I decided it was time to try and spin up some more stash. So I ripped it all up into pieces and sat and just started to spin on one of my wheels. This is a huge challenge for me, but I am determined to seriously start spinning through my stash!

 

Day 6: I spent some time in the dye pot and these are the Alpaca tops that came out

"Flame Splash" Alpaca Tops

"Ocean" Alpaca Tops

"Royal Splash" Alpaca Tops

 Day 7: Today was a real challenge and I had to get a little creative to try and fit some crafting in between my little monkey's play time. It was a hot day and she was a little cranky, but I managed to grab an hour to blend up this Batt. It wasn't as much as I would have liked but something is better than nothing!

"Diva" Deluxe Mini Batt

So I have managed to make it through my first 7 days of the "Craft 365" New Year's Crafting Challenge. As always, the Batts and Alpaca tops is available for purchase through my shop. I wonder what the next week will bring?

Happy Crafting!

Liz :-)

www.lizgreenarts.etsy.com

Super Soft Easy-To-Spin Cotton Top

Super soft cotton top ready to go! Super easy to spin and perfect for weaving or chunky knitting and crochet!
Now available in my shop :-)

Where has the time gone?

It is hard to believe that a month has passed already since I last posted, but a month has been and gone! Where has the time gone! I would like to think that I had spent most of that time crafting away and making things, but looking back over the month, it seems only a little crafting was done. So here is what I did do...

I managed to do a little spinning...

... and have a little play in the dye pot... both colours can be found in my shop...

... and I have managed a little knitting on a Baby Surprise Jacket!

And despite all of these projects in progress, I have found another new project! In my perusing of patterns on Ravelry, I came across these - A pair of Helix Mitts! So what did I do? I cast on :D Stay tuned to see how they turn out!

Happy Crafting!