YAY! Reading time tonight.

My yarn stash has been in a frightful state for too long now.  I've just finished sorting into bins, photographing and labeling the photos.  I've even set aside some stuff that I've decided I'll never use so I'll be able to see if someone else wants them.

I'm not going to update all my stash info on Ravelry for now as hints have been dropped that there'll be Quidditch points involved in January. 

So.... I've decided to reward myself with a bit of a read.  The promised storm has finally arrived but it's still a bit steamy so here goes my countdown to the end of the year.

WIP update

I got a few things finished in the last couple of days.  I'll possibly get one more done then I'll be able to post my final 'end of '09' list on the 31st.

My current WIPS

1. 'My Coffee' - Cotton cabled blanket
2. 'The Blues' - Looped mohair scarf
3. 'Red Slouch' - red beret
4. 'Mystery Stole 4' - shawl - I may end up froggng this one - it's not been fnished for a reason.
5. 'Decorative Irish Hikng Scarf' - Stained Glass colourway - machine washable yarn
6. 'Jade Emperor' - shawlette
7. 'Not Quite Last Minute Bag' - DONE
8. 'Slapping it on Again' - cotton sunhat
9. 'Grey Widow' - shawl
10. 'Screaming' - baby blanket - I'd lke to finish this soon.
11. 'Forest Floor' - shawl
12. 'Melisande' - lace scarf
13. 'Labyrinth Scarf' - illusion scarf.
14. 'Swirling Snow' - circular shawl.
15. 'Grasshopper' - scarf
16. 'Twin Rapids' - DONE
17. 'Purely Pretty' - lace scarf
18. 'Charlotte's Scarf' - lace scarf
19. 'Casual Jumper' - change of seasons jumper
20. 'Spring Nights Shawl' - really easy shawl
21. 'Summer Sun' - shawl.

I'm expecting this to go up on 1st Jan with new HPKCHC assignments get posted but hopefully I'll be able to get it down again.

I've got 2 things I want to fit into January assignments, a shawl & a pair of mittens.  Hopefully I'll be able to make them fit.

And here's the finished ones

And the delusion continues - Reading plan

I definitely didn't manage to reach my reading goal last year so it's unbelievable that I want to do so again.  I'm not going to set a target, just record what's read.

Re-reads vs New books
Fiction vs Non-fiction.
Children/YA vs General

I'm not going to break it down any further and I'll just count from 1st Jan (which means I can't include the 5 books I read over the weekend)

I've decided to keep track of my reading in a Spreadsheet.  Hopefully I'll remember to update.

10 projects in 2010

This is my current list.  I think I'll post an update at the end of each month with my progress.  I haven't got a full list of 10 as yet, but I'm sure I'll fill it quickly

1. India Stole- in some Rainbow coloured silk
   
2. Baba Yaga - messenger bag
   
3. Warm Grey Cardigan - combination of patterns. 
4. Snow Forest Yule Table Runner -self explainatory
   
5. A wool rug - stranded or intarsia from some undyed wool I've got sitting around. 
6. Something in entrelac - haven’t tried it yet but keep meaning to.
7. my first pair of socks - maybe, I’ll dare go onto a second pair if I get hooked (hoping not to though)
8. Jeanie - a cabled lacy shawl in 4 ply - a relatively quick knit. 

My current WIPS

1. 'My Coffee' - Cotton cabled blanket
2. 'The Blues' - Looped mohair scarf
3. 'Red Slouch' - red beret
4. 'Mystery Stole 4' - shawl - I may end up froggng this one - it's not been fnished for a reason.
5. 'Decorative Irish Hikng Scarf' - Stained Glass colourway - machine washable yarn
6. 'Jade Emperor' - shawlette
7. 'Not Quite Last Minute Bag' - this one will definitely be finished tomorrow
8. 'Slapping it on Again' - cotton sunhat
9. 'Grey Widow' - shawl
10. 'Screaming' - baby blanket - I'd lke to finish this soon.
11. 'Forest Floor' - shawl
12. 'Melisande' - lace scarf
13. 'Labyrinth Scarf' - illusion scarf.
14. 'Swirling Snow' - circular shawl.
15. 'Grasshopper' - scarf
16. 'Twin Rapids' - scarf - I changed the plan and made this pattern easier - I'd like to do it agan property
17. 'Purely Pretty' - lace scarf
18. 'Charlotte's Scarf' - lace scarf
19. 'Casual Jumper' - change of seasons jumper
20. 'Spring Nights Shawl' - really easy shawl
21. 'Summer Sun' - shawl.
    

Getting ready for 2010

Sometimes I wonder why I try to maintain a blog as every year I seem to post less & less.  In keeping with tradition, I've started afresh (to hide my shame) and I'm hoping this will be the year for success / consistency in this.  I freely admit that I'm talking into the ether and in all likelihood, no-one wll read this.  But, it's good discipline and good practice.

Although readng will always reman my first love I've got fairly obsessed about crafting over the past couple of years.  Ravelry is my favourite haunt.  The group I'm most active in s HPKCHC (Harry Potter Knit & Crochet House Cup) and I'll be mentioning it a fair bit.  New classes go up on 1st January and I'm hanging for the term to begin.  The basic structure is each month there are 6 possible classes of which I have to do one.  There's also OWLs (see to-do list) which are a major project supposed to take more than a month.  I tend to get a bt over ambitious with my OWLs, but I'm trying to pull back this term as I'll be moving house.

Another group I joined on Ravelry is '10 in 2010' where you list 10 things to be completed in 2010.  Due to the House Cup, I'm planning on finished many more than that but I'm going to treat it as 10 'middish major' projects.  I've put in at least one large one in the list so far but I'm also including trying out some new techniques.  My second aim with this group is to reduce my WIPs at the end of 2009 to 10 less than at the end of 2009.  At present I have 21 WIPS.  I'll finish off at least one of them this weekend so my target for the end of 2010 is...

To finish the year with a maximum of 10 WIPS.