Happy New Year, all! 2024 was a busy year, and I'm looking forward to a productive 2025. Here are the goals I set for myself for the final three months of 2024:
- Publish the last three patterns for the year
- Publish at least one free pattern
- Finish my son's blanket
- Make a pair of Entrelac Booties for the baby
- Make the Rug Me Up Hooded Jacket for the baby
- Start working on the Patricia Kristofferson coaster set
- Make an instructional video for the blog
- Continue weekly charity stitching
- Send box to the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society
- Send box to Today Is A Good Day
- Make dishcloths for the local foodbank, ahead of Thanksgiving
I did publish my final three patterns for the year. I set the annual goal of a dozen patterns for sale per year, and I actually published pattern number seven after my last quarterly update, so I really published the final four patterns in the last three months. The Topsy-Turvy Mittens (a top-down mitten pattern), the Mitered Baby Blanket, and the Cables and Lace Seaman's Scarf were all knitted patterns; and the Improved Hexagon Jacket was my final crochet pattern of the year.
In addition to those four, 2024 saw the release of the Crazy Filet Shawlet, Top-Down Crochet Mittens, a Folded Cowl, a Cabled Headband, a S2S Crochet Cable Hat, a Quick and Easy Crocheted Baby Blanket, the Spider Web Baby Blanket, and Practical Crocheter's Spot Purse.
Along with those, I also put some new merch in the Stitch Whisper Designs Etsy Shop.
Before the end of the year, I also published a Pacifier Minder and a Pentagonal Dishcloth as free crochet patterns. Earlier in the year, I also put out a Modified Star/Flower Motif, a Net Stitch Pentagon, and a Basic Baby Cap; and I republished the Child's Neck Gaiter as a printable.
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I finally, FINALLY finished my son's twin size blanket. It took me far longer than it should have, but I'm very pleased with how it came out.
For the baby, I did make the Entrelac Booties, but they came out a little on the small side. Oh, well. They were fun to make. However, she still needed socks, so I made her a pair of Bitsa Bootees and a pair of Monster Socks.
I did not start on the Rug Me Up Hooded Jacket, but I did make the first two coasters from Patricia Kristofferson's Country Coaster Collection. I also intended to make the Frida Beret last year to go with my gloves and to crochet a fruit garland for Sukkot, but neither of those projects happened. The garland, in particular, did not happen, because I spent the late summer with my baby daughter in the hospital. I'm hoping to make both projects this year.
I managed to make one tutorial video last year...barely. I recorded the Foundation Pattern Stitch video in early December, but my son didn't finish editing it, partly due to issues on my end, until the end of the month, and I didn't publish it until January first. But I recorded it during 2024, so I say it counts!
As for charity stitching, I did continue to do that, and I made my four end-of-year donations. I sent off a bag of bonding "squares" to Today Is A Good Day, donated 15 dishcloths (and bottles of soap) to my local food pantry, and I split the rest of my donation stitching between a box to the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society and a local crisis pregnancy center. Normally, I do the food bank donation ahead of Thanksgiving, but I did it in early December this year.
For 2025, I hope to
- Publish 12 more patterns for sale (6 knit, 6 crochet)
- Continue turning free patterns from this blog into pdfs
- Add merch to the Etsy shop
- Start compiling some of my for sale patterns into collections.
- Continue weekly charity stitching
- Make at least one tutorial video
- Make a crocheted fruit garland for Sukkot
- Make the Rug Me Up Hooded Jacket for the baby
- Make a crocheted Roly-Poly for my son's 7th birthday
- Make the Frida Beret to go with my gloves
- Make a hat and glove set for my 4yo
- Finish the Desert Rose Hat for my teen
- Make a stuffed cat for my 9yo
- Finish the coaster set I started
- Make socks for myself
This post has been linked to Busy Monday, Inspire Me Monday, Senior Salon, Wonderful Wednesday, The Stitchin' Mommy, and Thursday Favorite Things.
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