tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058 Five times a fortnight (or thereabouts) smallhobbit 2026-04-14T10:56:51Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:576160 2026-04-14T10:56:51Z 2026-04-14T10:56:51Z public 15 Early, but I'm away for over a week, so I won't finish any more of my current projects.<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/576160.html#cutid1">May crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=576160" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:574889 2026-04-02T10:58:17Z 2026-04-02T10:58:17Z public 8 Normally I would set my new goals towards the end of April, but this year I'm planning on beginning them this month, and running them with a month's overlap - my goals, my rules.<br /><br /><strong>Goal No 1: Do a Themed Monthly Post</strong><br />This is the same as this past year, when my theme was 'The View from the Window'.&nbsp; That will be completed at the end of the month - we're on a coach tour through parts of Germany for a week towards the end of the month, so I shall be including a selection of hotel bedroom views.&nbsp; I find having a theme to concentrate on for a year helpful, so this year my theme will be Water.&nbsp; My intention is that there will be at least one photo from the canal, plus anything else suitable.<br /><br /><strong>Goal No 2: Concentrate on Some Knitting Projects</strong><br />Like most crafters I have a selection of books and magazines.&nbsp; Many of which have projects which appeal, but remain in the book/magazine.&nbsp; While I shall continue knitting my jumper, it's not something I can pick up for the odd 10-15 minutes, due to the pattern, so finding smaller projects would be a good move.&nbsp; Last year with 25 in 2025, one of my 25 was to reduce the number of cross stitch kits I had.&nbsp; That worked well, and I'm continuing to do so.&nbsp; Also, I've finally found a knitting magazine I like, so I'm aiming to achieve 4 projects from the issues I have (I bought a number of back issues), plus at least one thing from the Christmas volumes.<br /><br /><img src="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/file/1205774.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><strong>Goal No 3: Engage More with Nature</strong><br />I've bought a new notebook (of course) and intend to keep a weekly record of what I'm doing.&nbsp; Last year I had grander plans of visiting places, but this came to nothing, as it would have been too time consuming.&nbsp; I've realised that what works for me is to go out in the local area, so a 5-10 minute walk, and spend an hour outside (give or take, in view of the weather) two or three times a week.&nbsp; I should probably do a monthly post, so that I keep myself accountable.&nbsp; No-one needs to feel they have to comment, it's for my benefit!<br /><br /><img src="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/file/1205742.jpg" alt="" /><br type="_moz" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=574889" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:574596 2026-03-29T12:24:41Z 2026-03-29T12:24:41Z public 20 I'm part way through a number of cross stitch projects, so will share them next month when they will probably be finished. <br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/574596.html#cutid1">March crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=574596" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:569462 2026-02-27T15:36:15Z 2026-02-27T15:36:15Z public 22 Plenty more stitching this month:<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/569462.html#cutid1">February crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=569462" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:568995 2026-02-22T16:45:36Z 2026-02-22T16:45:36Z public 12 Week 4 of the Stuff I Love: Top Ten Edition promoted by&nbsp;<span style='white-space: nowrap;'><a href='https://dreamersdare.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://dreamersdare.dreamwidth.org/'><b>dreamersdare</b></a></span>&nbsp; &nbsp;This week's theme is Relationships in our media, but as it doesn't particularly appeal, I've gone for general stuff I love, again in no particular order.<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/568995.html#cutid1">Stuff I love</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=568995" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:565206 2026-01-29T16:31:47Z 2026-01-29T16:31:47Z public 24 I've done plenty of cross stitch this month, some started last month for early January birthdays, others only stitched this month.<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/565206.html#cutid1">January crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=565206" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:561511 2025-12-29T12:45:11Z 2025-12-29T12:45:11Z public 21 As shown in my Christmas post, I continued with cross stitch cards - this is the last one:<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/561511.html#cutid1">December crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=561511" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:559296 2025-11-30T15:10:23Z 2025-11-30T15:10:23Z public 17 Here's the final mouse of the SAL:<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/559296.html#cutid1">November crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=559296" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:555905 2025-10-30T19:10:16Z 2025-10-30T19:10:16Z public 18 Here's November's Mouse SAL:<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/555905.html#cutid1">October crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=555905" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:553075 2025-09-27T18:55:41Z 2025-09-27T18:55:41Z public 23 Firstly, here is October's Mouse SAL<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/553075.html#cutid1">September crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=553075" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:551358 2025-09-11T15:24:09Z 2025-09-11T15:24:09Z public 21 <strong>Tackle stitching projects</strong><br /><br />I made a big attempt at tackling all the stitching/cross stitch kits, of various descriptions which I have, and am pleased with my progress.&nbsp; Not everything is done, but I didn't expect that, and I've now started Christmas projects.<br /><br />Some of these photos have been posted before, but for completeness I'm putting them altogether.<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/551358.html#cutid1">craft kits</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=551358" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:550170 2025-08-29T15:12:11Z 2025-08-29T15:12:11Z public 9 This is a split post, as, although I've been doing a fair amount of cross stitch, there are a couple of projects which are close to being finished, so I'd rather wait until they're completed before posting them.&nbsp; And in addition, two were for cards for friends who won't have received them yet.&nbsp; I plan on posting a further craft post midway through next month as part of my 25 things for 2025, and there's no point in duplicating photos.<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/550170.html#cutid1">August crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=550170" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:548813 2025-08-19T11:45:48Z 2025-08-19T11:45:48Z public 19 <strong>Sort Anchor threads</strong><br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/548813.html#cutid1">Sorted threads</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=548813" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:546906 2025-07-30T18:57:03Z 2025-07-30T18:58:45Z public 29 I've mostly been cross stitching, but I did finish knitting my scarf:<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/546906.html#cutid1">July crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=546906" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:542164 2025-06-27T15:03:46Z 2025-06-27T15:04:48Z public 22 I've been spending quite a lot of time on crafting this month.<br /><br />I<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/542164.html#cutid1">June crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=542164" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:538397 2025-05-30T17:26:42Z 2025-05-30T17:26:42Z public 17 Despite being away for a week, crafting continued:<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/538397.html#cutid1">May crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=538397" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:535601 2025-04-30T14:21:37Z 2025-04-30T14:21:37Z public 17 I've spent quite a lot of time on crafts this month:<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/535601.html#cutid1">April crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=535601" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:532415 2025-03-30T13:02:56Z 2025-03-30T13:02:56Z public 15 <div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/532415.html#cutid1">March crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=532415" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:526507 2025-02-27T18:04:14Z 2025-02-27T18:05:40Z public 24 Here's March on my floral SAL<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/526507.html#cutid1">Crafts February</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=526507" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:523610 2025-01-30T15:46:30Z 2025-01-30T15:46:30Z public 18 The Floral SAL continues - here's February:<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/523610.html#cutid1">January crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=523610" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:521113 2025-01-07T17:34:25Z 2025-01-07T17:36:27Z public 10 <img src="https://images.squidge.org/images/2024/12/28/sfc2.png" alt="two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge january 1 - 31 in white cursive text" /><br /><br /><br /><br type="_moz" /><br />Today's challenge is to set some goals.&nbsp; I'm still setting my goals in April, since I find it a more realistic time to do so, and therefore I'm using this post to review my current goals at their eight month point:<br /><br /><strong>Goal 1: To do something new each month</strong><br />September was a busy month generally, so the best I can offer is visiting the church's antiquated boilers, which was an experience.&nbsp; October we went on holiday and visited Chester and Llandudno, both new places.&nbsp; November I tried a new online book club.&nbsp; And December was ridiculously busy, so there wasn't much time to include new things.&nbsp; I had been going to go to a decoupage class at our local library, but due to problems on the roads the tutor didn't make it.<br /><br /><strong>Goal 2: To do a monthly review</strong><br />This is going very well and may well influence what I choose for next year's goals.<br /><br /><strong>Goal 3: To complete a bigger knitting project</strong><br />As previously mentioned, the really impressive projects cost more than I can justify.&nbsp; I finished my sleeveless top ready for next summer and I've just started a jumper, although that may not be completed by the end of April.<br /><br /><img src="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/file/999345.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><br /><br />I am also planning on having some more minor goals, and am therefore doing 25 things in 2025.&nbsp; My first six 'things' are listed <a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/520513.html">here</a><br type="_moz" /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=521113" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:518838 2024-12-27T15:53:28Z 2024-12-27T15:53:28Z public 17 Along with the Christmas cards I stitched (see yesterday's post) I also stitched a band for our Christmas cake:<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/518838.html#cutid1">December crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=518838" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:518547 2024-12-26T15:43:45Z 2024-12-26T15:43:45Z public 20 Over the period of four months I stitched Christmas cards, and here they are:<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/518547.html#cutid1">Christmas cards</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=518547" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:516398 2024-11-28T14:59:49Z 2024-11-28T14:59:49Z public 9 Although most of my cross stitch has been of Christmas cards - I'll do a separate post for them next month - I have been continuing with the monthly StitchALong<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/516398.html#cutid1">November crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=516398" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-05-28:907058:513462 2024-10-29T14:25:55Z 2024-10-29T14:25:55Z public 19 I finished knitting the sleeveless cotton top in hydrangea coloured stripes.&nbsp; I'm very pleased with the result.<br /><br /><div><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://smallhobbit.dreamwidth.org/513462.html#cutid1">October crafts</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=smallhobbit&ditemid=513462" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments