This cross stitch is one of the many UFO's that demand my attention. It's the one I've decided to concentrate on first this year simply because it was at the top of the pile and that seemed as good a reason as any other. When it's completed it should look like this.

Finishing the ginger cat is the only really complicated bit left to do and that takes time as the colour changes are so frequent. Once he is out of the way the lettering should be plain sailing. Let's see how it looks at the end of the month.

This is the time of year when I look back over the past 12 months and try to analyse what has happened, what i have achieved and where I need to improve in order to have focus on the coming year. After having given the matter due consideration I can then set goals for the coming year.

  It is possible to sum up all  my craft related goals for 2014 in two words  

                                                 FINISH THINGS

But it is probably more useful to break that down into a workable list so 

1) Complete one UFO(unfinished object) or PhD(project half done) every month. Doesn't matter if this is quilting, cross-stitch, hand knitting or Bond knitting, pick a started project and finish it.
2) Organise my stash and all the sundries that have built up over the years.  Declutter if necessary so that it all fits in the space I have and I I can find stuff when I want it, at the moment I end up buying a replacement of something I know I have simply because I can't find the original. 
3) Learn some new techniques. By actually watching some of those Craftsy classes I signed up for and then putting those ideas into practise I will be a better craftsperson at the end of the year than I am now.


I would expand further but there is a half done cross stitch kit that needs some attention if I am going to get this resolution off to a good start.