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Welcome to 2018! The start of a new ye

ar and new crochet projects on the hook.

Thank you to all current and new subscribers. So happy that you have decided to spend some time with me. I have so much to share on this episode.

This year I am breaking up my Goals (not calling them resolutions) into the 4 quarters of the year. So, for the 1^st Quarter of the year, my Goals include:

Organize Online life – Get rid of old contacts on phone and on email contacts
Clean up FB and Instagram– Delete old social contacts that are not relevant to my current social circle
Delete social media platforms I am not using – Twitter, Ello (signed up but never used it)
Signed up for Trello trello.com It’s free or there is a paid version for $5/month or annual fee of $45

B.hooked Crochet – https://www.youtube.com/user/bhookedcrochet

Organize physical space. De-stash, donate, throw away, filing cabinet of patterns.

CAL News:

#oneskeinwonderland

Hosted by Fay of the Crochet Circle Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrlPhPxLqsYutBgOkh85a4g/videos

and Charlie of the Love Charlie Crochet Podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrlPhPxLqsYutBgOkh85a4g/videos

The CAL thread on Ravelry is hosted on the Crochet Circle Podcast https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-crochet-circle-podcast/3699358/1-25

FO #1 – Terra Cowl, using a free pattern by Petals to Picot: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/post-stitch-cowl

Yarn by: Terra Mitchell. Her Etsy shop is Mitchell’s Creations: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MitchellsC

#olannandcrisscrosscal

This gorgeous design is by Fay of The Crochet Circle Podcast. You can also find her on Instagram @faydhdesigns or on Ravelry at https://www.ravelry.com/designers/fay-dashper-hughes

The CAL is hosted by Olann and Magazine – Ireland’s fibre and craft magazine

https://www.olannand.ie/criss-cross-crochet-a-long/

This CAL started January 1, 2018 and finishes on February 23, 2018. The Ravelry Thread is on the Olann and Ravelry Page. https://www.ravelry.com/groups/olann-and

WIP #1 Criss Cross Shawl

Yarn: Oink Pigments – Oink Sock in color Le Pink

https://oinkpigments.com/

#ultravioletkcal

This KCAL is hosted by the Keep Calm and Carry Yarn Podcast. January 15- March 1, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVtATUON2bkM11sKl7tBvjg

https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/keep-calm-and-carry-yarn-podcast/3721813/1-25#16

I am presenting two New Crochet Luna CALs. One is an almost year-long CAL and the second one is for the first quarter of the year.

#boxofornaments2018

The first CAL is an almost year long CAL that will conclude with a swap. I had such a difficult time with hanging Christmas Ornaments on my tree this year that I am doing away with all heavy ornaments for Christmas 2018. I will be making ornaments throughout the year to fill up my ornament box.

The CAL will conclude on Nov. 4 and if you would like to swap ornaments with other participants, you will have to let me know your address and I will match you up with a swap partner. We will see how many people would like to swap ornaments and hopefully we have enough so that we can each swap at least one ornament with a fellow maker. Ornaments don’t have to be crochet, as long as they are handmade, they will count. I will pick a winner from the thread I set up on ravelry at the end of every quarter and gift someone a pattern from Ravelry to keep you motivated! My goal is to have a Christmas tree decorated with only hand made ornaments.

First winner will be picked on March 31, 2018

I have already collected many patterns that I would like to make.

The Lovebomb Christmas Ornament by Queen Babs. https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/lovebomb-christmas-ornament

Traditional Scandinavian Ornaments

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/traditional-scandinavian-ornaments

Mini Sweater Christmas Ornament

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mini-christmas-sweater-ornament

There is a YouTube tutorial for this pattern.

Check out this blog for ideas of what to do with old Christmas Cards.

http://dutchsister-s.blogspot.com/2011/11/tutorial-recycled-christmas-card-with.html?m=1

#fortunecookiecal

Will Start on February 16 (Chinese New Year) – March 31, 2018

Any crochet project will count if you can tie it in with your fortune cookie fortune. There will be prizes. I will crack open some fortune cookies on the next podcast that you can use in case you don’t have access to them.

Chinese New Year – Year of the Dog

Red is the color of good luck.

Fortune Cookie History Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortune_cookie

http://www.fancyfortunecookies.com/Articles.asp?ID=148

Fortune Cookie Stitch Marker – https://www.etsy.com/shop/kitschycreatives

Take Out fabric – https://www.etsy.com/shop/Marianneofmaui

FO #2

Dragon Fly Slouchy by Pattern Paradise – Free and Paid ($2) pattern

https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragonfly-slouchy

This was for a Christmas commission.

FO #3