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WIP Wednesday: Piling Up

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It gets dark at 5 o’clock now. As someone who gets afternoons off only a couple times a week, this means I spend a lot of time inside right now. But it is good for my “productivity”.

For those who don’t know, WIP stands for “Work in Progress”. But I’m sure there aren’t many people out there who don’t know that these days. Anyway, I’ve got a few different things in the works this week.

First, there is the growing pile of hats to be included in the Operation Christmas Child. Hopefully these boxes are going somewhere it gets cold at least some of the time.

The other thing I’m working on is semi-related to the first one. Patterns! One for some arm warmers and the other for these hats. I think the arm warmers will be this weekend, since I already have pictures for that one. I’m being lazy on taking pictures, editing, and formatting these patterns. But I have plenty of time when I’m not going outside after work to get it done, eh?

Wrapping Up Warming Up For Christmas

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Warming up for Christmas

Last July-ish I gave myself a goal of making hats for the women at Elizabeth House. I did end up making enough for the women living in both houses, though I had hoped to make more and have extras. That didn’t work because I got distracted, possibly a little bored, and tied up in some other projects. But, like I said, at least I made nine sets (adult, child, and infant).

Here’s the end result of this project:

Adult Hats

Adult Hats

Child Hats

Child Hats

Infant Hats

Infant Hats

They got distributed in Christmas bags to the residents.

I didn’t keep up with the project as well as I had hoped, and I didn’t work at the pace I originally expected. I don’t think I’m going to do something like that again. Too much stress to put on myself when I was also trying to make Christmas presents, working extra hours with a new baby, and just generally busy with the holidays. From now on, I think I’ll stick to donating to projects headed by others so it’s not all resting on me.