Sick Day Stitching

I've been battling a cold for a few days and finally caved today and stayed home on the couch.  Which meant plenty of time for stitching!  I've also done a bit of shopping over the past few weeks and have some stash enhancement to share.  

First up, my Trillian is coming along.  I only have a few more rows to go until it is off the needles.  

I'm pretty happy with how this is coming together.  I think my second skein has a few more dark spots, but not to a significant level.  The first photo is truer to the color of the work, but the picture below shows the details better. 

Read on for stash enhancement!

Declaring Goals...and Horcruxes!

Oh goodness has it been a while!

I know I've been neglecting this and need to be more on top of things.  I've decided for 2015 my goals are going to be 3 blog posts a month and 3 Instagram (@runawaystitches) posts a week.  January will be a bit of an exception because I was traveling for about the first half of the month, so I'm targeting 2 posts this month.  I tend to be a numbers based person and I feel that having quantifiable goals will help keep me on track.  

I have plenty of work on hooks and needles to share.  As part of my participation in the Harry Potter Knit/Crochet House Cup (HPKCHC) on Ravelry, I'm doing an Advanced Studies challenge called an OWL, or Ordinary Wizard Level.  This is a 3 month challenge based on a prompt from a Hogwarts class.  This term, January through March, I'm doing an OWL in Defense Against the Dark Arts.  For this OWL I had to declare my horcruxes, 5 items that make me invincible.  Here they are...