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...

Just One More....

Sorry it's been a bit longer than I had hoped since I posted.  I've had some travel for work that took more energy than I thought it would.  I'll post a picture at the bottom!

Just when I finally thought I was finished with washcloths, a reason popped up to make just one more.  I've started playing along with the Harry Potter Knit/Crochet House Cup on Ravelry and the prompts for one of the July classes was a challenge to go back to our knitting roots.  My grandmother taught me how to knit when I was around 7 or 8 years old.  She taught me how to make a very basic washcloth.  Later in life, a gift she gave to all of her grandchildren was a cookbook with her favorite family recipes in it, and mine also contained a pattern for the washcloth. It was meant to be and I knitted on up.