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2025 - No Craft Spending - We WILL bust my stash and make pretty things!!!!!
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Finished a free gift thread minder - was different cross stitching on wood 
Op on 12th - day case - hoping not too bad and can mask for child. Will take cross stitch to do whilst waiting lol.
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Lovely idea. Food luck with op @Auti
GC 2022 = £3154.96 , 2023 = £3334. 84 2024 = £.3221.81 , 2025 = £3974.24 . 2026 £899. 91/£3500, May £154.26 /£250
Decluttering campaign. 2026. 39 /74 storage places, book cases, drawers cupboards and sheds. Also tidying / clearing front and back gardens , giving bathroom and kitchen a bit of a spruce up. Me🏅⭐ ⭐DH🏅
Make £600 in 2026 = £412.59
NSD in May = 5/154 -
AWESOME! Absolutely Fabulous! I'd wear that in a heartbeatBridgetTheCat said:Finished this afternoon 😀
I used this wool to crochet a jacket about 7 years ago, but it was too heavy to wear comfortably and just hung in the wardrobe. I did a wardrobe declutter a couple of months ago, but I still loved the wool and didn’t want to throw it out, so I unraveled it all - 8 balls worth - and knitted it into a winter jumper.
2 balls left over! A matching hat maybe 🤔
# No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £295.85 / £667.95 (5)# No.4 Save £12k in 2026 - £7495.78 / £12,000 (5)# £10-a-Day Challenge 2026 - £163.16 / £1825 (5)# No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 (24/10) 286.45 / £400 (5)# No.27 - Top Up EP 2 £865 / £2880 (5).# No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - Completed# No.5 Fiver Friday Challenge 2026 - Completed# Make £2026 in 2026 - Completed5 -
We'll be thinking of you Auti!
I've started cross stitching a needle case (an arts and crafts peacock design)- forgot I even had it. A handy find as the dog pinched the one I sewed and chewed the corner 🤦♀️
I also made 14 cards yesterday- Mum found more Disney crafting bits at a craft sale yesterday so very conscious that I need to make some room for all the new stuff. £60 in total for my share 🤦♀️
Now up to 38/200Make £2025 in 2025- £751.88/£2025
Make £2024 in 2024- £852.21/£2024
134/200- bust my craft stash 2025!
166/200- bust my craft stash 2024! £106.80 spent
211/200- bust my craft stash 2023!5 -
@BridgetTheCat Fabulous sweater! 😍3
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Another little cardigan for my grandbaby (due in August) 💙
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@CraftyRach that is sooo cute. Lucky baby. X
GC 2022 = £3154.96 , 2023 = £3334. 84 2024 = £.3221.81 , 2025 = £3974.24 . 2026 £899. 91/£3500, May £154.26 /£250
Decluttering campaign. 2026. 39 /74 storage places, book cases, drawers cupboards and sheds. Also tidying / clearing front and back gardens , giving bathroom and kitchen a bit of a spruce up. Me🏅⭐ ⭐DH🏅
Make £600 in 2026 = £412.59
NSD in May = 5/154 -
@Auti, that is sooo neat 😊
@BridgetTheCat, what a labour of love that unravelling and reworking must have been. Very worth it though 😊👏❤️
@CraftyRach that is so sweet. Beautifully done.I am still playing with crochet.
This is a piece of double crochet in Aran weight cotton yarn. I can see that my foundation row is a bit tight for tension but I am pretty pleased with the edges 😊
I will try a piece of treble crochet this evening. Mr KK is deep in Isle of Man highlights atm so it balances out his excited end of the sofa! 😉😂
KKAs at 17.04.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
- OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 31 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 7th May.
Produce tracker: £108 of £400 in 2026
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.5 -
@KajiKita perfect you have cracked it. Very neat indeed.
GC 2022 = £3154.96 , 2023 = £3334. 84 2024 = £.3221.81 , 2025 = £3974.24 . 2026 £899. 91/£3500, May £154.26 /£250
Decluttering campaign. 2026. 39 /74 storage places, book cases, drawers cupboards and sheds. Also tidying / clearing front and back gardens , giving bathroom and kitchen a bit of a spruce up. Me🏅⭐ ⭐DH🏅
Make £600 in 2026 = £412.59
NSD in May = 5/153 -
Another 10 cards made. Very pleased as there were some odds and ends of card blanks and embellishments used up. On the downside, I found a whole box of Christmas bits hiding in another box 🫠 so a lot more to do!
Now at 48/200Make £2025 in 2025- £751.88/£2025
Make £2024 in 2024- £852.21/£2024
134/200- bust my craft stash 2025!
166/200- bust my craft stash 2024! £106.80 spent
211/200- bust my craft stash 2023!5
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