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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 @Auticraft stash 2023 =161, 2024 = 119 2025 = £35.96 spent, 144 made and 5 mended,
GC 2022 = £3154.96
2023 = £3334. 84
2024 = £.3221.81
2025 = £3974.24
2026 Jan £34.96/ £30.00
Decluttering campaign. 2025= 107/52 bin bags full. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🏅🏅🏅🏅💐DH ⭐🏅4 -
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 2026 £59.17 / £667.95 (1)# No.4 Save £12k in 2026 £0 / £12,000 (1)# No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - 25/12 - 24/10 £20 / £200 (1)# No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12 - 24/10 £50+ / £400 (1)# No.5 Fiver Friday Challenge for 2026 £25/£230 (1)5 -
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) 💙
Project 25/52 ✅9 -
@CraftyRach that is sooo cute. Lucky baby. Xcraft stash 2023 =161, 2024 = 119 2025 = £35.96 spent, 144 made and 5 mended,
GC 2022 = £3154.96
2023 = £3334. 84
2024 = £.3221.81
2025 = £3974.24
2026 Jan £34.96/ £30.00
Decluttering campaign. 2025= 107/52 bin bags full. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🏅🏅🏅🏅💐DH ⭐🏅4 -
@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 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December
Produce tracker: £457 of £300 in 2025
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.craft stash 2023 =161, 2024 = 119 2025 = £35.96 spent, 144 made and 5 mended,
GC 2022 = £3154.96
2023 = £3334. 84
2024 = £.3221.81
2025 = £3974.24
2026 Jan £34.96/ £30.00
Decluttering campaign. 2025= 107/52 bin bags full. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🏅🏅🏅🏅💐DH ⭐🏅3 -
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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