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2025 - No Craft Spending - We WILL bust my stash and make pretty things!!!!!

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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 10,089 Forumite
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    Soontobeoap said:
    @KajiKita perfect you have cracked it. Very neat indeed.
    Thank you :)

    I have much more to learn but it feels like I am on the right track now at least.

    KK
    As 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. 
  • Katiehound
    Katiehound Posts: 8,141 Forumite
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    That sample looks really good.
    I think the 3 stitches to practise are single, double & treble crochet, that should cover most pattern requirements and I wouldn't wait too long to get a small project started- an incentive!
    Being polite and pleasant doesn't cost anything!
    -Stash bust:in 2022:337
    Stash bust :2023. 120duvets, 24bags,43dogcoats, 2scrunchies, 10mitts, 6 bootees, 8spec cases, 2 A6notebooks, 59cards, 6 lav bags,36 angels,9 bones,1 blanket, 1 lined bag,3 owls, 88 pyramids = total 420total spend £5.Total for 'Dogs for Good' £546.82

    2024:Sewn:59Doggy ds,52pyramids,18 bags,6spec cases,6lav.bags.
    Knits:6covers,4hats,10mitts,2 bootees.
    Crotchet:61angels, 229cards=453 £158.55profit!!!
    2025 3dduvets
  • Soontobeoap
    Soontobeoap Posts: 1,587 Forumite
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    Wow @CraftyRach beautiful

    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 = 5/15
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,934 Ambassador
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    CraftyRach said:
    Another little cardigan for my grandbaby (due in August) 💙



    Project 25/52 ✅
    Another FABULOUS gorgeous cardigan  <3 
    ~ NSD 2026 Challenge May 11/20 (5)
    # No.12 Save £2 a Day 2026 £304.15 / £730 (5)
    # 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).
    # Make £2026 in 2026 - Completed
  • emsi_b
    emsi_b Posts: 459 Forumite
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    Now up to 58/200 from another 5 cards. I have a few craft fairs at the end of the year and want plenty of fresh stock for them. 
    Make £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!
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 10,089 Forumite
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    That looks really neat and precise @Auti 😊
    Is that a cotton yarn?

    KK
    As 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. 
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