UFOs

not the flying object style, though there have been a few fly across the floor in a fit of frustration.
UnFinished Objects. I didn't think l had many, until l peeked in the set of drawers l stuff my crafty projects into. The theory behind the drawers was to keep the kids from unpulling and tangling, yet easy for me to pick up where l left off.
They have become more of a UFO bermuda triangle... things get sucked in without warning .

In the drawers of doom are.
* Wedding sampler that l started for a cousins wedding. I couldn't attend so the urgency to finish waned. I ended up posting a card, the sampled is now earmarked for another lucky couple.
* An easy peasy crochet baby jacket my mum requested. They sell really well at the markets she does and at the Red Cross shop she helps run.
* Cross stitch cards. I bought the kits at a Trash and Treasure market, 10 for $5. I have finished 7 of them so far, the last 3 were hiding under the wedding sampler.
* Beaded stitch markers. These only need lables printes out and stuck in the bags before l list them on Ebay. I gave some to my Nana to sell, she also does craft markets. She was surprised how well they sold.
* Two crochet hats in horrid black/purple acrylic. Special request from a lady mum does home help for. The yarn sucks, it hurts to crochet.. they have been there for a looong time.
* Christmas Advent calendar l bought on Ebay thinking it was cross stitch because the brand (Bucilla) is one l associate with cross stitch. Its not, its all felt that is hand stitched together. I cut out 3 pieces in November... says it all really.
* Art of knitting, there is a whole drawer stuffed with yarn that needs to be made into squares for a blanket. I'm too scared to count how many l have sitting there to be done. I have finished 9 so far, well the knitting is done, the embroidered bits l have been putting of.

In my current WIP (work in progress) bag
* Tilted duster. I am up to picking up the stitches for the skirt. I have picked them up and knitted 2 rows, but it looks really bad. I was stuck talking to my SIL (who just became my ex sil) at a family gathering. My tension really affected my tension! Needs to be frogged and redone.
* Mending, 2 buttons to sew on and mend a seam in a dress *sigh* boring...
* Set of 6 cross stitch christmas decorations. I bought the kits for $1 each at spotlight, they will make good gifts for kinder & creche teachers this year. I know if l don't make them now they will not get done.
* 2 Overnightz, also have to find a tester with a small baby.
Thats a very long list isn't it! Just looking at it has me wanting to hide in a corner with a book and cup of courage, pretending l don't have crafty bone in my body.
I have made a promise to myself and my children not to be like my mother and both grandmothers. They have rooms (no the S is not a typo) for their craft, cupboards and drawers stuffed with WIPs, UFOs and one has a fetish for protecting it all with endless packets of mothballs.

I havn't made a proper NY resolution, instead l'll set a task each month.
January l will finish everything in my WIP bag, l will not start a new project until l have finished every UFO in the drawers of doom.